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Later in the performance, she tried to fight back more tears, but was able to lift her spirits by twerking with her dancers.
During Monday’s show, she also performed an unreleased song called “She Got Her Own” alongside Victoria Monét. According to Billboard, Ariana first teased the song on Snapchat back in 2016.
Was Isis Doomed Without Rebranding?
Isis -- the mobile wallet venture formed by AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless -- is getting a new name. The company on Monday announced plans to rebrand in order to avoid association with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, a Sunni jihadist group that has rampaged across Iraq and threatens to topple the cou...
"However coincidental, we have no interest in sharing a name with a group whose name has become synonymous with violence and our hearts go out to those who are suffering. As a company, we have made the decision to rebrand,” stated Isis CEO Michael Abbott in a blog post, first reported by The Verge.
A recent front page story in The New York Times headlined “ISIS Threatens Al Qaeda as Flagship Movement of Extremists” may have helped the mobile startup come to its decision. The possibility that the militant group could become as well known as Al Qaeda was likely not an appealing prospect for Isis.
Still, is the step an overreaction? A Pew poll on June 30 showed the crisis in Iraq has attracted only modest interest from Americans, with only a quarter of those surveyed saying they are paying very close attention to the growing violence and instability there. How many know what the acronym ISIS stands for, or that ...
At the same time, probably even fewer are aware of the Isis mobile app, given the slow rollout of the service and the lack of traction for mobile wallets overall to date. The rebranding announcement itself, picked up by national news organizations, ironically, has probably generated as much publicity for the venture as...
Both ISIS and Isis -- as well as stories about the mobile service shedding its name -- appear on the first page of Google and Bing search results. So do links to ISIS pharmaceuticals and the Iowa Student Information Services (ISIS). And let's not forget the Institute for Science and International Security, which also g...
After all, Isis -- the mobile wallet -- isn't even an acronym. Most would likely have some recollection of Isis as the Egyptian goddess, from history class or pop culture versions in comics, cartoons or cheesy TV shows. And countless small businesses use “Isis” as part of their name (Isis Nails, Isis Seafood, etc.) so ...
What was the thinking behind the name in the first place? In his post, Abbott explained: “We wanted a name that brought life to our company and our values. Above all, we wanted a brand that captured the simplicity of our mobile experience. We chose Isis.” So mainly, they liked the way it rolled off the tongue.
Abbott suggested a new brand would be introduced in the coming months.
The company doesn’t even appear to own the domain for Isis.com (which currently only features an “under construction” message), but instead uses the URL www.paywithisis.com. But that's sure to change as part of the rebranding as well. The new name probably won't include anything that could be construed as an acronym. T...
2 comments about "Was Isis Doomed Without Rebranding?".
Neil Mahoney from Mahoney/Marketing, July 8, 2014 at 12:36 p.m.
I was with the ad agency that handled the "Ayds" account. It was a successful diet-control product. When AIDS hit, they never changed their name. Of course, they went under. I could never understand why they stuck with it. AT&T did the wise thing.
Randy f Price from Digital Pricepoints, July 8, 2014 at 11:16 p.m.
Doesn't transmit any meaning to me... and P.S., as a marketing executive myself I scratch my head and ask "didn't anyone do a Google search during the branding exercise????"
Trains are being cancelled and delayed today after overhead lines were damaged.
Passengers are facing delays of about 20 minutes as trains run at a reduced speed following the damage to electric wires near Retford on the line towards Doncaster.
Virgin Trains says the 11.45am East Coast service from Leeds to King’s Cross has been cancelled. The 9.03am service from King’s Cross to Leeds was also cancelled.
A statement on the National Rail website says: “Network Rail have worked hard overnight to get the line open again so trains can run through. However, trains will be running at a reduced speed over a five mile stretch of line throughout the day until full repairs can be safely completed overnight tonight.
ATLANTA – Civil rights veteran Andrew Young is apologizing for referring to some people who are demonstrating against police violence as "brats."
Young tells WSB-TV (http://2wsb.tv/29Ph9rO ) he didn't mean to offend demonstrators. And the former U.N. ambassador says his own granddaughter told him she was ashamed of him.
Young made the original comments in a talk to Atlanta police that the department posted online. Young told officers that some people protesting police violence against blacks are "unlovable little brats." He then told officers they must try to love and understand the demonstrators anyway.
The Georgia NAACP criticized the remarks, saying Young was denigrating legitimate protest. And the head of a group that organized demonstrations in Atlanta called them belittling.
Young says he apologizes if he got "over emotional" about the issue.
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Lincoln-area churches and state human services caseworkers have opened an online portal for people who need a little extra help.
The people’s needs are posted on CarePortal, and then the churches see whether their members can meet those needs. The requests might include rent money, beds and blankets for children, bikes, cars, clothes, furniture - things the state can’t provide.
The Lincoln-Lancaster County CarePortal program includes 14 churches and was launched Thursday, the Lincoln Journal Star reported .
Among the first requests posted was from a single mom of three who asked for help paying past-due electric bills and this month’s rent.
Meeting those needs will help the family maintain stability and remain in a safe, stable home, said Elizabeth Buhr, a child, family services specialist with the Nebraska Health and Human Services Department.
Caseworkers in Kearney, Hastings and North Platte and 24 churches have been partnering through CarePortal for a year and a half. The project has served 260 children with about $100,000 worth of donations, according to the department.
CarePortal is part of a Kansas City, Missouri-based national program that has helped more than 31,000 children in 20 states.
The state is working through Christian Heritage, a Lincoln-based children, adolescent and family welfare and fostering organization, to connect with local churches.
During a ceremony marking the program’s opening, Pastor Mozart Dixon with Citylight Church retold the proverb of giving someone a fish or teaching him to fish.
Ten people have been “rescued” following a series of police raids by officers investigating alleged human trafficking.
Police searched eight addresses - seven in Glasgow and one in Edinburgh - on Friday as part of an intelligence-led operation.
Two people, a man aged 29 and a 30-year-old woman, were arrested in connection with the operation.
The Glasgow properties searched were in London Road, Holm Street, Duke Street, Bridge Street and Maukinfauld Road, and two premises in Onslow Drive.
The raid in Edinburgh was at Lochview Court, in the Dumbiedykes area.
Police Scotland said inquiries are “ongoing”.
Detective Chief Inspector Rory Hamilton, of the force’s national human trafficking unit, said it is important for people to be aware that trafficking exists in their communities.
“We need the public to be aware of this often-hidden criminality and to report to us if they think someone may be involved in, or be the victim of, trafficking or exploitation,” he said.
Two main concerns surround many apartment searches: affordability and credit. Both of these considerations can mean different things to different people. What one person calls "affordable" might be out of another individual's reach. The impact of little or no credit might not be quite as profound for some people when t...
Calculate 30 percent of your monthly gross income. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, generally housing experts consider the cost of housing affordable if it does not exceed this threshold. If you earn $6,000 a month before taxes, you should not spend more than $1,800 a month on rent. Compensating factors, however, s...
Focus your apartment search on neighborhoods you can afford. Rents in most cities may vary considerably by neighborhood. In San Francisco, for example, a recent search showed the average price of a two-bedroom in affluent Russian Hill was $3,964, according to UCSF data. In the less lofty Inner Sunset district, that num...
Negotiate rent with potential landlords. Research prices on comparable apartments in the same neighborhood. If what the landlord is asking is out of line with these figures, politely call him on it. He might be ready to lower the rent. Offer to help maintain his property, to collect rent from fellow tenants or to help ...
Prove to your landlord that your overall financial situation is sound. Having little or no credit is not necessarily a fault. In fact, you can spin it positively. Let your landlord know that in lieu of taking out credit, you like to live within your means and pay cash for the things you need. Showing that the rent you'...
Offer one or two extra months' worth of rent in advance. California law prohibits your landlord from requiring anything more than first month's rent and a security deposit--equal to a maximum of two times the rent on an unfurnished apartment--at move-in. You can, however, put your prospective landlord's mind at ease by...
Get a cosigner. If your landlord wants somebody with a credit track record, offer to have Mom or Dad, a trusted friend or somebody else with a lengthy and good credit history act as a cosigner on your lease. However, realize that if you default on your lease by not paying rent or by committing another violation, your c...
Build your own credit. This takes time, so it won't work if you are seeking an apartment in the short term. If an apartment hunt is in your mid- to long-range future, however, you can build credit by taking out a credit card, using it a couple of times each month and paying the balance in full. The same goes for auto l...
Pendola, Rocco. "How to Find an Affordable Apartment With Little or No Credit." Home Guides \| SF Gate, http://homeguides.sfgate.com/affordable-apartment-little-credit-8420.html. Accessed 21 April 2019.
This is a spectacular book: in its scope, encyclopaedic knowledge, understanding of southeast Asia, and the light it throws on a neglected subject, the struggle for British Asia. Before the second world war, the British empire stretched in a crescent from Singapore, on the southernmost tip of the Malay peninsula, throu...
The battle for British Asia has been largely ignored compared to the war on the western front. It is also a history that has been overwhelmingly told in British terms. The authors deploy their intimate knowledge of the region to provide us with a very different story. Southeast Asia is a region of enormous complexity, ...
The Japanese advance, breathtaking as it was, stimulated panic right around the crescent as far as Calcutta. But the Japanese advance was to be halted by an early monsoon in spring 1942, together with the American naval victory at Midway in June. In fact, the Japanese were never to get much beyond the northern Burmese ...
The book provides an interesting insight into Asian attitudes towards Japan. From the 1870s, Japan was regarded with admiration by Asian nations as a result of its economic performance. Its victory over Russia in 1904-05 heralded the first victory of an Asian power over a European nation for more than a century. As ant...
The nadir of Japanese behaviour was on the Thailand-Burma railway in 1944. Western accounts have concentrated on the suffering of the British, Americans and Australians, around 14,000 of whom died. In fact, 10 - perhaps 20 - times as many Burmese, Indians, Chinese and Malays were to perish. Of the 78,204 sent from Mala...
The suffering and cruelty of the war permeates the book, not just that perpetrated by the Japanese, but also by the British. Perhaps the most harrowing example of the latter is the Indian famine of summer 1943, a consequence of a cyclone and flooding, the British scorched-earth policy after the fall of Burma, as well a...
One of the pleasant surprises of this book is that Bayly and Harper make race utterly central to their account. They are always aware of its underlying significance in their discussion of British imperial rule, Japanese rule, as well as the enormous racial complexity of southeast Asia.
As the British and Japanese fought and their fortunes ebbed and flowed, the peoples of the crescent, in the main, kept their own counsel. It was estimated that in 1942 about 10% of Burmese supported the Japanese, 10% favoured the British, and the rest simply waited and watched. Slowly but surely, though, they began to ...
On June 15, Lord Mountbatten, supreme allied commander, South East Asia Command, toasted the victorious powers. "He raised his glass to 'the King, the President [United States], the Generalissimo [Chiang Kai Shek], Queen Wilhelmina [of the Netherlands] and France!'" Less than a decade later, every single European power...
· Martin Jacques is visiting fellow at the LSE Asian Research Centre.
Student athletes representing each university in the men’s Final Four — Wisconsin, Duke, Michigan State and Kentucky — sang a beautiful rendition of the our nation’s anthem on Saturday night to open up play in the Final Four.
The NCAA assembled athletes from each university’s sporting teams to take part in a spectacular quartet.
Wisconsin basketball player Vitto Brown, Duke football player Deion Williams, Michigan State women’s soccer player Michelle Dear and Kentucky women’s soccer player Kennedy Collier joined voices to sing a sensational version of our national anthem before tip-off.
Duke toppled Michigan State in the first game, 81-61. Wisconsin defeated Kentucky 71-64 in the second game. Duke will face Wisconsin on Monday for the national title. Hopefully there will be an equally as amazing rendition of the national anthem sung before the championship. Tip-off is at 9:18 p.m. EST.
With an 18-13 loss to the Lions in Detroit, the Raiders (4-6) are falling behind in an unforgiving race for a playoff spot.
DeMarcus Cousins freely reveals his feelings. But the Kings’ All-Star forward-center, who teammates are calling a leader, admits that his mastery of diplomacy is a work in progress. “I’m trying to better myself as a person every day,” he said.
In Stanford’s 35-22 Big Game victory over Cal on Saturday night, sophomore running back Christian McCaffrey amasses a school-record 389 total yards to put himself back into Heisman Trophy contention. He leads the nation with 2,807 all-purpose yards this season.
Jeff Gordon has had a long, successful run in NASCAR. However, in his final race, he fails to add a fairytale ending to his storied career Sunday as he finishes sixth in the Sprint Cup season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
Frank White is continuing to put his iconic association with the Kansas City Royals in the rear-view mirror.
After being fired from his position as color commentator on the Royals’ television broadcasts, White remains completely distanced from the franchise he once loved.
White now serves as first base coach for the independent Kansas City T-Bones and doesn’t seem willing to reconcile with his former club any time soon.
"I feel like I’ve been betrayed," White said Sunday night after the T-Bones’ 10-6 exhibition loss to the Wichita Wingnuts at Bettis Family Sports Complex. "When I was there as a player, my last year there ended horribly, and my career as an employee ended horribly. I don’t think that any hometown guy should have to go ...
"What I’ve done at the stadium, it’s there, and that’s never going to change. Now, it’s just a matter of moving on with your life and helping other guys improve themselves, and at the same time, improve myself."
Up until the Royals and Fox Sports Kansas City announced in early December that his broadcasting contract wouldn’t be renewed, White’s career with the Royals had a storybook feel to it.
During his 18-year playing career with the Royals, White was a five-time All-Star, earned eight Gold Gloves and helped the Royals win their only World Series in 1985. White’s No. 20 was retired in 1995, and he was inducted to the Royals Hall of Fame the same season.
White later managed the Wichita Wranglers, the former Double-A affiliate for the Royals, from 2004-2006 before holding a position in the Royals’ front office. He began color commentating in 2008.
"I enjoyed what I did in the booth," White said. "I felt like I was learning and getting the hang of it."
The split came just months before the Royals will host the 2012 All-Star Game. White said it is disheartening that he won’t be a part of the festivities at Kaufmann Stadium.
"It’s just sad," he said. "It’s a sad thing that they’ve created. Being from Kansas City and missing out on the one in ’73 because I was in Triple-A, and just being at the point where I probably should have some function in the All-Star game, I think that’s what’s sad about it.
"But, I mean, I’m not going to cry about it. I’ve got other things that I’m going to be a part of during that All-Star celebration, and it doesn’t really require being at the ballpark. There will be some good things going on in the city and the community, and that’s kind of where my focus is now. I think baseball to me...
White declined to get into specifics about what caused the split, saying he will release a book detailing the situation at the end of October.
He said he doesn’t follow Major League Baseball much, but does try to keep tabs on players he once managed, including Billy Butler, Alex Gordon, Luke Hochevar and Mitch Maier.
"You always pull for those guys, but I don’t watch baseball any more," White said. "I read the articles the next morning and see what they’re doing, but I don’t build my day around it like I used to."
White said he enjoys his new gig with the T-Bones.
"I think this level is a fun level of baseball because these guys are here because they want to be here," he said. "This is probably the last step for them in terms of getting back to affiliated baseball. It makes it a lot more fun to work with them because they’re in that mode where they’re willing to make some change...
"These guys, to be able to do what they do and go (through) what they’re going through to keep their careers going, it gives you that little added boost when you get up in the morning so that you can make sure you try to do something every day to help everybody to the best of their abilities."
As for his relationship with the fans, White said nothing has changed.
"I’ve always had a great relationship with the fans," he said. "They respect me, I respect them. They’ve shown just tons of support for me throughout this whole deal. I think this is a situation where it’s more of a personal thing on the Royals’ part. It wasn’t a business decision, more of a personal decision, and I ju...
"Like I said, the whole deal to me, it’s just a sad situation that probably never should’ve happened. It did, so it’s time to move on. It’s their ball, and that’s the way it is."
iHEARTMEDIA Top 40/Mainstream KPTT (95.7 THE PARTY)/DENVER brings in DEANNA REGALADO to join The JJ KINCAID Morning Show as co-host. REGALADO comes from sister Hot AC KVUU (MY 99.9)/COLORADO SPRINGS.
"I'm so excited to join JJ on 95.7 THE PARTY and build a relationship every morning with listeners, not just on the air but out in the community," said REGALADO. "Best of all I get to do it in a city that I call home on such a fun station. I'm looking forward to working with JJ who has proven to be an engaging and ente...
"I'm so fortunate to find a co-host with all the components to make our show great," said KINCAID. "DEANNA excites me more than cheese fries and rainbows, it's going to be wonderful!"
"DEANNA is a DENVER home town girl and has a unique natural ability to connect with listeners, and her chemistry with JJ was immediately apparent in their first meeting," iHEARTMEDIA/DENVER SVP/Programming JIM LAWSON said. "We’re excited for the launch of DENVER’s next must listen to morning show."
Ventura Investment Co. announces its donation of office space to the Ventura County Housing Trust Fund for its new headquarters in Camarillo.
The Camarillo-based company’s president, Barton Stern, an appointed commissioner on the city of Camarillo Rent Review Board and member of the Ventura County Habitat for Humanity Advisory Board, will host a ribbon cutting with the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce at the new offices in January.
“We are very happy to work with Linda Braunschweiger of the Ventura County Housing Trust Fund and Jill Shafer of VC Habitat for Humanity to help their organizations provide assistance to those in need,” Stern said.
During 2017, Ventura Investment Co. has given time and funds to more than 60 nonprofits, with an emphasis on donations to those involved in affordable housing. Other recent projects include sponsorship of the Coastal Housing Coalition's fourth annual housing conference in Santa Barbara, a donation to Habitat for Humani...

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