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Bookmarks: If 95% of gen AI pilots fail, what do the 5% know?
RCR Wireless News
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August 29, 2025
Editor’s note: I’m in the habit of bookmarking on LinkedIn, books, magazines, movies, newspapers, and records, things I think are insightful and interesting. What I’m not in the habit of doing is ever revisiting those insightful, interesting bits...
Bookie who took Shohei Ohtani's ex-interpreter for $41 million and placed bets for Pete Rose learns fate
Daily Mail
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August 29, 2025
A California bookmaker who famously took bets from Shohei Ohtani's now-former interpreter as well as baseball legend Pete Rose has been sentenced to just over a year in federal prison. Mathew Bowyer, 50, pleaded guilty in 2024 to the illegal...
Review: Raw, rousing “Cabaret” is ticket for tumultuous times
Charleston City Paper - South Carolina
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August 29, 2025
There has always been a deliciously seamy quality to “Cabaret,” the 1966 blockbuster musical-made-motion picture by composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb, with a book by Joe Masteroff. Set in an unapologetically louche Weimar Germany of 1929...
Bookmaker linked to baseball star Shohei Ohtani's interpreter sentenced to just over a...
Dayton Daily News - Ohio
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“The bottom line is, I am remorseful. I have made many poor choices in my life,” Bowyer told the court, his voice trembling. The case against Bowyer drew international attention because he counted among his clients Ohtani’s former Japanese...
Review: At Work
Cineuropa
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29/08/2025 - VENICE 2025: Bastien Bouillon excels in Valérie Donzelli’s surprisingly deep dive into the vocation of writing Bastien Bouillon in At Work The classic notion of the artist’s “vow of poverty” gets a modern update for the gig-economy...
Bookmaker linked to Shohei Ohtani's interpreter sentenced to just over a year
KTNV - Nevada
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August 29, 2025
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California bookmaker who took thousands of sports bets from the former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced Friday to just over a year in prison. Mathew Bowyer, 50, pleaded guilty last year...
Author's Tranquility Press Unveils“The Death Of The Terror Bird” At The 2025 Manila International Book Fair
MENAFN
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August 29, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) A Sci-Fi Survival Thriller Where Prehistoric Beasts, Alien Civilizations, and the Human Spirit Collide - Now Available on Amazon and Featured at Asia's Largest Book Festival Author's Tranquility Press proudly announces the...
Author's Tranquility Press Presents The Mahler Enigma At The Manila International Book Fair 2025
MENAFN
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August 29, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) A mesmerizing literary and musical odyssey into myth, mortality, and the mystery behind Mahler's genius-on full display at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, September 10–14. Author's Tranquility Press is proud to announce...
The nine books our critics couldn't put down in August
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 29, 2025
Welcome to the ABC Arts wrap of the best new releases. This month, we bring you a nine-book bonanza, including the latest novel from a much-admired Australian author, an exploration of motherlessness by an Instagram poet-turned-novelist and a...
Fact Check: Did Trump Authorise Barack Obama’s Arrest?
Tech ARP
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August 29, 2025
Did President Donald Trump authorise the arrest of former President Barack Obama — a foreign enemy? Here is our fact check of that shocking claim! Claim : Trump Authorises Barack Obama’s Arrest People are sharing an article (archive) by The...
Miriam Toews: ‘It’s unlike any of the other books that I’ve ever written’
The Irish Times
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Why write? It’s a question authors are often asked, and ask themselves, as they navigate the uncertain path of a life made through language. “Why do I write?” For Miriam Toews the question loomed so large it became the starting point for her 10th...
'I'm an author — these are five of my favourite books of all time I always recommend'
The Mirror
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August 30, 2025
This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn more A fantasy author has shared five of her favourite books of all time. Anna Fiteni is the author of The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire, a...
Powerful Stories, Global Impact: Honoring the Finalists of the 2025 International Impact Book Awards
California Business Journal
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August 29, 2025
Hollywood, CA – October 4, 2025 – Under the bold leadership of founder Nim Stant, the International Impact Book Awards (IIBA) has become one of the most prestigious platforms in the literary world. This year, the stage is set for its most powerful...
Four Points Book Review: Broomsticks and Bestsellers, Witchy Reads for fall
Golden Star
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August 29, 2025
Witchy reads for fall – Since we are NOT going to talk about the mosquitoes… let’s talk about the Fall Reading Season and all the new titles being released! Yes, we have moved on from summer at the bookstore and are well into Witchy Season and...
Fans cry “biggest cover up” as Shohei Ohtani former interpreter’s bookie Matthew Bowyer gets hit with prison sentence in betting scandal
Sportskeeda
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August 30, 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was at the center of a gambling scandal at the start of the Japanese two-way phenom's Dodgers tenure. Mathew Bowyer, a Southern California bookmaker, who took bets...
'I'm an author — these five books are some of my favourites of all time'
Daily Express
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August 30, 2025
A fantasy author has named five of her favourite books (Image: Imgorthand via Getty Images) An author has named five of her favourite books of all time. Anna Fiteni's debut romantasy novel, The Wicked Lies of Habren Faire, draws inspiration from...
Off the air, HPR staffers have their noses in these books
Hawaii Public Radio
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August 30, 2025
Summer might be coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean you need to stop adding to your summer reading list. We wanted to give you a peek at the bookshelves of the staff at Hawai’i Public Radio. From Captain Cook’s final voyage to a vegetarian...
New Book "Data as the Fourth Pillar" Urges Business Leaders to Redefine Data Strategy in an AI-First World
TMCNet
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August 29, 2025
BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a bold call to action for C-level leaders, board members, and decision-makers across industries, Sujay Dutta and Siddharth Rajagopal announce the launch of their timely new book, Data as the...
BO WAGNER: A new Book and a Bible quiz
The Sanford Herald - North Carolina
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My newest book is now rolling off the presses, a verse-by-verse study of Joel, Amos, and Obadiah. It is called Joel, Amos, Obadiah: Turmoil Among The Nations. We are studying through the Minor Prophets in my class, and each time I get a logical...
Alberta minister calls teachers union ‘manipulative’ as strike or lockout looms amid book ban
The Globe and Mail
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August 30, 2025
A teachers’ strike or a lockout is looming in Alberta just days before the start of school. The conflict between the province and union is coming to a head as the government mandates book restrictions in school libraries and implements sweeping...