Christmas has to be my absolute favourite time of the year! I love Christmas day as much as anyone does, but for me, the lead up to the big day itself is definitely the best time of the festive period. I wanted to share a few of my favourites with you, well 10 in fact!
Is November too soon to put up decorations? Maybe so, but I do like to get mine up as soon as possible, but not so early the neighbours think I'm mad! This year it was the end of November as I was in Copenhagen for the Christmas markets the first week in December. There is no such thing as too many Christmas lights, I seem to buy even more and more each year!
Not everyone is a fan of Christmas shopping, but for me, I really enjoy it. I try and start quite early in November, but always end up still seeing things that I can't help buying right up to Christmas eve.
I absolutely love festive films! What better way to chill out and get into the festive spirit then with a Christmas film. Home Alone is my all time favourite, I dread to think how many times I've seen it!
I don't think your ever too old to have an advent calendar, what better way is there to count down to the big day itself? A good quality calendar like my Thornton's milk chocolate one is a absolute must!
Who doesn't love hearing their favourite Christmas songs in the run up to the big day? For me, I've two favourites, Shakin Stevens – Merry Christmas everyone & The Pogues – Fairytale of New York.
As a bit of a foodie, Christmas can be a bit of a dangerous time for me, especially the amount of chocolate I indulge in! But Christmas wouldn't be the same without putting on a few extra pounds would it?
To some wrapping might be a bit of a chore. But put on one of your favourite Christmas films and have a festive tipple to hand to make it a lot more enjoyable! If your anything like me, wrapping odd shapes seems an impossible task, gift boxes help massively.
For me Christmas is one of the only times of the year when I can really relax, unwind and forget about work. Having 2 weeks off work at Chritmas has become a bit of a tradition for me!
The run up to Christmas just wouldn't be complete without going out for festive drinks with friends and family on Christmas eve. This is the perfect time for spending time down at the local pub.
What are you favourite things in the run up to Christmas? Do you have any traditions? Let me know in the comments below.
I'm fast running out of places to put any new ones!


Does Memorial Day weekend mean summer, carefree days, barbeques and gatherings of family and friends for you? Or is your weekend tense, lonely or filled with holiday stressors such as traffic, crowds, bad weather, food gone bad, high expectations and conflict?
Or are you someone who hears about everyone else's Memorial Day plans, knowing that you are one of the many who will be working?
Acceptance: Holiday hassles, loneliness and unmet expectations happen to all of us. Life is imperfect no matter who or where you are. If reality TV has taught us anything, it's that tension and conflict happen to everyone. Bad weather can happen despite planning and frequent checks of the news. Responding when hassles and problems occur with acceptance keeps stress and anxiety from building. It can be hard to let go of your expectations, but sometimes you have to make a choice to change your plans and your outlook.
Relax: Many of us view Memorial Day weekend as a time or relaxation. But if you're beginning the weekend after a pressured week at work or you have other demands in your life, you may need to actively carve out time to relax. This is especially true if your weekend starts with hassles and problems—say a traffic jam, a list of household chores, a broken washing machine or rain storm—that interfere with your original plans. A few quiet moments of deep breathing or muscle relaxation can help you release pent up stress and roll with problems that crop up.
Exercise: It doesn't matter if you're feeling lonely, are stressed because the weather isn't cooperating with your plans or you're over-scheduled. Stress activates a process in the body preparing you for action. Exercise can be both a release for pent up nervous energy a mood booster from the release of endorphins, the body's natural mood enhancer.
Eat Healthy: A long holiday weekend can be an excuse for overeating and eating unhealthy foods. You may not want to spend the weekend ruminating about obesity, heart disease, diabetes or your expanding waste line, but you can allow yourself a few indulgences and still maintain a healthy balance.
Let Go of Work Worries: You may physically be out of the office, but still be stuck in thoughts from the workweek. Unproductive worries are sure to interfere with your ability to relax and notice happy times around you. If you are worrying about things that you cannot change, try to catch yourself worrying, acknowledge that you're concerned or bothered and then tell yourself to let your worries go.


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This article is about the 19th letter of the alphabet. For other uses, see S (disambiguation).
"Ess" redirects here. For other uses, see Ess (disambiguation).
For technical reasons, "S#" redirects here. For the programming language, see Script.NET.
For technical reasons, "ſ" redirects here. For the archaic medial form of the letter "s", see Long s.
S, or s, is the 19th letter in the Modern English alphabet and the ISO basic Latin alphabet. Its name in English is ess[1] (pronounced /ˈɛs/), plural esses.[2]
S s S ſ
(See below)
Writing system
Alphabetic and Logographic
Phonetic usage
[ʃ]
[θ]
[ts]
[ʒ]
/ɛs/
Unicode codepoint
U+0053, U+0073
Alphabetical position
Σ σ ς
𐌔
~-700 to present
• ſ
• ß
• Ƨ
• Ꞅ
• ₷
• §
• ℠
• ᛋ
• ∫
Ꚃ
Ѕ
Ҫ
Ԍ
ܫ
ࠔ
𐎘
𐡔
ሠ
ㅅ (disputed)
ㅆ (disputed)
Ս ս
શ
સ
Other letters commonly used with
s(x), sh, sz
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.
1.2 Long s
2 Use in writing systems
3 Related characters
3.1 Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet
3.2 Derived signs, symbols, and abbreviations
3.3 Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets
4 Computing codes
5 Other representations
6 Chemistry
Further information: Shin (letter), Sigma, San (letter), and Sho (letter)
Northwest Semitic šîn represented a voiceless postalveolar fricative /ʃ/ (as in 'ship'). It originated most likely as a pictogram of a tooth (שנא) and represented the phoneme /ʃ/ via the acrophonic principle.[3]
Ancient Greek did not have a /ʃ/ phoneme, so the derived Greek letter sigma (Σ) came to represent the voiceless alveolar sibilant /s/. While the letter shape Σ continues Phoenician šîn, its name sigma is taken from the letter samekh, while the shape and position of samekh but name of šîn is continued in the xi.[citation needed] Within Greek, the name of sigma was influenced by its association with the Greek word σίζω (earlier *sigj-) "to hiss". The original name of the letter "sigma" may have been san, but due to the complicated early history of the Greek epichoric alphabets, "san" came to be identified as a separate letter, Ϻ.[4] Herodotus reports that "San" was the name given by the Dorians to the same letter called "Sigma" by the Ionians.[5]
The Western Greek alphabet used in Cumae was adopted by the Etruscans and Latins in the 7th century BC, over the following centuries developing into a range of Old Italic alphabets including the Etruscan alphabet and the early Latin alphabet. In Etruscan, the value /s/ of Greek sigma (𐌔) was maintained, while san (𐌑) represented a separate phoneme, most likely /ʃ/ (transliterated as ś). The early Latin alphabet adopted sigma, but not san, as Old Latin did not have a /ʃ/ phoneme.
The shape of Latin S arises from Greek Σ by dropping one out of the four strokes of that letter. The (angular) S-shape composed of three strokes existed as a variant of the four-stroke letter Σ already in the epigraphy in Western Greek alphabets, and the three and four strokes variants existed alongside one another in the classical Etruscan alphabet. In other Italic alphabets (Venetic, Lepontic), the letter could be represented as a zig-zagging line of any number between three and six strokes.
The Italic letter was also adopted into Elder Futhark, as Sowilō (ᛊ), and appears with four to eight strokes in the earliest runic inscriptions, but is occasionally reduced to three strokes (ᛋ) from the later 5th century, and appears regularly with three strokes in Younger Futhark.
Long s
Late medieval German script (Swabian bastarda, dated 1496) illustrating the use of long and round s: prieſters tochter ("priest's daughter").
Main article: long s
The minuscule form ſ, called the long s, developed in the early medieval period, within the Visigothic and Carolingian hands, with predecessors in the half-uncial and cursive scripts of Late Antiquity. It remained standard in western writing throughout the medieval period and was adopted in early printing with movable types. It existed alongside minuscule "round" or "short" s, which was at the time only used at the end of words.
In most western orthographies, the ſ gradually fell out of use during the second half of the 18th century, although it remained in occasional use into the 19th century. In Spain, the change was mainly accomplished between the years 1760 and 1766. In France, the change occurred between 1782 and 1793. Printers in the United States stopped using the long s between 1795 and 1810. In English orthography, the London printer John Bell (1745–1831) pioneered the change. His edition of Shakespeare, in 1785, was advertised with the claim that he "ventured to depart from the common mode by rejecting the long 'ſ' in favor of the round one, as being less liable to error....."[6] The Times of London made the switch from the long to the short s with its issue of 10 September 1803. Encyclopædia Britannica's 5th edition, completed in 1817, was the last edition to use the long s.
In German orthography, long s was retained in Fraktur (Schwabacher) type as well as in standard cursive (Sütterlin) well into the 20th century, and was officially abolished in 1941.[7] The ligature of ſs (or ſz) was retained, however, giving rise to the Eszett, ß in contemporary German orthography.
Use in writing systems
The letter ⟨s⟩ is the seventh most common letter in English and the third-most common consonant after ⟨t⟩ and ⟨n⟩.[8] It is the most common letter in starting and ending position.[citation needed]
In English and several other languages, primarily Western Romance ones like Spanish and French, final ⟨s⟩ is the usual mark of plural nouns. It is the regular ending of English third person present tense verbs.
⟨s⟩ represents the voiceless alveolar or voiceless dental sibilant /s/ in most languages as well as in the International Phonetic Alphabet. It also commonly represents the voiced alveolar or voiced dental sibilant /z/, as in Portuguese mesa (table) or English 'rose' and 'bands', or it may represent the voiceless palato-alveolar fricative [ʃ], as in most Portuguese dialects when syllable-finally, in Hungarian, in German (before ⟨p⟩, ⟨t⟩) and some English words as 'sugar', since yod-coalescence became a dominant feature, and [ʒ], as in English 'measure' (also because of yod-coalescence), European Portuguese Islão (Islam) or, in many sociolects of Brazilian Portuguese, esdrúxulo (proparoxytone) in some Andalusian dialects, it merged with Peninsular Spanish ⟨c⟩ and ⟨z⟩ and is now pronounced [θ]. In some English words of French origin, the letter ⟨s⟩ is silent, as in 'isle' or 'debris'. In Turkmen, ⟨s⟩ represents [θ].
The ⟨sh⟩ digraph for English /ʃ/ arises in Middle English (alongside ⟨sch⟩), replacing the Old English ⟨sc⟩ digraph. Similarly, Old High German ⟨sc⟩ was replaced by ⟨sch⟩ in Early Modern High German orthography.
Related characters
Descendants and related characters in the Latin alphabet
ſ : Latin letter long S, an obsolete variant of S
ẜ ẝ : Various forms of long S were used for medieval scribal abbreviations[9]
ẞ ß : German Eszett or "sharp S", derived from a ligature of long s followed by either s or z
S with diacritics: Ś ś Ṡ ṡ ẛ Ṩ ṩ Ṥ ṥ Ṣ ṣ S̩ s̩ Ꞩ ꞩ Ꟊꟊ[10] Ŝ ŝ Ṧ ṧ Š š Ş ş Ș ș S̈ s̈ ᶊ Ȿ ȿ ᵴ[11] ᶳ[12]
ₛ : Subscript small s was used in the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet prior to its formal standardization in 1902[13]
ˢ : Modifier letter small s is used for phonetic transcription
ꜱ : Small capital S was used in the Icelandic First Grammatical Treatise to mark gemination[14]
Ʂ ʂ : S with hook, used for writing Mandarin Chinese using the early draft version of pinyin romanization during the mid-1950s[15]
Ƨ ƨ : Latin letter reversed S (used in Zhuang transliteration)
IPA-specific symbols related to S: ʃ ɧ[citation needed] ʂ
Ꞅ ꞅ : Insular S
Derived signs, symbols, and abbreviations
$ : Dollar sign
₷ : Spesmilo
§ : Section sign
℠ : Service mark symbol
∫ : Integral symbol, short for summation
Ancestors and siblings in other alphabets
𐤔 : Semitic letter Shin, from which the following symbols originally derive
archaic Greek Sigma could be written with different numbers of angles and strokes. Besides the classical form with four strokes (
), a three-stroke form resembling an angular Latin S (
) was commonly found, and was particularly characteristic of some mainland Greek varieties including Attic and several "red" alphabets.
Σ: classical Greek letter Sigma
Ϲ ϲ: Greek lunate sigma
Ⲥ ⲥ : Coptic letter sima
С с : Cyrillic letter Es, derived from a form of sigma
𐌔 : Old Italic letter S, includes the variants also found in the archaic Greek letter
S: Latin letter S
ᛊ, ᛋ, ᛌ : Runic letter sowilo, which is derived from Old Italic S
𐍃: Gothic letter sigil
Ս : Armenian letter Se
Computing codes
Unicode name LATIN CAPITAL LETTER S LATIN SMALL LETTER S
Unicode 83 U+0053 115 U+0073
UTF-8 83 53 115 73
Numeric character reference S S s s
ASCII 1 83 53 115 73
1 Also for encodings based on ASCII, including the DOS, Windows, ISO-8859 and Macintosh families of encodings.
Other representations
NATO phonetic Morse code
▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄
Signal flag Flag semaphore American manual alphabet (ASL fingerspelling) Braille dots-234
Unified English Braille
The letter S is used:
In a chemical formula to represent sulfur. For example, SO
2 is sulfur dioxide.
In the preferred IUPAC name for a chemical, to indicate a specific enantiomer. For example, "(S)-2-(4-Chloro-2-methylphenoxy)propanoic acid" is one of the enantiomers of mecoprop.
Cool S
See about Ⓢ in Enclosed Alphanumerics
^ Spelled 'es'- in compound words
^ "S", Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition (1989); Merriam-Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (1993); "ess," op. cit.
^ "corresponds etymologically (in part, at least) to original Semitic ṯ (th), which was pronounced s in South Canaanite" Albright, W. F., "The Early Alphabetic Inscriptions from Sinai and their Decipherment," Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 110 (1948), p. 15. The interpretation as "tooth" is now prevalent, but not entirely certain. The Encyclopaedia Judaica of 1972 reported that the letter represented a "composite bow".
^ Woodard, Roger D. (2006). "Alphabet". In Wilson, Nigel Guy. Encyclopedia of ancient Greece. London: Routldedge. p. 38.
^ "…τὠυτὸ γράμμα, τὸ Δωριέες μὲν σὰν καλέουσι ,Ἴωνες δὲ σίγμα" ('…the same letter, which the Dorians call "San", but the Ionians "Sigma"…'; Herodotus, Histories 1.139); cf. Nick Nicholas, Non-Attic letters Archived 2012-06-28 at Archive.today.
^ Stanley Morison, A Memoir of John Bell, 1745–1831 (1930, Cambridge Univ. Press) page 105; Daniel Berkeley Updike, Printing Types, Their History, Forms, and Use – a study in survivals (2nd. ed, 1951, Harvard University Press) page 293.
^ Order of 3 January 1941 to all public offices, signed by Martin Bormann. Kapr, Albert (1993). Fraktur: Form und Geschichte der gebrochenen Schriften. Mainz: H. Schmidt. p. 81. ISBN 3-87439-260-0.
^ "English Letter Frequency". Archived from the original on 2014-05-23. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
^ Everson, Michael; Baker, Peter; Emiliano, António; Grammel, Florian; Haugen, Odd Einar; Luft, Diana; Pedro, Susana; Schumacher, Gerd; Stötzner, Andreas (2006-01-30). "L2/06-027: Proposal to add Medievalist characters to the UCS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-09-19. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
^ Everson, Michael; Lilley, Chris (2019-05-26). "L2/19-179: Proposal for the addition of four Latin characters for Gaulish" (PDF).
^ Constable, Peter (2003-09-30). "L2/03-174R2: Proposal to Encode Phonetic Symbols with Middle Tilde in the UCS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
^ Constable, Peter (2004-04-19). "L2/04-132 Proposal to add additional phonetic characters to the UCS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
^ Ruppel, Klaas; Aalto, Tero; Everson, Michael (2009-01-27). "L2/09-028: Proposal to encode additional characters for the Uralic Phonetic Alphabet" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-10-11. Retrieved 2018-03-24.
^ West, Andrew; Chan, Eiso; Everson, Michael (2017-01-16). "L2/17-013: Proposal to encode three uppercase Latin letters used in early Pinyin" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
Media related to S at Wikimedia Commons
The dictionary definition of S at Wiktionary
"S" . The New Student's Reference Work . 1914.
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Read this before you lug home that jackfruit
By Bonnie S. Benwick
Bonnie S. Benwick
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Fresh jackfruit at Whole Foods Market in Alexandria. The mid-Atlantic chain is selling whole fruit (at 20 pounds and up) and shrink-wrapped cut sections. (Robyn Webb)
Never eat anything bigger than your head: Such generally sound advice must be tossed out the window when it comes to jackfruit, the exotic produce that happens to be #trending with some confusion.
In the States, it was once available solely as a canned product in Asian markets, but now whole fresh specimens weighing 10 to 25 pounds are stacked like spiky green submarines in mainstream American grocery stores. The fruit's sheer mass and forbidding exterior tend to ward off potential takers, but those who have tasted its innards are forever fans.
Things don't get easier once you cut the fruit open. A milky, hard-to-remove sap is released with each cut. Jackfruit can contain varying amounts of sweet, yellow flesh pods embedded in a tough core, depending on the level of ripeness. And its hard, ecru-colored seeds evoke fat garlic cloves in shape and size — solid as rocks, yet once boiled and peeled, they are beloved for their potato-chestnut hybrid appeal.
Tasters at The Washington Post found notes of pear, pineapple, banana and papaya in the ripe fruit, commenting favorably on a texture they identified as having more body than mango and a satisfying moisture level (read: not too sticky or juicy).
"Jackfruit has been in America for decades, and it's the biggest produce story over the past four months or so," says Melissa's Produce spokesman Robert Schueller. Three years ago, the nationwide distributor was selling a few cases per year. "Now we sell 250 cases per week," he says. It has long been carried in Asian supermarkets (whole and in shrink-wrapped portions), where shoppers understand the beauty of slumping, less-than-perfect hulks.
Media buzz might be due to jackfruit's growing status as a plant-based meat substitute, low in protein — a selling point for those avoiding high-protein foods — and rich in nutrients such as calcium and potassium. In 2014, an NPR report touted an initiative in India to promote jackfruit as an answer to solving food insecurity, as the fruit grows abundantly in tropical climates and offers versatility.
It took Chicago-based Upton's Naturals about four years to source the right kind of jackfruit from Southeast Asia for its March 2015 product launch in flavors of Thai curry, barbecue and chili lime carnitas.
But how does jackfruit's "Juicy Fruit gum" taste profile, as some call it, square with savory applications? It doesn't.
"We use young, green, unripe jackfruit," says Upton's co-founder and vice president Nicole Sopko, "that hasn't developed sweetness or seeds. People say its cooked texture is like that of shredded pork or poultry — and really, it's been cooked [savory] for hundreds of years by different cultures in Southeast Asia."
However, the heffalumps spotted recently on sale ($1.99 per pound) at Whole Foods Market on P Street NW, grown in Mexico, are already on their way to ripening sweet, says Nongkran Daks, a Chantilly, Va., restaurateur who grew up in her native Thailand with a jackfruit tree in the yard.
The jackfruit might be intimidating because of its size, but don't be daunted. (Daron Taylor,Jayne Orenstein/The Washington Post)
"Don't buy green here and expect to eat it right away," she says. Buy ripe, which means looking for a yellowish skin with spikes that have softened, and a shape that yields under gentle pressure — not unlike the midsection of someone who needs core work at the gym. A sure sign of ripeness is the fruit's distinctive, musky fragrance. Or buy green and firm, then let the fruit sit on the counter for several days until those telltale signs take over.
Daks prefers the quality and smaller size of jackfruit harvested in her country over what's exported from Mexico. Mexican cooking show host and cookbook author Pati Jinich says the fruit is grown in her country but is hard to find in all but the most tropical regions, such as Campeche on the Yucatan Peninsula.
"You can't really get it in Mexico City; I didn't know it when I was growing up," Jinich says. "Mexicans like it sweet. I've had it now in smoothie-type morning drinks called licuados and pureed, stirred into creamy gelatins or mousse-y desserts." Another popular way to prepare jackfruit in Mexico is to cook it down past the compote stage so it's effectively candied, she says — an ancient way of preserving lots of fruits there. Daks says that in Thailand, people like to eat chunks of jackfruit with sticky rice shoved into the empty seed holes. Filipino journalist and food blogger Betty Ann Besa-Quirino makes ice cream with sweet jackfruit and a dish of coconut cream and shrimp with the unripe fruit.
If you are curious enough to haul a whole jackfruit home, you should be able to find it just about year-round. Whole Foods' mid-Atlantic region has carried it in some stores for the past three years. Melissa's Produce features it in late September and October.
[The Melissa's Produce way to break down a whole jackfruit]
Figure on about three pounds of core/waste in every 20-pounder. Daks offers been-there advice about how to handle it:
■ Let a green head ripen on the counter; back home, she says, cooks sometimes hasten the process by removing the fruit's stem and inserting a clean piece of wood in its place.
■ First, coat your gloved hands and a long, sharp knife with food-safe oil — cooking oil spray works well — to protect against that stubborn latex sap.
■ Cover the work surface with something disposable.
■ Cut the fruit in half lengthwise and then lengthwise again into quarters; the cut skin and core will release the sap. Re-grease the utensil after each cut.
■ Cut out the solid white core and discard any fibrous filaments around the fruit pods.
The flesh should be thick and yellow. It can be eaten and frozen raw; the seeds pop out with ease.
■ If you manage to find young green jackfruit, cut away and discard the peel, then cut into chunks; boil in water until tender.
"In Thailand, we use lots and lots of newspaper to wipe off the latex and for removing the core," Daks laughs. "It's the best reason to keep it around."
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New Streaming Data Underline Quibi's Struggles
John Legend Takes to Wave's Virtual Stage
TIkTok Reportedly Rakes in $200M
Snap Rolls Out Pride Lenses For U.S. Regions
Things started so rosily for Quibi, with a fat $1.75 billion fundraise, loads of content deals with A-listers, and a sold-out advertising slate. But lately it's been nothing but bad news.
Recent reports have depicted all kinds of troubles: low demand, executive departures, unhappy advertisers, an ongoing intellectual property lawsuit, and a potential rift between its two chiefs, Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman. All this on top of a global pandemic that has done no favors to the company's initial value proposition of serving the "on-the-go" moments of consumers' lives.
Quibi is apparently trying to respond. Variety reported on Wednesday that the L.A.-based mobile-first, short-form video platform has been negotiating with Amazon and Roku to accelerate its availability onto connected devices. Company executives have also reportedly taken pay cuts.
Data provided to dot.LA by JustWatch, an analytics firm with offices in L.A. and Berlin, show that in May, Quibi and its content library captured just 0.5% of the U.S. streaming audience's interest. Netflix led the way at 31%, followed by Amazon Prime Video at 18%, Hulu at 11%, and Disney+ at 8%.
Industry observers have frequently cited Quibi's lack of a hit show, combined with its nonexistent back catalog of familiar favorites, as a key reason why it has struggled since its April launch.
JustWatch's data suggest that Reno 911!, which debuted on Quibi in early May, was far and away the most popular show on the app last month. The firm estimates that the rebooted police satire was four times more popular than the runner-up, The Stranger, and 12 times more popular than Quibi's third-ranked title, Most Dangerous Game.
Quibi did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Wave, an entertainment technology company that turns performers into digital avatars and puts them on virtual stages where they can entertain and interact with fans, announced that John Legend will perform on the platform on Thursday, June 25th at 3:00pm PT.
Legend had previously been slated to participate in the L.A.-based entertainment firm's "One Wave" virtual concert series, but no date had been announced before Wednesday.
The performance, available via YouTube and Twitter, will feature new songs from the EGOT winner's upcoming album, "Bigger Love." Leveraging the Wave platform's interactivity, attendees will be able to send "visual gifts" throughout the performance, with 100% of the proceeds going to Legend's FREEAMERICA criminal justice reform campaign.
Wave is partnering with PEOPLE for the Legend performance. Sponsors also include Yamaha and Valence, a "new social network addressing diversity by connecting Black talent with economic opportunity." The Ad Council will also be providing public service announcements and resources during the show for fighting racial injustice.
Fresh off a $30 million Series B fundraise, Wave has hosted over 50 events, for up to 400,000 people at a time.
TIkTok Reportedly Raked in $200M
The Informationreported Wednesday that TikTok earned between $200 million and $300 million in revenue worldwide in 2019. The news site also said the Culver City-based social media phenomenon's 2020 revenue goals are $500 million in the U.S. alone. These figures follow a separate report fromBloomberg last month that TikTok's parent company ByteDance raked in $17 billion in 2019, and pocketed over $3 billion in profit.
A TikTok company spokesperson would neither confirm nor deny the figures, saying "we don't publicly share company data or revenue metrics."
In response to The Information's report that TikTok is considering hiring an American executive to oversee its sales team, the spokesperson said, "We are always looking at new opportunities to scale and attract great talent for our teams."
TikTok, which is now under the leadership of former Disney streaming executive Kevin Mayer, will be participating later this month in the NewFronts, the digital media world's jamboree of presentations to woo advertising buyers, which will be virtual this year.
Courtesy of Snap
June is Pride Month, and instead of the annual in-person festivities, L.A. Pride has been celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of virtual events. Now, Snap is adding augmented reality (AR) to the mix. The Santa Monica company released five new AR lenses on Wednesday in partnership with L.A.'s Pride Media. The "community of storytellers, innovators and influencers" reaches over 6 million monthly unique users, which Pride says surpasses any other LGBT media brand.
The new lenses, which is Snap-speak for the digital overlays that transform a camera image, "spotlight diverse, queer-identifying changemakers advancing equity for all people in every U.S. state," according to a company statement. The release is paired with the annual "Champions of Pride" issue from The Advocate, a Pride Media subsidiary publication.
A Snap spokesperson describes the five new lenses as "art gallery-style spaces" that help Snap's young-leaning users learn about LGBTQ+ and BIPOC advocates. These include "Mighty" Rebekah, a 13-year-old who successfully lobbied for an LGBTQ-inclusive school curriculum in her home state of New Jersey, and Brandon Wolf, the first survivor of the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando to testify before Congress.
Snap tapped five designers from its official lens creator cohort to represent five U.S. regions. Each creator has regional ties and either identifies as LGBTQ+ or an ally, the company says.
Brielle Garcia, designer of the Pacific West lens, says, "I wanted to work on a Pride lens that was not just a celebration of the past, but a celebration of our future. I hope these Lenses can be an encouragement to everyone in the LGBT community. Encouragement that people as unique as you can have success in business, politics, art, or anything you can dream of. This message is important to me because this kind of success has not always been available to us. So many amazing people have come before us to pave the way and this is a celebration of their success and a guide to what you can achieve."
Joshua Keeney, repping the Northeast, says, "The takeaways that I want people to have with this Lens is that there is incredible diversity within the LGBTQ community, that everyone can be a champion in their own way, and can bring changes to their own communities."
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A local RNA base-editing platform raised fresh funding to advance its drug development pipeline, while a local Web3 company founded by former MySpace and Jam City founders Chris DeWolfe and Aber Whitcomb scored funding to build out an artificial intelligence backed by generative AI that allows users to create and upload their own digital assets to the game.
ADARx Pharmaceuticals, a San Diego-based RNA base-editing platform, raised a $46 million Series B-1 funding round led by Ascenta Capital.
Los Angeles-based Web3 company PLAI Labs, raised a $32 million seed funding round led by a16z (formerly Andreessen Horowitz).
Spatial LABS, a Los Angeles-based Web3 and hardware company raised a $10 million seed funding round led by Blockchain Capital.
San Diego-based e-commerce and fulfillment platform Speakeasy Co. raised $6.8 million for its third seed round led by InvestBev.
StoryCo, a Los Angeles-based company that is focused on allowing fans to help collaborate and generate content based on established Hollywood properties, raised $6 million in funding led by Collab + Currency and Patron.
Los Angeles-based direct to consumer scientific research company People Science raised $5.3 million in a second seed round of funding led by Acre Venture Partners.
Per an SEC filing, Los Angeles-based car-sharing marketplace HyreCar Inc. raised $3.7 million in funding.
Monrovia-based water management service VivoAquatics Inc. raised $2 million in funding, per an SEC filing.
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Q: String is not a function error? Background
I am learning JavaScript using Code Academy and am stuck on one of the tasks they have set. The console they provide give no guidance to what line the error in on. The only help it provides is an error message.
Question
I'm receiving this error message

TypeError: string is not a function

from this block of JavaScript
confirm("Are you ready to play?");
var age = prompt("what is your age?");

if(age > 13){
    console.log("You are allowed to play but we hold no responsiblity");
}else{
    console.log("You can play, crack on");
}

console.log("You are at a Justin Bieber concert, and you hear this lyric 'Lace my shoes off, start racing.'");

console.log("Suddenly, Bieber stops and says, 'Who wants to race me?'");
var userAnswer = prompt("Do you want to race Bieber on stage?");

if (userAnswer === "yes"){
    console.log("You and Bieber start racing. It's neck and neck! You win by a shoelace!");
}else{
    console.log("Oh no! Bieber shakes his head and sings 'I set a pace, so I can race without pacing.'");
}

var feedback = prompt("Rate this game out of 10 bitch!");

if (feedback > 7){
    console.log("Thank you! We should race at the next concert!");
}else{

      console.log("Ill keep practicing coding and racing.");
}

Any idea where this error is coming from would be great help.
EDIT
After making changes suggested by various users, code is still marked as incorrect and error message still persists.
More info on when script exits
script exits after prompt:

"what is your age"?

A: typo,
 console.log="You and Bieber start racing. It's neck and neck! You win by a shoelace!";

put brackets.
console.log("You and Bieber start racing. It's neck and neck! You win by a shoelace!");

A: These lines:
console.log = "You and Bieber start racing. It's neck and neck! You win by a shoelace!";
console.log = "Oh no! Bieber shakes his head and sings 'I set a pace, so I can race without pacing.'";

... change console.log (which is a function) to a string. While this is a mistake, it does not produce any error, not immediately at least. The error is raised on the lines that say:
console.log("Thank you! We should race at the next concert!");
console.log("Ill keep practicing coding and racing.");

You are trying to invoke a string as a function, much like:
"aaa"();

This throws the error "string is not a function". Only functions, function variables, function expressions (etc) can be invoked using ().

A: Try this:
    confirm("Are you ready to play?");
    var age = prompt("what is your age?");
if(age > 13){
    console.log("You are allowed to play but we hold no responsiblity");
}else{
    console.log("you can play, crack on");
}

console.log("You are at a Justin Bieber concert, and you hear this lyric 'Lace my shoes off, start racing.'");

console.log("Suddenly, Bieber stops and says, 'Who wants to race me?'");
var userAnswer = prompt("Do you want to race Bieber on stage?");

if (userAnswer === "yes"){
    console.log("You and Bieber start racing. It's neck and neck! You win by a shoelace!");
}else{
    console.log("Oh no! Bieber shakes his head and sings 'I set a pace, so I can race without pacing.'");
}

var feedback = prompt("Rate this game out of 10 bitch!");
if (feedback == 7){
    console.log("Thank you! We should race at the next concert!");
}
else{
  console.log("Else Thank you! We should race at the next concert!");
}

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Believers in Baseball – Stories of Faith from the Diamond – C.J. Nitkowski – New York Mets
Former first round draft pick C.J. Nitkowski
September is fast approaching. Baseball is unique among professional sports in that near the end of the regular season, major league rosters expand from 25 to 40 players. That means that teams get a chance to look at players that have been playing well in the minors all year and see what they can do in the majors. The call-ups usually consist of "bubble" players who have been called up to fill in for an injured player a couple times but when the injured player returns, they are demoted again. There may also be a few that have never played in the Majors and finally get to see their Big League dream realized. And once in a while, another opportunity is given to a veteran player to see if they still have the skills to make it at the highest level.
That is the storyline for C.J. Nitkowski. He was a first round pick in the 1994 draft by the Cincinnati Reds. He played for 10 seasons in the pros with 8 different teams and put together a record of 18 wins 32 losses and an era of 5.37. He tossed his last pitch as a major leaguer in 2005, and then spent a few years playing in Japan and South Korea.
Nitkowski wants to appear on a mound wearing a Major League uniform – and he will. He is set to play a part in "42" the upcoming Harrison Ford movie about Branch Rickey and Jackie Robinson. But that may not be his last appearance on a Big League mound. As you can read in this article from New York Daily News, Nitkowski, at the age of 39, is being considered for a September call up position. He has pitched well at the 2 levels of minor league ball he has played since signing a minor league deal with the Mets in mid-July.
Nitkowski - trying out his new delivery with the Mets
Nitkowski's story is quite intriguing. Even his Twitter account profile calls him a "bad starter, decent reliever". He was a high draft pick that didn't turn into the star that the Reds hoped for. He bounced around for a few years as a starter and then as a reliever – his most successful pro season was with Houston in 1998 where he went 3-3 with a 3.37 ERA in 43 appearances. Now, after time in Asia, Dominican Republic and the doctor's office for Stem Cell treatment, he is hoping that September will give him a chance to return to the Major Leagues where he has not thrown a pitch in 7 years.
I, for one, hope that he gets that call. Earlier this summer Manny Ramirez tried to return to the Big Leagues with the Oakland A's, with a new commitment to playing hard, and a new faith in God to guide him. I hoped for his return to the majors but despite the cool story and it's fit on this blog, it didn't work out for him. Now Nitkowski is on the door step and I am again full of hope that he will complete his amazing comeback to the Pros.
But I am taking the chance now to share his story of faith, so that you can join me in cheering him on.
Nitkowski's story has taken him many places
Nitkowski's story of faith is well published. He writes about the events that lead up to his deciding to follow Christ and other thoughts on faith on his blog, which he had maintained since the early days of his career maybe as early as 1997, leading blogger David Roth to declare him likely baseball's first blogger. Formatting changes and time have removed the archives from his page, save the story of his conversion to Christianity written in 2002. The story happens on March 25, 2002. Nitkowski, freshly cut from the Astros was a home instead of at a ball park somewhere, contemplating his career and dealing with the frustration and disappointment of being cut. He heard a strange sound, which he passed off as his son playing in the sink. He heard it again and went to investigate, only to find his 2 year-old son immersed in the swimming pool at the house he was renting. His son, thankfully would be OK but the experience began a process of turning life around for C.J. Nitkowski. Please, if you didn't click the link to his testimony, go and do it. It is a long article, but it is full of some great truth!
Here are some things I am taking away from Nitkowski's story.
Almost – Nitkowski writes in his story that he thought, at first, that God was punishing him for something, or reminding him that all of the things he had could be taken in a moment. If we are not careful, it is easy to think of God as a mean, punishing God who watches all of our activities like a strict grade school teacher, ready to swat our knuckles if we step out of line. Don't read this wrong – God does discipline us – and necessarily so, but I like how Nitkowski worded it. In that stressful, scary moment, it was as if God came, put his arm around C.J. and said "Let's take a walk". That seems much more like the God I want to serve. One who loves me so much that He doesn't want to scare me off. He wants to correct my mistakes, He wants me to put Him ahead of all else, but He is not a bully trying to force us or guilt us into obedience. It is more like he wants to show us that He is the only choice that makes sense.
Jesus' sacrifice – As a dad, I can't imagine the panic of seeing my toddler child face down in a swimming pool. I also cannot imagine the relief and joy of seeing the young child wind up OK, as is the case with Nitkowski's son. The very thought of losing either of my daughters is something that breaks my heart. Yet God gave up his "One and only son". I've tried to comfort myself with the idea that we hear a lot that the Lord will not give us more than we can take – but then Philippians 4.13 comes back at me. That verse says "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength". We often use that as motivation to reach seemingly beyond our limits and achieve great things for God – and that is a possibility with God in our lives – for sure! But it recently dawned on me that "doing anything through Christ who strengthens me" also means dealing with any issues – no matter how impossible they seem. With His strength, I can deal with anything that happens to me. I think of the story of Job. What he went through is more than anyone could handle – losing all that you have, and losing all your children in a matter of moments – more that I could take on my own – and I think Job would agree. But with God as the center of our lives, and His strength and power available to us – then we can deal with the hardships – whatever they may be, and God can use them to draw us to Him and to impact lives of others around us.
So when September rolls around, keep watching – maybe this amazing adventure that Nitkowski has been on will bring him back to the majors again. I hope so!


Scanning electron micrograph of the head of a fruit fly ( Drosophila melanogaster ).
of interest (the giant chromosomes of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster ), or ability to closely model some aspect of human biology (the mammalian genome and complex brain of the mouse). Most model organisms combine many if not all of these characteristics.
Escherichia coli bacteria provide an especially important model for studies of gene regulation. Yeast ( Saccharomyces cerevisiae ) are used for a wide variety of studies in eukaryotic chromosome structure and gene regulation, as well as virtually every aspect of cell function, including the control of the cell cycle and signal transduction . The slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum is used to study cell motility and other aspects of cell function, especially those with applications to cancer. C. elegans has provided a window on the fate of individual cells during development, as each cell can be followed as it is formed, takes its place, and begins to function. Drosophila is central in the study of chromosomes and molecular aspects of development, especially development of the nervous system. Zebrafish and the frog Xenopus laevis are used most often to study vertebrate development. Arabidopsis is the major model of plant cell biology and genetics. Finally, cultures of human cells are often used to examine response to drugs, effects of genetic mutations, and other aspects of health and disease.
The genomes of each of these organisms are either fully sequenced or soon will be, allowing further investigation of the links between gene expression and cell function. This will make these models even more valuable, and also allow investigation of fundamental questions about the similarities and differences among all types of organisms.
The WWW Virtual Library: Model Organisms. <http://ceolas.org/VL/mo/> .
German biologist who won the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1995 with Edward Lewis and Eric Wieschaus. In her lab, she and Wieschaus studied how genes affect the way a fly egg turns into an adult fly. They found that specific gene mutations cause specific defects in the number of wings, antennae, or legs of fruit flies. Many of these mutations turned out to be mutations in "regulatory genes," genes that control other genes.


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Israel (Àdàkọ:Lang-he-n, Yisra'el; Lárúbáwá: إِسْرَائِيلُ, Isrā'īl) tabi Orile-ede Israel je orile-ede ni Arin Ilaoorun.
Orile-ede Israel
State of Israel
מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל (Hébérù)
Medīnat Yisrā'el
دَوْلَةُ إِسْرَائِيلَ (Lárúbáwá)
Dawlat Isrā'īl
Orin-ìyìn orílẹ̀-èdè: Hatikvah
(àti ìlú títóbijùlọ) Jerusalem[1]
31°47′N 35°13′E / 31.783°N 35.217°E / 31.783; 35.217
Hebrew, Arabic[2]
Àwọn ẹ̀yà ènìyàn 75.4% Jewish, 20.6% Arab, 4% minority groups[3]
Ará Israel
Republic under Parliamentary democracy[2]
- President Shimon Peres
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
- Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin
- Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch
from British Mandate of Palestine
- Declaration May 14, 1948
- Àpapọ̀ iye ààlà 1 20,770 / 22,072 km2 (151st)
8,019 / 8,522 sq mi
- Omi (%) ~2%
- Ìdíye 2013 8,134,1002 (96th)
- 1995 census 5,548,523
- Ìṣúpọ̀ olùgbé 356.8/km2 (34th)
- Iye lápapọ̀ $200.630 billion[4]
- Àpapọ̀ iye $201.761 billion[4]
Gini (2005) 38.6[2]
HDI (2006) ▲ 0.930[5] (high) (24th)
Shekel (₪) (ILS or NIS)
IST (UTC+2)
- Summer (DST) IDT (UTC+3)
1 Excluding / Including the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem; see below.
2 Includes all permanent residents in Israel proper, the Golan Heights and East Jerusalem. Also includes Israeli population in the West Bank. Excludes non-Israeli population in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
↑ The Jerusalem Law states that "Jerusalem, complete and united, is the capital of Israel" and the city serves as the seat of the government, home to the President's residence, government offices, supreme court, and parliament. The United Nations and all member nations, in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 478 (Aug. 20, 1980; 14–0, U.S. abstaining) which declares the Jerusalem Law "null and void" and calls on member states to withdraw their diplomatic missions from Jerusalem, refuse to accept the Jerusalem Law (see Kellerman 1993, p. 140) and maintain their embassies in other cities such as Tel Aviv, Ramat Gan, and Herzliya (see the [1] CIA Factbook and Map of Israel). The Palestinian Authority sees East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state and the city's final status awaits future negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (see "Negotiating Jerusalem", University of Maryland). See Positions on Jerusalem for more information.
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↑ HDI of Israel. The United Nations. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
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The energy legislation approved by the Legislature late Sunday night radically reorganizes the state's energy market in favor of clean energy, calls for hydroelectric and offshore wind power contracts worth billions of dollars, and gives Massachusetts a shot at building a new offshore wind industry. What's unclear is whether the energy bill will drive up utility bills. Here are some winners and losers in the bill that made it through the Legislature.
Rep. Patricia Haddad of Somerset, the third-ranking leader in the House, is perhaps the biggest winner. She blocked a major energy bill at the end of the Patrick administration because it didn't contain any provisions for offshore wind. Now, a little over a year later, she lands a bill that could jumpstart an offshore wind industry in Massachusetts. Haddad is a pragmatist, not an environmentalist. She wants offshore wind for the South Coast to help ease the impact of the closing of the Brayton Point power plant in Somerset. She built a political coalition in support of offshore wind, something many thought impossible after Cape Wind failed to line up financing for its project. A key part of that coalition is Offshore WindMA, a trade group headed by a former New Bedford official named Matthew Morrissey. Morrissey, lobbyist Jim Smith, and representatives from the three companies holding federal offshore wind leases did an excellent job convincing skeptics that Massachusetts could land an emerging industry at a reasonable price for ratepayers.
Eversource and National Grid – The state's two utilities made out very well on three fronts. Both companies hope to land contracts to deliver hydroelectricity from Canada to Massachusetts. They dodged a bullet when a Senate provision that would have barred the firms from charging their electric customers for natural gas pipeline expansion was excised from the final bill. (Both utilities, in partnership with Spectra Energy of Houston, want to build the Access Northeast pipeline project.) And the final bill retained a lucrative House provision paying the utilities a fee of as much as 2.75 percent of the value of whatever contracts they sign for offshore wind and Canadian hydroelectricity.
New Bedford – The Gateway City has been waiting for offshore wind to take off for years. Now the city, and particularly the largely unused state wind terminal there, have a chance to finally capitalize on the promise of offshore wind.
Natural gas pipeline opponents – Every senator and a majority of House members favored a Senate provision barring utilities from tapping their electric customers to finance a new natural gas pipeline. But the Senate nevertheless acceded to the demands of House leaders and dropped the provision. Still, the issue isn't over yet. The Conservation Law Foundation is challenging in court the Baker administration's position that the law allows utilities to charge their electric customers for a natural gas pipeline; a decision from the Supreme Judicial Court is expected sometime this summer.
Cape Wind – Jim Gordon, the energy developer behind Cape Wind, took another body blow in the energy bill. All he wanted was to bid on the energy bill's offshore wind contracts. But Haddad and other House leaders wanted no part of Cape Wind, so they wrote the bill in a way to exclude the wind farm from the bidding process. The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound, which in the past filed suit after suit to block Cape Wind, hired former House speaker Thomas Finneran as its lobbyist to keep the Nantucket Sound wind farm out of the bidding. The Senate, favoring greater competition, did not exclude Cape Wind in its bill. But the Senate once again acceded to the House position in the final legislation. Gordon, in an email, said he was disappointed in the final energy bill and was evaluating his options. He declined to say whether he would file suit challenging his exclusion or whether he has another move up his sleeve. "The influence of fossil fuel billionaire Bill Koch and other wealthy NIMBYs and the decision by the Legislature and Baker administration to exclude a bonafide competitor with the most advanced, developed offshore wind project unfairly and arbitrarily subverts a long and comprehensive regulatory and judicial process," he said in the email.


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It's been a confusing ride for AT&T internet lately. Last year it announced that its DSL service was gone. But now it seems like AT&T DSL internet is back. *raised eyebrow*
We checked out AT&T's DSL and fiber hybrid internet service as well as its full-fiber internet to see how its prices and speeds compare to other internet service providers (ISPs). What we found was that AT&T internet isn't a bad deal, but the best value lies in its fiber internet plans.
Let's dig into the details and see if AT&T internet is right for you.
AT&T internet plans
Data cap
AT&T Internet up to 75 Mbps
$55.00/mo. 75 Mbps 1 TB View Plans
$55.00/mo. 100 Mbps Unlimited View Plans
$80.00/mo. 1000 Mbps Unlimited View Plan
$110.00/mo. Up to 2000 Mbps Unlimited View Plans
Check to see if AT&T internet is available near you.
Looking for AT&T U-verse Internet?
You're in the right place. U-verse Internet is now AT&T Internet, which offers a DSL or DSL-fiber hybrid internet connection that costs $55 a month.
Full fiber connections offered in some areas
DSL speeds can be sluggish
1 TB data cap on DSL plans
AT&T internet prices and plans
If you can get AT&T Fiber in your area, it's well worth the price
AT&T offers a mix of fully fiber and fiber plus DSL hybrid plans. (And, technically, plain old DSL plans while it continues to upgrade its network.)
What plans you can choose from depends on where you live—AT&T Fiber is available mainly in large cities, but its DSL service is available in suburbs and more rural areas. (P.S. For simplicity's sake, we're referring to AT&T's DSL-fiber hybrid service as "DSL.")
AT&T DSL internet plans come with a max speed of 100 Mbps, but depending on your location, you could see speeds as low as 10 Mbps. (More on internet speeds in just a bit.)
That said, if you can get those faster speeds, the price isn't too bad.
AT&T Internet promotional prices
$55.00/mo. 75 Mbps DSL View Plans
$55.00/mo. 100 Mbps Fiber View Plans
Bundling AT&T services can save you money
Want TV with your internet? Maybe some phone too? The good news is that bundling your AT&T service can save you some cash with perks like DIRECTV Stream.
The better end of the deal is AT&T's fiber plans by far though. If you're in an area where AT&T Fiber is available, we say go for it. It comes with some of the lowest prices for the speeds you get—300 Mbps all the way to 5000 Mbps.
Plus you get unlimited data and upload speeds that match your download speeds. That's perfect for school or work at home.
AT&T Fiber internet promotional prices
$80.00/mo. 1000 Mbps Fiber View Plan
$110.00/mo. Up to 2000 Mbps Fiber View Plans
AT&T internet prices after 12 months
Most of AT&T's internet plans start out with a promotional price that lasts for 12 months. After that, you'll see your bill go up by $5–$20 extra a month. The AT&T Internet 2000 and AT&T Internet 5000 plan prices stay the same after 12 months.
Here's a quick look at how much the other plans cost after 12 months.
Price after 12 mos.
75 Mbps View Plans
100 Mbps View Plans
1000 Mbps View Plan
Data effective 2/14/2022. Offers and availability vary by location and are subject to change.
*for 12 mos, plus taxes & equip. fee. $10/mo equip. fee applies. Incl 1TB data/mo. overage chrgs apply
**for 12 mos, plus taxes & equip. fee. $10/mo equip. fee applies
Where is AT&T internet available?
You can get AT&T internet in 21 different states, but its fiber internet plans tend to service only large cities and suburbs in those states.
You can check to see if your city has AT&T Fiber using its fiber coverage map.
View AT&T Internet Plans | View AT&T Fiber Plans
How does AT&T internet compare to Spectrum, Xfinity, and others?
In general, AT&T's prices and speeds are pretty competitive when you compare it to Cox, Spectrum, Comcast Xfinity, and WOW! Internet. Here's a breakdown of some of AT&T's internet plans compared to the price you'd pay for similar speeds.
AT&T Internet Up to 75 Mbps plan comparison
AT&T Internet up to 75 Mbps $55.00/mo. 75 Mbps View Plans
Cox StraightUp Internet $50.00/mo. Up to 100 Mbps View Plans
Spectrum Internet® $49.99/mo. for 12 mos. Up to 300 Mbps View Plan
Both Spectrum and WOW! Internet don't offer internet plans with speeds lower than 100 Mbps. But if you have the option of either Spectrum or WOW!, the price they charge for more download speed might be a better deal than AT&T's Up to 75 Mbps plan.
AT&T Internet 100 plan comparison
AT&T Internet 100 $55.00/mo. 100 Mbps View Plans
Cox Internet Preferred 250 $49.99/mo. Up to 250 Mbps View Plan
WOW! Internet
Internet 200 $29.99/mo. Up to 200 Mbps View Plans
Aside from a middle-of-the-pack price for 100 Mbps speeds, the AT&T Internet 100 plan comes with unlimited data. Cox and Xfinity come with a 1.25 TB and 1.2 TB, respectively, while both WOW! and Spectrum offer unlimited data on their plans.
AT&T Fiber Internet 1,000 plan comparison
AT&T Internet 1000 $80.00/mo. 1000 Mbps View Plan
Cox Gigablast $99.99/mo. Up to 1000 Mbps View Plan
Spectrum Internet® Gig $89.99/mo. for 12 mos. Up to 1000 Mbps View Plan
Xfinity Internet - Central
Gigabit Extra $80.00/mo. 1200 Mbps View Plans
Internet 1 Gig $64.99/mo. Up to 1000 Mbps View Plans
If you're eyeing gig speeds, AT&T Fiber's price for its 940 Mbps plan is hard to beat. But for an extra bit of NOS to jump ahead in the race, Xfinity's 1,200 Mbps plan costs $10 less a month than the AT&T Fiber 940 Mbps plan. Otherwise, AT&T Fiber is the best deal for gig speeds compared to Cox, Spectrum, and WOW! Internet. Not to mention, if you get AT&T Internet 1000 or higher, you get HBO Max at no extra charge.
Still need to do a little comparison shopping? Check out these other reviews:
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Is AT&T internet cheap?
Overall, AT&T's internet prices are right in line with what you'll see from other ISPs—or cheaper. We think the biggest value is in its fiber internet plans. But AT&T's DSL internet plans are risky since you don't always know what speed you'll get.
Compared to Cox: AT&T Internet and Cox prices start out even, but Cox's Gigablast 940 Mbps plan is more expensive than the AT&T Fiber Internet 1,000 plan.
Compared to Spectrum: There's no comparison of AT&T's low-speed DSL plans here since Spectrum plans start out at up to 200 Mbps*, but at that speed you'll pay more per month for Spectrum than if you got the AT&T Internet 100 plan. And AT&T's gig-speed plan is much cheaper than Spectrum's. The saving grace? Spectrum comes with no equipment fee.
Compared to Xfinity: AT&T's DSL plans might be a better deal than Xfinity's 25 Mbps plan—depending on what speed you can get with AT&T. Otherwise, these two ISPs are neck-and-neck when it comes to price for the speed you get.
Compared to WOW!: WOW! and AT&T charge a similar price for their 100 Mbps plans. But you'll pay almost $15 more per month for gig speeds with WOW! compared to the price of AT&T's gig plan.
AT&T internet speed and data
AT&T Fiber speeds are fast, but its DSL service might hit some slow patches
AT&T's fiber plans come with fairly straightforward internet speeds of 300, 500, 940, 2000, and 5000 Mbps.
But its DSL plans pair you with the fastest speeds you can get in your area—up to 75 or 100 Mbps, depending on which plan you have. That could land you with internet speeds of 10, 18, 25, 50, 75, or 100 Mbps. Confusing, right?
AT&T internet download speeds and upload speeds
75 Mbps 8 Mbps 1 TB View Plans
100 Mbps 100 Mbps Unlimited View Plans
1000 Mbps 1000 Mbps Unlimited View Plan
Up to 2000 Mbps
Unlimited View Plans
The other downside to AT&T DSL internet is that it doesn't come with symmetrical, or matching, upload speeds. With DSL, you'll probably see upload speeds of 8–10 Mbps, which might put a damper on your Zoom calls or uploading email attachments while you work from home.
AT&T Fiber, on the other hand, sports symmetrical internet speeds. So whatever download speed you get, you'll get the same upload speed to match. (Except for the 940 Mbps plan, which comes with 880 Mbps upload speeds.)
That makes AT&T Fiber the superior high speed internet choice for anyone running a home office, home business, studying from home, or aiming to become the next YouTube sensation.
Is AT&T internet fast?
We dug through speed test data to find the fastest ISPs in the US, and AT&T ranked 15th out of 38 internet providers.
That's not a great rank, but it's not horrible either. And more than likely, AT&T's DSL internet is bringing down its score since DSL is slower than fiber (and sometimes cable too). Sad fact.
AT&T internet speed scores
DSL internet rank
Fiber internet rank
15th out of 38 ISPs
3rd out of 10 DSL ISPs
9th out of 20 fiber ISPs
By comparison, Xfinity ranked 7th and Spectrum ranked 14th, while Cox ranked just below AT&T at number 16. (We didn't have enough data to analyze WOW! Internet's speeds.)
AT&T internet speeds compared to Xfinity, Spectrum, and Cox
Download speed range
7th out of 38 ISPs
46.6 out of 100
25–2,00 Mbps
Spectrum Internet®
Up to 100–Up to 1,000 Mbps
10–1,000 Mbps
25–940 Mbps
But looking at the weighted scores, you'll see that Spectrum, AT&T, and Cox all scored similarly, while Xfinity jumped ahead by over 10 points. While Xfinity is a likely winner for giving you the speeds you pay for, our guess is that your actual AT&T customer speeds will be all right. Especially if you're able to get its fiber internet service.
All of AT&T's fiber internet plans and its Internet 100 plan come with unlimited data, which is the best kind of data. No need to worry about downloading that new movie or updating your video game. You're in the clear.
But if you're still on AT&T's DSL internet, you'll want to keep an eye on your data usage. Its Up to 75 Mbps plan comes with a 1 TB data cap.
We think most internet users won't go through a TB of data each month, but if you do, AT&T will charge you an extra $10 for every 50 GB of additional data you use. Or you can splurge on unlimited data for an extra $30 a month.
AT&T DSL data cap (up to 75 Mbps): 1 TB of data, $10 per 50 GB or $30/month for unlimited data
AT&T Fiber data cap (100–940 Mbps): Unlimited
AT&T contracts, equipment, and fees
AT&T did away with contracts, and its self-install option and low equipment fee are winners
AT&T recently said "Bye, Felicia!" to its contract requirements,2 and we applaud that. The freedom of not having an internet contract is one more worry taken off your plate if you have to move, change your service plan, or just enjoy not getting lassoed into agreements.
When you sign up for AT&T internet, you'll get a Wi-Fi gateway modem-and-router combo, so chances are you won't need your own router to set up your Wi-Fi network.
That Wi-Fi gateway device will come with a $10 per month rental fee too, but as far as rental fees go, it's one of the cheaper ones we've seen.
AT&T equipment fee: $10 per month
It's also really nice that you can sign up for internet service and have the equipment delivered straight to your door. A buddy of mine, Andrew, did just this while he was staying in Virginia but needed internet in his new house in Florida.
"They shipped the box on Monday. It came Wednesday, and my girlfriend hooked it up and followed the instructions. The box activated itself, and she was up and running," he says.
Imagine that: you move in, and your internet and Wi-Fi connection is set up before you even get your mattress unloaded. Priorities, right?
You can save money with your own equipment
If you're on an AT&T DSL internet plan, you could save that $10 a month for something shinier and buy your own modem and router instead. We've got tips to help you shop for a modem and choose a new router.
Sorry, y'all. There's no getting away from fees when it comes to internet service, with AT&T or with any other internet provider. Here's a quick overview of what AT&T might charge you.
Installation fee: Pay a $35 activation fee if you prefer DIY installation, or call up the pros for $99.
Early termination fee: AT&T Internet doesn't have contracts, so you shouldn't have to pay an early termination fee (ETF). However, its site does state that some plans may require a contract in order to get promotional pricing. If you fall into that bucket, you're looking at an ETF of $15 for each month left on your contract—up to a total of $180.3
AT&T customer service
AT&T's customer service ranks well compared to other ISPs—but that's still low overall
Customer service always seems to be a pain point for any service provider, and AT&T is no exception. However, it does score 71 out of 100 on the 2021 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)—this makes it one of the top-scoring internet providers.4
AT&T has made some improvement over the last two years, as the customer service rating used to be 68 the year prior.6 That puts it ahead of the average score of 65 out of 100.
AT&T internet ACSI 2021 customer service rating
ACSI 2021
71 out of 100
If you need to get chummy with an AT&T rep, social media or chat may be your best option. Here's how to get a hold of AT&T, and be sure to try some of our tips for dealing with customer service too.
AT&T internet customer service phone number: 1-800-288-2020
Online chat (you'll need to scroll down for the chat option)
Facebook: @ATT (hours are 6 a.m.–1 a.m. CST)
Twitter: @ATTHelp
Is your AT&T internet not working?
Your internet is slow or just nonexistent, and you want to flip a table. We've all been there. We've got some tips you can try to fix the issue on your own and we're crossing our fingers your internet woes are over soon.
Recap: Is AT&T internet any good?
AT&T's internet offers up some competitive pricing and zippy fiber speeds, but its DSL internet plans leave something to be desired.. Here's a quick recap of why you might or might not like it.
Prices and plans: AT&T's prices either match other ISPs serving similar areas or are cheaper. But its DSL plans quickly lose value if you can't get max speeds of 75 or 100 Mbps.
Download speed: With speeds of 300 to 5000 Mbps, AT&T Fiber speeds are perfect for a family who works, studies, and has fun online. But AT&T DSL speeds are too slow and too iffy for our liking.
Data caps: All AT&T Fiber plans come with unlimited data, but if you've got AT&T DSL, you're stuck with a small-ish 1 TB data cap. (Unless you pay for extra data, that is.)
Contracts, equipment, and fees: We're happy to say that AT&T Internet comes with no contracts. Plus its equipment rental and self-installation fees are reasonable.
Customer service: No ISP is known for great customer service, sorry to say. But AT&T rates as one of the better internet providers out there.
AT&T internet prices and plans recap
AT&T Internet Up to 75 Mbps: $55 per month*, up to 75 Mbps download speeds, 1 TB data cap
AT&T Internet 100: $55 per month**, 100 Mbps download speeds, unlimited data
AT&T Fiber Internet 300: $55 per month**, 300 Mbps download speeds, unlimited data
AT&T Fiber Internet 1,000: $80 per month**, 940 Mbps download speeds, unlimited data
AT&T Fiber Internet 2,000: $110 per month, up to 2,000 download speeds, unlimited data
Data effective 3/2/2022. Offers and availability vary by location and are subject to change.
Do you have more questions about AT&T internet? We can help.
Source: AT&T.com
Is AT&T discontinuing DSL?
You might have stumbled upon this announcement that "AT&T no longer offers DSL service." It's true that AT&T doesn't refer to its Up to 75 Mbps plan as DSL anymore, and the ISP is working to update its network to use a DSL and fiber hybrid connection that should improve your speeds.
Usually a DSL-fiber hybrid connection involves installing a fiber network in your neighborhood, then connecting your home to that fiber network with a DSL line.
The good news? Fiber tends to be more reliable and offers faster download and upload speeds than DSL. The bad news? That final DSL connection to your home will still slow your internet speeds down.
Where is AT&T Fiber available?
Right now, AT&T Fiber is available at service addresses in 21 states, mostly in the southern and midwestern US.
You can check to see if your city has AT&T Fiber on AT&T's coverage map.
What is AT&T Fixed Wireless?
AT&T's fixed wireless internet service brings internet to rural areas of the US by beaming your internet connection from an antenna on your roof to a fixed location.
While fixed wireless is certainly an exciting new technology for rural areas missing out on more than one internet option—or areas with no internet options—it isn't without its downsides. You can learn more about it in our fixed wireless guide.
How do I get AT&T internet for $10 a month?
AT&T has a special internet plan for low-income families called AT&T Access that costs $10 a month and gets you up to 25 Mbps speeds. To qualify for it, you or someone in your household needs to be enrolled in SNAP. (If you live in California, you can qualify for AT&T Access if you're enrolled in SSI too.)
You can learn more about low-income internet assistance in our guide.
How much is AT&T internet by itself?
If you just need internet, AT&T charges anywhere from $35 to $180 a month for the first 12 months. That cost goes up to $55 to $180 a month in the second year.
If your AT&T internet bill went up in 2021, it might be because your promotional pricing expired. If not, we recommend giving AT&T a call to double-check your bill and explain any confusing fees.
Is AT&T the worst internet provider?
That's a loaded question! Honestly, there are a lot of pros and cons to every ISP in the US. AT&T internet isn't the worst—but it isn't the best either.
Still, when you have few choices for internet providers like most of us do, sometimes you just have to deal with the bad and find a silver lining. (Like at least we're not hogging the phone line with our AOL CD internet anymore, right?)
Does AT&T offer unlimited home internet?
Yes, AT&T gives you unlimited data with any of its fiber internet plans. Also, if you bundle your AT&T DSL internet with TV service, you'll get unlimited data.
Is AT&T Internet 1,000 worth it?
The AT&T Fiber Internet 1,000* plan is worth it if you've got a large household of internet users who enjoy streaming (hello free HBO Max) and gaming. The plan's gig speeds are also great if you run a home business or have a lot of connected devices working in the background.
And if you upload large files, like YouTube videos or RAW image files, the Internet 1,000* plan's symmetrical upload speeds of 880 Mbps are a life saver.
*Limited availability/areas.
Jeff Baumgartner, Light Reading, "WOW to Unleash Data Caps in June, Starting in Chicago," April 2021. Accessed April 28, 2021.
AT&T, "Contract Requirements for U-verse TV, AT&T Internet, AT&T Phone Service," 2021. Accessed January 25, 2021.
AT&T, "AT&T Internet Cancellation Policy," 2021. Accessed January 25, 2021.
American Consumer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), "ACSI Telecommunications Report 2020–2021," Accessed April 14, 2021.
AT&T, "AT&T Fiber Increases Internet Speed and Security Features for Customers," April 2021. Accessed April 28, 2021.
Lisa Iscrupe, All Connect, "How Did Your Internet Provider Fare in the 2021 Customer Satisfaction Numbers?" August 3, 2021. Accessed March 2, 2022.
*Wireless speeds may vary. °Speed based on wired connection. Available Internet speeds may vary by address. Gig capable modem required for Gig speed. For a list of Gig capable modems, visit Spectrum.net/modem.
Catherine has a degree in journalism and an MBA, and has spent the last 10+ years writing everything from Okinawa travel guides to stories on Medium. She's been online since AOL CDs were a thing and is an unapologetic PC gamer. She believes the internet is a necessity, not a luxury, and writes reviews and guides to help everyone stay connected. You can also find her on Twitter: @CMReviewsIt.


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Email is an essential tool for businesses, enabling instant external and internal communication between contacts across the office, country and world. With its fast operation, customization options and powerful filter controls, Gmail is an appealing choice for a company email platform. The Web-based service includes a number of useful features for replying to messages, such as the ability to reply inline within the text of the original email.
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Swing Time: Ex-Cubs catcher Ross on "Dancing with the Stars"
Popular with teammates and fans, Ross retired last fall after hitting a home run in Game 7 that helped the Cubs win the World Series. On Wednesday, the former catcher was part of the cast ABC unveiled for the 24th season of the reality competition.
Ross will be the first major leaguer to appear on the show, which has often been won by NFL, Olympic and race car champions. He got connected with ''Dancing with the Stars'' when a producer emailed his agent, Ryan Gleichowski.
At first, Ross said they thought it was some sort of prank.
''The love that I've received from my teammates and the fans of Chicago is just, all that put into one, I convinced myself to give it a try,'' Ross said.
NL Most Valuable Player Kris Bryant is rooting for ''Grandpa Rossy'' - that's the nickname the younger Cubs playfully gave him last year.
Ross played 15 years in the majors for seven teams, also winning the crown in 2013 with Boston. But he became a favorite figure in Chicago after signing with the Cubs in December 2014.
The 39-year-old Ross served as the personal catcher for star pitcher Jon Lester, and also helped mentor first baseman Anthony Rizzo, Bryant and the rest of Chicago's talented young core. The Cubs won 97 games in Ross' first year with the team, and then won the title last season for the first time since 1908.
In the aftermath of the dramatic World Series win against Cleveland, Ross went on ''Saturday Night Live'' with Rizzo and Dexter Fowler, where they played male strippers for one skit. He also joined Bryant for an appearance on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show. He quickly picked up two more jobs, as a special assistant with the Cubs and a baseball analyst for ESPN.
Ross also has a memoir coming out in May, but ''Dancing with the Stars'' likely will attract more attention than any of his other projects - especially in the Cubs' clubhouse.
Ross is eager to give it a twirl.
Ross' competition includes Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, who won four gold medals and a bronze in Rio de Janeiro last summer, and former figure skater Nancy Kerrigan. Laurie Hernandez, one of Biles' teammates on the powerhouse U.S. team for Rio, won the Mirrorball Trophy as last season's champ.
The Cubs had five players voted as All-Star starters last summer, and the team's Twitter feed quickly posted about Ross' spot on the show on Wednesday. It sounds as if some of the team's biggest stars also were planning to help.
Shortstop Addison Russell said he is a fan of the show and he likes Ross' chances. He also offered some advice.


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Ex-Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen's Testimony Postponed Before House Intelligence Committee
Erin Corbett
Michael Cohen's planned closed-door testimony Wednesday before the House Intelligence Committee was postponed today until late February.
The former personal attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump's is now set for Feb. 28, a week before his federal prison sentence begins March 6, CNBC reports.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, a California Democrat, said in a statement the delay in Cohen's testimony was "in the interests of the investigation."
The Senate Intelligence Committee also subpoenaed Cohen last month to appear before the committee in mid-February.
Cohen previously postponed an appearance in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, claiming threats had been made against his family by Trump and his lawyer Rudolph Giuliani.
"The president has terrorized someone who wanted to tell the truth before Congress," Cohen's legal advisor Lanny Davis claimed last month.
Davis argued that Trump and Giuliani urged supporters to "watch" Cohen's father-in law, who he he maintains has ties to organized crime, according to CNBC. The claims have not been substantiated.
Davis declined to provide comment to Fortune Wednesday.


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This Is Anfield • Liverpool FC News •
Jurgen Klopp rules out Naby Keita January arrival
Any hope of Liverpool bringing in Naby Keita early this winter appears to have been ruled out after recent comments from Jurgen Klopp.
The Guinean midfielder would be just what's needed at Liverpool, adding dribbling and the ability to work neatly in tight spaces from central areas.
But the 22-year-old, who was signed last summer ahead of a move to Merseyside at the end of this season, will be remaining at Leipzig according to Klopp.
Asked on Friday if there was any prospect of doing a deal to bring him to Liverpool early next month, Klopp said: "There is an agreement with the club that he will come in June or July to Liverpool.
"There is nothing else to say about that. We really don't think about it because of all the things Leipzig have said.
"They said they do not have to sell any player. Why should they do something like that (letting him leave in January)? So no, we don't think about it."
Keita has scored five goals in 19 appearances in all competitions so far this season. He's also been sent off twice for Leipzig and a further red card playing for Guinea.
Liverpool paid Keita's £48 million release fee last summer, plus an added premium in order to get the deal done early. Some reports this week claimed the eventual fee could be as high as £66 million.
The claims, from SportBild, suggest that if Leipzig finish seventh or below, Liverpool will pay £57 million.
A fifth or sixth place (Europa League) finish will see Liverpool hand over £62 million.
And if they clinch a top four finish – therefore a Champions League place – Liverpool will pay £66 million.
It's also claimed that Leipzig inserted a clause in his contract which includes a profit if Liverpool sell on Keita in the future.
Whether these claims are true isn't clear, but regardless, he's comfortably Liverpool's record transfer.
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