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Rose Queen Bella Ballard and her court cheered as Rose Parade rolls out into 2023 – Pasadena Star News

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  • From left clockwise, Princesses Salia Baligh, Sahanna Rajinikanthan, Michelle Cortez-Peralta,...

    From left clockwise, Princesses Salia Baligh, Sahanna Rajinikanthan, Michelle Cortez-Peralta, Rose Queen Bella Ballard, Princesses Zoë Denoncourt, Uma Wittenberg, and Adrian Crick wave to the crowd during the 134th Rose Parade in Pasadena on Monday, January 2, 2023. (Photo by Libby Cline-Birmingham, Contributing Photographer)

  • Rose Queen Bella Ballard waves along Colorado Boulevard during the...

    Rose Queen Bella Ballard waves along Colorado Boulevard during the 134th Rose Parade in Pasadena on Monday, January 2, 2023. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

  • 104th Rose Queen Bella Ballard and her court wave to...

    104th Rose Queen Bella Ballard and her court wave to the crowd during the 134th Rose Parade in Pasadena on Monday, January 2, 2023. (Photo by Libby Cline-Birmingham,

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Inspired at the Getty, LA teen’s duct tape dress among scholarship contest’s finalist

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LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 07: Karla (cq) Torres (cq), 18, of Los Angeles, is a finalist in the Stuck At Prom, a duct tape scholarship contest, on Friday, July 7, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA .  The contest awards scholarships to high schoolers who make the best prom attire out of Duck Brand Duct tape.  Torres will be attending California State University Fullerton pursuing a degree in business marketing starting Aug.  2023. Karla spent 120 hours making the dress.  (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

Karla Torres, a recent graduate of Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School in Boyle Heights, designed and created the 18th century-inspired prom dress out of duct tape for a “Stuck at Prom” scholarship contest. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)

Her Marie Antoinette-style dress is elegant and intricate, with detailed lace along the edges, an angular corset and different white, pink and gold layers filling out the hoop skirt.

Lifelike pink florals adorn her matching purse, fan and hairpiece, and detached sleeves cascade from her elbows, almost majestically. A complex, white lace choker completes the regal look.

And it’s all made out

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Fortress Rebrands as Front Row After a Slew of Mergers

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Marketing agency Fortress Brand Group has rebranded as Front Row, a global commerce accelerator focused on beauty, health and wellness brands. The rebrand is due to their brand consolidation and merger, uniting several businesses, including the Fortress Brand, School House, Taylor & Pond, BizMut and Finc3.

Fortress acquired digital marketing group Taylor & Pond and marketplace accelerator Finc3 in 2022, and School House, the creative agency set up by former LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton executive Christopher Skinner, in 2021. BizMut was Finc3’s business-to-business marketing unit. The terms of these deals were not disclosed.

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Starfield: And That’s Marketing – GamesReviews.com

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Starfield had a blowout today as part of the Xbox conference, and it’s safe to say it did its job. Opinion on the game has shifted dramatically.

Not that the muted reaction to it before was ever fair. I think it’s a nice combination of Fallout 76, Bethesda’s reputation for janky launches and a general attitude to Xbox that made people comfortable knocking it out. And maybe those people will still turn out to be right.

But before it felt like those critics were in the majority. You couldn’t read about Starfield without someone popping up to say “It won’t

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Email tools to make your marketing pop out

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In today’s fast-paced digital world, email marketing is one of the most effective ways to connect with your audience. But with so many businesses vying for the attention of the same potential customers, how can you stand out from the crowd?

One often overlooked aspect of email marketing is the email signature. You might think of it as just a simple sign-off at the end of your email, but it can actually be a powerful tool for modernizing your marketing campaigns.

By using email tracking for Gmail and signature management softwareyou can create dynamic, attention-grabbing signatures that will help

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Groundbreaking New Book by Prolific Author Bo Bennett: A Deep Dive into AI-Driven Business Marketing – Written by AI

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Groundbreaking New Book by Prolific Author Bo Bennett: A Deep Dive into AI-Driven Business Marketing – Written by AI

BOSTON, June 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Bo Bennett, founder of BookMarketing.pro and acclaimed author of over a dozen books, including the bestseller “Logically Fallacious,” announced the release of his latest book “Artificial Intelligence, Real Profits: Mastering ChatGPT-4 for Business Marketing.” Notably, this book is a testament to the revolutionary power of AI, as Bennett wrote it almost exclusively with artificial intelligence, even crafting the marketing materials and the audiobook in his voice using AI technology.

Bennett’s background spans programming and

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HELM Proman Methanol relaunches marketing business

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HELM Proman Methanol (HPM), a market leader in global methanol supply solutions and part of the Proman family of companies, relaunched its worldwide marketing business under a new brand name, Valenz.

A release from Proman on Tuesday said Valenz will bring together the international marketing networks of its founding partners to create a global leader in the methanol marketing industry. Its focus is on growing the market for methanol as a versatile solution for customers and partners striving for a more sustainable future.

It said it will provide comprehensive methanol logistics and

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Robertson Kitchen & Bath Teacher of the Month: Tierney Bratten, Marlington Local

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Tierney Bratten, who teaches life skills classes at Marlington Middle School, is a Canton Repository Walsh University Teacher of the Month for June.  She was photographed at the school on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

Tierney Bratten, who teaches life skills classes at Marlington Middle School, is a Canton Repository Walsh University Teacher of the Month for June. She was photographed at the school on Wednesday, May 31, 2023.

NAMES – Tierney Bratten

SCHOOL – Marlington Middle School

RESIDENCE – Alliance

HIGH SCHOOL ALMA MATER – Marlington Local Schools

COLLEGE – University of Mount Union (undergraduate, business marketing and education); Capella University (graduate, technology integration); American College of Education (graduate, educational administration).

FAMILY – 17-year-old son Bo.

WHAT SUBJECTS DO YOU TEACH? – I teach Life Skills (a co-academic course) to grades six to eight.