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Character Role Analysis
Logan Killicks
Logan is one of the numerous characters who try to impose materialistic values on Janie. Logan wants Janie to be happy in her marriage and satisfied with her life because she is the mistress of 60 acres of land.
Logan isn't a traditional antagonist because he's not just a totally evil guy out to ruin Janie's life; he actually cares for her. However, he does hold her back on her quest to find love and herself, and he also threatens to kill Janie...so we're declaring him an antagonist.
Joe Starks
Joe Starks is something of a wolf in sheep's clothing. Though he seems chivalrous at first, upon marrying him, Janie discovers some disturbing flaws. Joe, having worked for white men all his life, has several very stubborn opinions of exactly what a highborn lady should do and, more importantly, not do. He seldom allows her to speak her mind, attend social gatherings, or participate in the nightly community gossip sessions. He feels that such activities are too crass and low for her.
However, he himself engages in them. This is called hypocrisy, folks. Joe also is like Logan in that he attempts to press his materialistic values on Janie. As far as possessions and social position go, Joe provides for Janie lavishly and expects that should be enough to make her happy. Overall, Joe restricts Janie for about 20 years of her life. It isn't until after he dies that Janie really starts to live.
Nanny's attempts to teach Janie and put her in the most advantageous position possible are misguided. From her perspective, the best future she can see for her granddaughter is for Janie to be the legitimate wife of a landowner. She sobs and pleads and rants enough to subdue Janie's protests and force her to marry Logan Killicks.
Though Nanny means only to give Janie what is valued in the old slave tradition—material wealth and social status—she ends up ruining much of Janie's life and robs her of her innocence. Nanny is an antagonist not because she has bad intentions for Janie but because she forces her own materialistic values on the girl and doesn't let her choose her own future.


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The committee has five Liberals, three Conservatives, two New Democrats, one Green, and one Bloc member.
The House of Commons returns to Bill C-2.
MPs have started debate on the Senate amendments to Bill C-14.
The "O Canada" lyrics bill faces a third-reading vote.
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Microsoft appears to be on a roll with system updates to the Xbox One. The changelog for the April update was leaked Tuesday from a closed forum meant for those in the update preview program.
The changelog was posted on NeoGAF where it reveals a number of new enhancements to the Xbox One including Friend notifications which many felt should have been part of the console's launch. Instead, it will come as part of the April update marking the second significant update in as many months for the console.
Update: Microsoft confirmed the contents of the April release in an Xbox Wire article posted after this story went live.
Other enhancements include improvements to the Kinect and GaveDVR video quality as well as the progress bar that shows the status of game and app updates.
No word on when the update might be released but the post on the closed Xbox forum notes that this preview will last longer than the March preview so it could be the middle of April or later.
You can check out the complete changelog for the Xbox One April system update below.
- Game and app saves and updates. A game save progress bar will show you the status of your game saves. You will also be able to easily tell what games and apps are being updated or have been updated recently.
- Friends improvements. Notifications will be added to see when favorites and friends sign in to Xbox Live. This actually was one of the most frequently requested features from the first preview wave and we made it a priority to include it in the April update. Also, friends who are in multiplayer will be identified in the friends list. We'll also add the ability to view friends' most popular apps.
- Blu-ray 50 Hz video output support for content recorded at 50 Hz will resolve video playback issues some Xbox Live members in Europe are experiencing.
- Kinect voice and motion improvements will continue to fine tune the quality and reliability of Xbox One commands.
- Improved GameDVR video quality through compression algorithm improvements.
- Updates to Xbox One device management to address issues controlling TVs, set top boxes, and receivers that our customers have reported.
- New audio settings to tune how much volume is lowered when Kinect is used in communications.
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Start Times, Television Announced For 2013 Football Campaign
June 18, 2013
AMHERST, Mass. - The Mid-American Conference announced the ESPN schedule for the upcoming season with the UMass football program adding two more televised games to the broadcast schedule. Additionally, kick-off times for home games against Vanderbilt, Miami (OH), Western Michigan, and Akron as well as all road games have been announced.
The home opener against Maine will be televised on ESPN3 with a 2 PM kick-off. The Minutemen will also appear on the ESPN syndication package on Nov. 2 against Northern Illinois at Gillette Stadium starting at Noon. The season-finale at Ohio on Friday, Nov. 29 will be part of an ESPN Flex Package for the league. ESPN will determine two games from that day's league schedule to place on ESPNU/ESPN3.
Earlier this month, it was announced that UMass' season-opener at Wisconsin will be televised nationally on the Big Ten Network with a Noon (EST) kick-off.
In addition to the television schedule, UMass announced start times for four other home games at Gillette. The Minutemen will host Vanderbilt at Noon, Miami (OH) at 3 PM for Band Day, Western Michigan at 3 PM for Homecoming, and Akron at 1 PM for Senior Day.
For road games, Kansas State had previously announced a 7 PM (EST) kick time for the Minutemen's trip to Manhattan on Sept. 14. UMass and Bowling Green on Oct. 5 will kick-off at 3:30 PM, while the Oct. 19 game at Buffalo will begin at 3:30 PM. The start time at Central Michigan on Nov. 23 is set for 1 PM.
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College Hockey:Flynn, Balisy, Grant named USCHO's Three Stars for Jan. 19
Tommy Grant, Alaska-Anchorage: The senior first-line left winger posted two goals, five points and was plus-2 in the Seawolves' wins over Colorado College — their first home sweep since October 2007. He gave Alaska-Anchorage a 2-0 lead with his ninth and 10th goals of the season on Friday. :: Tommy Grant's player page
Chase Balisy, Western Michigan: The freshman helped continue the Broncos' resurgence with a three-goal, four-point weekend in a win and tie against Ohio State. A second-line center, Balisy was plus-3 after a two-goal, one-assist performance on Friday, then added another goal and was plus-1 a day later. :: Chase Balisy's player page
Brian Flynn, Maine: The junior winger posted his third game-winning goal of the season when he scored 48 seconds into overtime against Providence, capping a two-goal, one-assist night. He made it a five-point weekend two days later when he had a goal and an assist and was plus-3 in a victory over Boston College. :: Brian Flynn's player page
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While the media is praising Glenn Beck for drawing what is being debated to be between 87,000 and 400,000 people on the Mall in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, regardless of the actual figure, it only proved what we already knew, Glenn Beck has the ability to draw a crowd.
After months of media hype on his popular syndicated radio show and his FOX Television program that tops the ratings cycle after cycle and has millions of daily viewers, one could have expected more. With financial and promotional assistance from FreedomWorks, a sponsor on Beck's radio show, an e-mail promotional campaign to 500,000 conservative activists from the Tea Party Patriot's e-mailing list, and co-sponsorship by the National Rifle Association one should have expected ten times more than 100,000 people to show-up.
What Beck's rally proved yesterday, was not that his Tea Party and Evangelist followers are such a dominating political group, it simply proved once again that Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin have perfected their methods of preaching to the choir, and that they know how to use the massive, well-funded ultra-conservative media machine that FOXNews and all the conservative political action groups have laid at their feet. It also proved what we already knew, both Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are Bible-Belt and fundamentalist Christian rock stars who use the apocalypse and fear of change as their most powerful tools for achieving monetary gain.
Forced to avoid explicitly partisan politics because of the event's co-sponsorship by contributions to the tax-exempt foundation Wounded Warriors, Beck left it up to "Providence," and took on a decidedly Evangelical approach as he recounted his conversation with God on what to do at the rally.
"God is the answer," Beck said. "It was about four months ago that we were still kind of lost, and we didn't know what we were going to do when we got here," Beck said. "And I was down on my knees, and we were in the office. And I said 'Lord, I think I'm one of your dumber children. Speak slowly!' And the answer was, 'You have all the pieces. Just put them together.' The pieces are faith, hope and charity and looking for those things inside each of us.'"
To his throng of worshipping followers, Glenn Beck said, "Something beyond imagination is happening, America today begins to turn back to God.''
Make no mistake about it, Glenn Beck and his sect of followers, whether they were in Washington yesterday or not, want nothing less than a theocratic government governed according to biblical law, and nothing less than the United Christian States of America.
Through the prism of Beck's own megalomania, he sees himself as divinely in tune with our founding fathers and their intentions. Yet his vision of America is so far to the Right of the Constitution they wrote and adopted, it is hard for most progressives to view Beck as anything other than a dangerous ideologue bent on dismantling our constitutional government as we know it today.
Yesterday didn't prove Glenn Beck's divinity, and yesterday's rally certainly didn't make Glenn Beck an historic or iconic civil rights leader.
Even if you use Beck's own expectedly inflated estimate of between 300,000 and 600,000 people attending his rally, it only proves that he has managed to convince hundreds of thousands, and maybe even a few million people in this nation, to accept his apocalyptic, theocratic solutions to abate their intense fear of the future as they fervently wait for the rapture and the fabled Second Coming of Christ. But with Beck as their leader and false prophets, yesterday was nothing more than more Beck-esque media shtick for profit and egotistical pleasure.
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College Hockey:Mercyhurst Tops Army, Inches Toward AHA Lead
WEST POINT, N.Y. — Mercyhurst scored four goals in the second period, erasing a one-goal deficit en route to its second win over Army in as many days, 6-3, Saturday night at Tate Rink.
Mercyhurst's Rich Hansen finished off a 2-on-1 break, capitalizing on an Army turnover at the blue line, to put the visiting Lakers in front for good 3-2 at 12:40 of the second period. Scott Champagne tacked on another before the period ended and then added his second marker of the game two minutes into the third as Mercyhurst (16-11-2/13-5-1 AHA) took a commanding lead, 5-2.
David Wrigley capped a five-goal run for the Lakers on the power play at 12:56 of the final stanza. Wrigley, Borrelli and Hansen finished with a goal and an assist each, Scott Reynolds recorded two assists and Champagne scored two goals and picked up an assist to lead Mercyhurst.
Jon Boyle scored a power-play goal and assisted on Army's final tally of the day. Chris Casey briefly gave the Black Knights (11-12-3/5-10-3 AHA) and their 1,620 fans in attendance something to cheer about when he made a breakaway count at 7:19 of the second period, lifting Army to a 2-1 advantage.
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Brad Roberts made 17 saves in goal for Army. He was relieved with 7:04 left in the game by senior Bill Moss, who stopped two shots. Lakers netminder Andy Franck stopped 30 of 33 shots for the visitors.
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Earlier today Wiz stopped by Hot 97 to talk with Funk Flex about his recent arrest, album, plans with Diddy, and more. Of course he couldn't leave without dropping off a few bars. UPDATE: Now with video
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50 called Funk Flex last night on Hot 97. He talked about a bunch of topics including his recent collabo with Jada, Chelsea Handler rumors, thoughts on BET's MC list, XXL cover with SB, Nicki Minaj and whole lot more. Listen up. Break 1: Break 2:
Diddy called into Hot 97 last night to talk to Funk Flex about a whole bunch of topics including the Bugatti Boyz group, the many female artists careers he's played a part in and he cleared the air on his Nicki Minaj management situation around the 2:20 mark. Last Train To Paris, is finally dropping on December 14th.
Two nights ago on Hot 97, Peter Rosenberg debuted some new music from Iron Solomon and Cassidy. And all this time, we thought Rule #4081 was never battle KRS-One. Below that, Solomon rips the mic to shreds with a freestyle. "Freestyle"
This past Saturday marked the one-year anniversary of the passing of legendary NYC radio pioneer, Mr. Magic, and Funkmaster Flex paid homage on his Hot 97 show. With Kool DJ Red Alert by his side, they tore through some 80s classics. Study your lessons, young buck. In Flex We Trust
Now that Waka Flocka and Stephen Hill have reconciled, Waka stopped by Hot 97 this evening and explained his war of the words with BET's H.N.I.C. He goes hard in the tweets.
Following Soulja Boy's performance yesterday at the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, he gave Funkmaster Flex a ring on Hot 97. SB spoke on his feud with Fab, cocaine allegations and his collab with Curtis. Speaking of 50, he gets on the phone at the 5:50 mark and reveals the two will share the next cover of XXL. heads up: nav


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MTV headed back to Las Vegas for the premiere of its 25th edition of The Real World last night.
Among the highlights was a dinner scene in which the roommates played "Never Have I Ever..." and cast member Dustin Zito was forced to admit that he's been in a threesome and, yes, he's kissed a man.
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Don't feel sorry for turkeys and pigs at Christmas, feel sorry for vegetarians. They are the ones forced to suffer a month of forsworn canap?s at parties, culminating in a family feast that demands hours of sitting at a table groaning with meat.
"What's in this?" they will ask as they pause over a tray of canap?s, knowing the answer will be bacon, anchovies or sausage. "Don't worry, I'll just have the vegetables," they will say, as the ham is being carved and the turkey is drowned with gravy. Given that vegetarians won't eat meat, but that meat-eaters will eat


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West Elm is all about helping customers discover personal style in their home, and with Craft Lake City's mission to inspire local artisans while elevating Utah's creative culture, their partnership is designed to encourage participants of all skillsets to indulge in their creative sides. June's workshop featured Katy Willis of America's Sign Kitchen and taught the basics of brush lettering, a casual lettering technique in sign painting. Participants were able to create their own hand-painted "EAT" sign.
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Anheuser-Busch has started up the next innovation in beer: automation at Minnesota's Target Field.
The Twins' home game against the Yankees Sunday debuted self-serving beer stations.
ESPN reporter Darren Rovell caught a glimpse of these blue game-changers from DraftServ, and spoke with investors behind the idea.
"It's a way to engage with the customer and allows the fan to have greater control of what they're drinking. There's obviously some novelty value to this, but it also allows people to pour what they want. If they want half of a cup, that's all they will pay for," Jerry Jacobs, Jr., with concessionaire Delaware North, told ESPN.
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The University of Wyoming men's and women's track and field teams travel to the 2014 Mountain West Indoor Championships this weekend in the Cadet Field House at the Air Force Academy. The meet begins at 11 a.m. MT on Thursday and Friday and 10 a.m. MT on Saturday. Fans can follow live results through GoWYO.com and live updates through Wyoming's official Twitter account @wyoathletics.
The Cowboys and Cowgirls made their final adjustments for the conference meet by hosting the Rocky Mountain Classic last Friday in War Memorial Fieldhouse. The Cowboys won eight of 10 events, highlighted by a facility- and school-record shot put of 66-3 1/4 by senior Mason Finley and the fifth-best triple jump in school history of 51-3 3/4 by sophomore Scott Carter. The Cowgirls won seven of 10 events, led by junior Shreese Daniels at 67-3 1/4 in the weight throw to further her personal best by nearly two feet. Finley was named the MW Athlete of the Week for his performance.
"The teams have done a great job getting better every week [this season]," UW head coach Bryan Berryhill said. "That is something we talked about at the beginning of the year. Get a little bit better each week and try to peak at the conference meet, whether it is indoors or outdoors. I think if you've watched practice or the competition at last Friday's meet, the kids are coming along nicely and we are going to come close to hitting our peak for each athlete this weekend."
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"We knew going in that our field events would be the highlight of this meet and we had big performances by a couple kids," UW head coach Bryan Berryhill said. "I really liked the energy of our team today. A small meet like this the week before the conference meet can sometimes be flat, but we brought a lot of energy today and that will set them up well heading into next weekend."
Finley's mark broke his previous school and facility record of 66-0 1/4, which he set during UW's Power Meet in December, and keeps him fourth in the NCAA in the event. His female counterpart Shreese Daniels excelled in the women's weight throw as well. The junior won at 67-3 1/4 to improve her personal best by nearly 2 feet. The mark keeps her second all-time in Cowgirl history and moves her up to 21st in the NCAA. Sophomore Scott Carter was also impressive in the triple jump, as he unleashed a leap of 51-3 3/4 to win and break his old personal best by more than 2 feet. The mark ranks fifth in Wyoming history and is 22nd in the nation.
"Mason and Shreese have both been working on some technical things in practice and they hit it today," Berryhill said. "Scott has been a little dinged up, but we've seen that in practice and knew he had it in him. Today he just went for broke each time down the runway and was rewarded with a great mark."
Other victories for the Cowboys included sophomore Harrison Einspahr in the 55 meters at 6.43 and junior Colin Herold in the 55-meter hurdles at 7.51. Junior Jason Roascio won the 300 meters in 36.42 and freshman Garrett Westlake, running unattached, won the mile in 4:22. Junior Kyle Sullivan won the high jump at 6-2 3/4 and sophomore Tyler Anderson was victorious in the weight throw at 63-2 1/4.
The Cowgirls took home titles in the 55 meters and 55-meter hurdles as well, thanks to a 6.91 from sophomore Kereston Thomas and 7.89 from senior Jenna Mann, respectively. Senior Natalie Hurst won the 300 meters at 41.75 and sophomore Catherine Cloetta crossed the line in the mile in 5:16 to win. Sophomore Sabina Sandberg tied a season-best at 5-5 to win the high jump and Mann won the long jump at 18-3 1/4.
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Before leaving the circuit Pedrosa said, "This morning was sunny but by the time we got to the track the clouds had started to arrive. I was discussing the programme for the day with my team and it started to rain. We decided that we had nothing new to test in these conditions - even if it started to dry up this afternoon, and we are happy with the machine. On top of that, I felt the pain in my neck again yesterday and would prefer to rest it in time for Qatar. We've done a lot of testing this winter and now we are ready to go racing, I can't wait to start the season."
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Been off metformin for 3 days...for my daughter's birthday we had chinese food and sundaes. I had small portions and no rice or lo mein bt post meal was 130. Then after ice cream with hot fudge m&ms and whipped cream it was 109. Maybe diet and excrsize is enough?
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Kathy, that is GREAT! There are those who control with diet and exercise and I really hope that you are one of those. Although I fear that it means that we won't see you too much here. Let us all know what the doctors decide but also remember that you have become very special to a bunch of us, myself included!
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diet and exercise can control diabetes for a long time with many people before it can progress..keep up the good work.
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we will find out I guess. I don't plan on making any changes in diet...still count carbs, helps with weight loss anyway. she may start me on a new one...who knows.
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Kathy - wonderful news! I really hope that it keeps going for you. It's all our goal, isn't it?
I am only on diet and exercise now, but I still have those days where my numbers spike. The other day I had to work a lunch meeting where there was NOTHING that I could eat except a hamburger. I did, w/the bun but nothing else on it. BS spiked to 180! Haven't seen that since I was first diagnosed. Fortunately it calmed down about 3-4 hrs. later, but it made me realize that, for me, the low carb diet is here to stay...
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Hi ya, kae03:
Do you mind if I ask how you have done in terms of weight loss? Have you had a significant loss since you started your diet and exercise program? And how far are you away from your ideal weight?
(Sorry if these are too personal. Just I think it will help myself and others here.)
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no problem answering it at all. I have lost 12 lbs since Jan 3...I am still about 45 lbs away from my goal weight.
I work out 4 times a week...circuit training and often weights 2x and cardio and weights 2x... muscle burns sugar...
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Wow! You are an exercise beast!!! Congrats on the workout program and keep up the good work. You should be REALLY proud of yourself for working out like that.
Of course, I am not a doctor, but when you do hit your ideal weight, I would imagine that in general, your health is going to be like night and day compared to your old self. Being 57 pounds away from your ideal weight (where you started from on Jan 3) must have really been a burden on your health.
My doctor has told me that some people control it with only diet and exercise, so maybe you will be one of those people.
Keep at it, and hopefully your doctor will give you the go ahead to get off the metformin (which I know you suspected you MIGHT be having problems with anyway).
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AmDK, blame the bun for the spike...
IMO, the hamburger itself is OK, but only part of the balanced diet.
Kahy, do post here with your diet and exercise experiences....there is so much in this area that will help me and others..
Now its time to plant the garden (spinach and beans), this is very hard work..
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What a grand finish is on tap for the U.S. Open today at The Olympic Club.
72 golfers will put the peg in the ground 18 times in the final round in San francisco. I will not say that Tiger shot himself out of the tournament, but he shot himself out of the tournament. He shot 75 on "Moving Day" and moved five shots off the pace. The guy he is playing with today, Casey Whittenberg, shot 67 Saturday. Woods went from T1 to T14.
There are 36 twosomes and Wittenberg went out in the 6th twosome Saturday and Tiger in the 36th pairing. That, folks, is "Moving Day" right there.
Woods and David Toms shot the two worst rounds Saturday of anyone in the top 55 at the end of play (but for A. Presnell).
Do not expect the course set-up to be as easy as it was today.
The USGA's Mike Davis has set up three outstanding days of golf and I would suspect today for the final 18 will be no different.
I still like Furyk because, usually, he hits it so straight off the tee. But, there are 13 players within four shots of the lead. And, anyone of the "no-names" can pull a Steve Jones from 1996 and hoist the trophy.
An Ernie Els win would be fine with me. Same with Lee Westwood.
Do not count out, though, Webb Simpson or Jason Dufner.
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A Cal Poly employee faces multiple felony charges including sexual assault and false imprisonment after his arrest this week on campus. 39- year-old Mark Calixsterio of Grover Beach was arrested when he arrived for work Tuesday. Calixterio is on the housing custodial staff and has been ordered to stay away from campus as his criminal case moves forward. Bail was …Read More »
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At Myna we're all about considered, methodical approaches to website optimisation. But for newbies, A/B testing can seem like a lot of hard work: fussy micro-management of page elements and aesthetics in pursuit of minor gains.
How do you know where to begin? How do you find the tests that make a big difference?
To get the most out of A/B testing, you need a plan. Don't just sit down in front of your website and start testing the colour of a button – start by establishing what you want to improve. For that you need statistics, so sit yourself down, fire up your analytics program of choice, and let's get started.
This is the first in a two-part series of posts outlining how to build a testing plan. In this post we'll talk about testing the process you're guiding your users through. In the next post we'll talk about testing the positioning of your product in the market.
When testing process, you are assuming that your product or offer is attractive to your users, but something is getting in the way of making a sale.
Look at the paths you want users to take through your web site, find out where you're losing them, and test around this.
Where are you losing users? Do they hit your landing page and then bounce straight off? Do people fail to complete the sign up process? Or do people get distracted and wander off during checkout? Possible culprits are:
- your landing page lacks a strong call to action
- your sign-up process is too long
- your checkout process is too complicated
- your product pages don't offer a clear path to purchase
Your analytics will tell you what you need to know – the key terminology is a funnel or sales process. This is a sequence of steps that you define that lead users to your conversion goal. You can set up funnels using conversion goals in Google Analytics as well as other analytics packages to track the flow of users through the desired steps.
Here is an example sales funnel based on our sign-up process at Myna. Note that the conversion rate figures are fabricated for illustrative purposes.
When people sign up to Myna, we push them through four steps: they choose a plan, enter account details, enter billing information, and arrive at their shiny new Myna dashboard. At each step some percentage of users proceed onwards, while other users leave and go elsewhere. Our goal is to maximise the number of people who get all the way through to the end.
The key information provided by the funnel is where we are losing users. In the example there are two weak steps: the landing page (step 1) and the billing page (step 4). We immediately know where to start optimising:
- The landing page is likely to have a low conversion rate because not all users arrive at our site wanting to sign up. Some users have already signed up and want to log in; other users may want to read our blog or contact us. Nevertheless, we can run a few tests here to try to increase this conversion rate. It's not hard to come up with several ideas around messaging, design and layout.
- The final step of the pipeline, billing information, is a great candidate for testing. By the time users get to this step we know they definitely want to sign up to a plan. Why aren't 60% of them doing so? This is a great candidate for testing ways to minimise friction on the billing form: collect fewer fields, optimise the layout, and provide the user with immediate feedback if they get something wrong.
The conversion rates on a funnel provide useful information going even beyond testing. For example, in Myna we sign people up to our free plan in step 3, before they enter billing information. This way, we allow users to use Myna even if they choose not to give us their credit card details. We also allow users to opt in to our mailing list in step 3, providing us with a way to contact them in the future.
In conclusion, analysing funnels and traffic around your site provides the key to testing process. Once you understand where you can make the biggest gains, it's much easier to get into the specifics of tweaking layouts, images, and buttons. At every level you should make hypotheses about why people are leaving your funnel and address them by testing new ideas.
It's important to note that sales funnels are often more complicated than the one we've described above. Our sales process at Myna involves many more steps on and off our web site, encouraging users to come and try our product, providing support setting up tests, and helping them get their first set of results. Your web sign-up or checkout process is a great place to start, however. As you get used to testing, you can expand outwards to look at the big picture.
Finally, testing process is only useful if you're managing to attract users to your site. In order to do that, you're going to need a marketing strategy. A/B testing can help greatly with marketing as well, as we'll see in the second post in this series on positioning.
New addition to the team
The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed that we've got a new addition to the team. Please welcome our new mascot, Monique:
As the old site design clashed with her beautiful colouring, we threw it all away and gave the site a bit of a polish. Please excuse any empty paint cans around the place.
Monique is a Balinese myna bird, a critically endangered species. Though exact population numbers are unknown, efforts are being made to protect and strengthen the wild population, which has been severely diminished by poachers.
The Bali Myna can also be found on Indonesian currency, and you can read more on birdlife.org.
A Myna by any other name
What does a small bird, native to South-East Asia, have to do with A/B testing?
The answer? It's all in the algorithms.
Some of the the sub-species of the myna (or mynah) are considered talking birds, i.e., birds that can mimic human speech.
As a myna (the bird) mimics human words, and is rewarded by positive reinforcement from its owner (or delicious, delicious seeds), it learns which are the most desirable words or phrases and knows to repeat them more in future.
In much the same way, as Myna (the revolutionary new A/B testing solution) repeats your variants, and is rewarded by successful conversions, it learns which is the most successful variant and knows to repeat that more in future.
As the page views roll in on a new test, we like to picture an excitable bird, squawking away and gobbling down treats, learning not to swear in front of polite company.
Even in our short lifetime, we've seen multiple spellings of the word: from minah to miyna, mynor to mhyna (what can I say, sometimes I just type too fast). While both myna and mynah are considered valid spellings for the bird, the A/B testing is spelled only Myna.
Countdown to launch
We're pleased to announce that we're finally coming out of beta, which means the introduction of our least-requested new feature: pricing plans. These will come into effect on 15th December.
We've got plans for all sizes of business and website, including a permanently free plan for low-volume users or sample tests. Sign up now and start A/B testing for free – you can upgrade whenever you're ready.
All our existing beta users (and any new sign-ups) will have the opportunity to choose a plan before December 15th. On that date, everyone else will be transferred onto the free plan. Don't worry! All existing tests and data will remain intact.
We'll make further announcements on billing closer to the time, but for now, all the details are available on the Myna pricing page.
New client library: Python
Just a quick post to let you know that there's now a client library available for Python.
It uses the built-in
httplib to allow you to suggest and reward your Myna clients. It has no external dependencies and has been tested in Python 2.7.
Here's a link to the github repository, which includes some basic documentation so you can get started. We'll add some more detailed information to the main site pretty soon.
New and improved documentation
Earlier in the week, we sent out a short survey to our awesome beta testers, asking them what they would most like to see added to or improved upon in Myna.
One of the common responses was a request to improve our documentation. So, we've done it, and you can access the new and improved documentation from the 'help' tab above, or from this handy link.
We've made lots of changes, improving significantly on the organisation and layout, and adding a shiny new demo page for the javascript client library, complete with code samples.
We'll continue working on the documentation to make sure it's as complete and helpful as possible. We hope that this initial change will make it easier and faster to start A/B testing with Myna.
If you have any comments or suggestions regarding the documentation (or anything else), please let us know using our contact form.
Oxygen Accelerator
Greetings from Myna HQ!
It's been a veritable whirlwind of excitement since our last post.
Firstly, we're pleased to announce that we've been accepted onto the Oxygen Accelerator program at BSP-A. This is a 13-week bootcamp for startups, providing access to mentors, introductions to investors, and (importantly) office space.
The information and advice we're receiving is golden, and we're having an absolute blast. We'll admit to being a bit nervous about being locked in a room with a gang of hungry startups, but they're a great bunch, with some fantastic ideas, and we really do wish them well on their way.
And if nothing else, we have a captive audience.
While we're absorbing information like a pair of parched sponges, we're also hard at work on Myna itself. We're working on some refinements to the UI and reporting features, and rolling out changes to the support system – our help pages are getting a bit of a polish, and we've just given our internal metrics tracking a significant boost, integrating with Mixpanel.
We also seem to have adopted a small robot.
Isn't he cute?
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(11am update) A four-day rally on Wall Street ended as disappointing corporate results and depressing reports on durable goods, new homes and jobless fuelled fears the recession is deepening.
Allstate tumbled 19% after reporting its first unprofitable year as a public company, while Textron and Eastman Kodak slid more than 27% after posting losses.
Orders for goods designed to last several years fell in December for a fifth month, the longest slide since comparable data began in 1992. Sales of new homes fell to an annual pace of 331,000, a rate that would take more than a year to clear the glut of unsold properties. And the number of Americans collecting jobless benefits soared to a record 4.776 million in the week ended January 17.
The main Dow Jones index lost 226.44 points, or 2.7%, to 8200.62, erasing all of the previous day's gains. The S&P 500 index retreated 3.3% to 845.14, extending the month's losses to 6.4%.
European stocks fell for the first time in four days. The Dow Jones Stoxx 600 index slipped 1.8% to 190.79, bringing this month's decline to 3.8%.
National benchmark indexes decreased in all of the 18 western European markets except Luxembourg and Portugal.
BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto dropped at least 3% on lower metal prices. AstraZeneca sank 6.3% as the UK's second-largest drugmaker predicted no sales growth this year. Watchmaker Swatch and Nobel Biocare Holding also slipped on lower sales.
The U.K.'s FTSE 100 retreated 105.09 points or 2.5% to 4190.11.
France's CAC 40 declined for a second time this week, losing 66.26 points, or 2.2%, to 3009.75.
Germany's DAX lost 2% to 4428.11 as unemployment rose almost twice as much as forecast in January.
Commodities: Oil down, gold up
Crude oil continued to fall after stockpiles increased more than forecast and reports said the recession would deepen. Prices for March delivery fell 72USc to $41.44 a barrel.
Gold rose after equity markets ended a four-day advance. Futures for April delivery rose $US16.50, or 1.9%, to $US906.50 an ounce in New York.
Currencies: Dollar and yen rise
The dollar advanced the most in almost a week against the euro and the yen strengthened.
The euro dropped below $US1.30 after an Austrian reported George Soros saying the euro may not "survive" unless the EU pushes for a global plan to deal with toxic debt.
The dollar gained as much as 1.8% to $US1.2933 per euro. The yen strengthened 2% to ¥116.51 per euro and 0.4% to ¥89.89 per dollar.
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• Online retailer Amazon.com bucked trends with a 9% profit rise. Net sales jumped 18% to $US6.70 billion amid gains in both its US and overseas businesses. The shares rose in after-hours trading.
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Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Verification, Compliance, and Implementation
Lieutenant General O'Reilly, thank you for the warm introduction. I appreciate the opportunity to deliver remarks to this important gathering of missile defense officials and experts on the Obama Administration's missile defense plans and the State Department's role.
Under Secretary Tauscher sends her regrets that she could not participate in person. She sends her regards and looks forward to working with all of you on this issue over the coming months and years.
It is fitting that this conference is being held in Japan. Japan is a leader in missile defense and is the United States' closest missile defense partner. Our missile defense cooperation is a vital aspect of both of our countries' approaches to international security and essential to our future missile defense plans.
The United States views the entire Asia-Pacific region as vital to both U.S. and international security as well as international prosperity. We have a very strong and shared history with the countries of the Asia-Pacific region and the Obama Administration is committed to working with our allies and partners to strengthen stability and security in the region.
President Obama came into office focused on a new era of engagement in order to strengthen our common security. As part of that, we extended an open hand to Iran and North Korea. This unprecedented openness and willingness to talk, however, has not been reciprocated.
In the case of North Korea our efforts were greeted with a nuclear test and missile launches, including the failed effort to launch the long-range Taepo Dong-2 missile. More recently, the North Koreans have threatened to "further strengthen their nuclear deterrent" and launched an unprovoked attack that sunk a South Korean warship. These provocative actions pose security threats to North Korea's neighbors and the region.
Iran too has rejected our outstretched hand. It has continued work on its nuclear and missile programs despite international condemnation in the form of legally binding Chapter 41 United Nations Security Council Resolutions. It has now deployed approximately 1,000 short and medium-range missiles that are a threat to our friends and allies the Middle East and Europe. It continues to develop more advanced missiles such as the two-stage solid-propellant Ashura medium-range ballistic missile and has recently displayed a large space launch vehicle that could form the basis of an ICBM.
As we look at the tools we have available to respond to these threats, missile defense stands out as a key response. Around the world, the Obama Administration is seeking to cooperate with our allies and friends on missile defense both bilaterally and, as a result of our comprehensive Ballistic Missile Defense Review, we want to develop cooperative regional missile defense phased adaptive approaches.
As part of these efforts, the State Department has taken a leading role in implementing President Obama's Administration's missile defense goals, including our efforts in Northeast Asia.
The first effort at these regional phased adaptive approaches as you have all heard is our European Phased Adaptive Approach or EPAA which was announced by President Obama a little over a year ago. This is the approach we are pursuing to defend our European Allies from Iran's growing ballistic missile capabilities. It is an approach that addresses the threat in a prioritized manner consistent with the level and scope of the Iranian threat and provides protection for all of our European NATO allies.
In the year since President Obama's announcement, we have made considerable progress in implementing the EPAA. We have begun negotiating an agreement with Romania to host a southern land-based SM-3 site which is to be deployed by 2015. I just returned last week from the third round of negotiations on this agreement.
The United States and Poland have signed an amendment to the Ballistic Missile Defense Agreement or BMDA which will allow us to deploy a land-based SM-3 interceptor site in Poland by 2018. At NATO, this new approach has been greeted with widespread appreciation and support by our Allies. Unlike the previous system, which protected only some of our allies, this system will protect all our NATO Allies in a manner prioritized to the threat. We are also working closely with them to put this regional architecture squarely into a NATO context at the upcoming Lisbon Summit this November.
In Asia, Japan and South Korea are already important missile defense partners and we will continue to consult with Australia on this issue. However, beyond this bilateral cooperation, we need to develop a similar framework for missile defense cooperation that will allow us to expand our bilateral cooperation into one where nations share ballistic missile defense information and capabilities on a multilateral basis.
There are real political, operational and budgetary reasons for joining in such a cooperative effort.
First, politically this cooperation can demonstrate our shared commitment to respond to regional threats with defensive systems to protect our populations, territories and military forces. Such action can lessen our individual and collective susceptibility to coercion and intimidation from these missile threats, thereby limiting their impact on our decision making processes. At the same time, missile defenses increase the cost for countries developing ballistic missiles and further place doubt about the ability of their systems to succeed in meeting their goals.
Operationally, this cooperation can significantly improve our individual ballistic missile defense capabilities. As an example, countries could share radar data. Deploying a radar in another country might put it in a better location to track incoming ballistic missiles than one deployed in your own country, thereby increasing your missile defense system's probability of intercept. Or deploying a radar in another country might make it less vulnerable to attack from certain ballistic missiles, such as more accurate short-range ballistic missiles. Another possibility would be to use interceptors located in one nation to defend another.
Finally, from a budgetary perspective, cooperative approaches can make defensive capabilities more cost effective. Cooperating reduces duplication while increasing operational effectiveness. Countries cannot build enough radars or interceptors to track and shoot down every ballistic missile that regional threats produce. Therefore, BMD cooperative relationships can enable the political, technical and financial burden to be shared among a number of governments.
The U.S.-Japan SM-3 Block IIA Cooperative Development Project is an excellent example of such cooperation. The United States and Japan will split the cost of this program. The United States will spend $1.7 billion over the next five years on this cooperative project to build a much more capable ship-based missile defense interceptor that will greatly increase the United States and Japan's missile defense capabilities. We are also cooperating closely with Israel on a number of missile defense projects, including the development of their Arrow-2 and Arrow-3 interceptors.
As we focus on these regional phased adaptive approaches to missile defense, there are four principles that will guide this effort.
First, our efforts should be tailored and adapted to the region. We will work with our allies and partners to tailor capabilities to the unique deterrence and defense requirements for each region. One size won't fit all regions and they may not all look like the EPAA.
Moreover, as we develop newer missile defense capabilities and these systems become operationally available, we will deploy them in phases matched to the existing and emerging regional threats and as missile defense technology evolves. Should a threat develop more or less quickly than expected, we will adapt our systems to those developments.
As an example, the European PAA is designed to be responsive to the current threat, but, through the course of its four phases, could also incorporate relevant technologies quickly and cost-effectively in order to adapt and respond to evolving threats. Further advances in technology or future changes in the threat could modify the details or timing of later phases of the European PAA.
Second, the regional PAAs will emphasize the use of relocatable missile defense assets. As I mentioned earlier, we cannot afford to buy one or two missile defense interceptors for every ballistic missile that our adversaries produce. Instead a smarter and more cost-effective method of providing an effective defense is to deploy mobile and relocatable missile defenses. This provides us with the flexibility to move capabilities where they are most needed in a time of crisis.
Third, we will deploy tested and proven systems. MDA, working with the Department of Defense's independent testing organization, has developed a plan to test all of these capabilities to ensure they are operationally effective before we deploy them. For example, we are developing a land-based SM-3 interceptor test site in Hawaii. This will ensure that the system we build in Romania as part of Phase 2 of our European Phased Adaptive Approach is well proven before we deploy it.
Finally, we are going to be transparent. The missile defenses we are deploying are not a threat to the strategic forces of Russia or China. With Russia, the United States has been transparent about our plans for Europe and we are committed to continuing that transparency. In fact, we see great benefit to working cooperatively with Russia on missile defense activities.
Our goal with these cooperative efforts is to create a framework for discussing and pursuing missile defense activities which we believe will lead to greater transparency. Such cooperation has been, and continues to be, a subject discussed at the highest levels between our two governments. To that end, we are currently working with Russia in a number of areas such as on a joint threat assessment, and have proposed a number of other initiatives with the Russians. We also want to work with Russia in the NATO-Russia Council on missile defense.
Furthermore, the United States will be transparent with China about our capabilities. We hope to include missile defense in Under Secretary Tauscher's regular Security Dialogue with her Chinese counterpart.
However, as important missile defense is, it is just one tool in our tool box for dealing with and responding to this proliferation. Let me be clear, missile defense is not a substitute for nuclear weapons. The United States seeks a world without nuclear weapons, but has declared that as long as nuclear weapons exist, we will maintain a safe, secure, and effective arsenal, both to deter potential adversaries and to assure U.S. allies and other security partners that they can count on America's security commitments.
Other tools such as those that focus on preventing the proliferation of WMD are also important. In that respect, the Asia Pacific region is very important to efforts to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles. We welcome and encourage the cooperation of regional partners in preventing this proliferation, especially in groups such as the Proliferation Security Initiative.
We also want to encourage all countries to implement the provisions of the United Nations Security Council Resolutions on Iran and North Korea. Enforcement of these sanctions can help prevent the further proliferation of missile technology to these countries.
Over the coming months and years, I look forward to discussing how we can best work together to counter the threat of ballistic missile proliferation and use. In particular, we are interested in hearing your thoughts on how we can cooperate in the development of robust regional missile defense phased adaptive approaches.
Thank you for the opportunity to address you today and also for your hard work and participation in this conference. I would be more than willing to answer some questions.
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Words can not express my disdain for the reprehensible behavior of VP Joe Biden and his Democrat co-conspirators. At a gathering of mostly black civil rights leaders Biden strategically launched a nasty false narrative for the sole propose of ginning up racial hate and division.
Republicans are requesting that Americans show an ID to vote, which is only common sense. This vile little man, Joe Biden, characterized the Republicans' identification requirement as racial hate and an attempt to block blacks from voting.
As my late mom would say, adding yeast to his lie, Biden claimed Republicans have tried to curtail voting rights 83 times this year.
Biden's accusation is absurd; a self-serving evil lie conceived by a deviant mind. Insidiously, Biden's game plan is to rip open and pour enough salt into old 1960s civil rights movement wounds to motivate blacks to flock to the polls in November to vote against their perceived white racist enemies.
I refuse to give Biden's "hate speech" a pass by chalking it up to politics as usual. Stoking the flames of racial hatred for political gain, polarizing Americans along racial lines is serious business, irresponsible and extremely dangerous.
Biden and his fellow Democrats cavalierly throwing "race grenades" whenever it serves their political purpose is a slap in the face to Americans, black and white, who suffered, sacrificed and died to bring us to where we are today; a black man occupying the Oval Office.
My 86 year old black dad, Dr. Rev. Lloyd E. Marcus was very active in the early civil rights movement. Dad knows the price that was paid to win blacks the right to vote. Upon my four siblings and me reaching voting age, Dad stayed on our case. "Today is election day -- make sure you vote!" Dad instilled in us that voting is a duty and a privilege of being a citizen.
And yet, Dad's Democratic party people are attempting to devalue the right to vote by giving it away to anyone they believe will vote Democrat, regardless of their legal status. The Democrats' propensity for voter fraud cheapens the value of every American's vote . This is why Biden and the Democrats vehemently oppose voter ID.
Meanwhile, rather than challenging the Democrats' absurd claim that Republicans are trying to keep blacks from voting, political know-it-alls advise Republicans to concede the point. They say Republicans must convince blacks that they are not racist by lightening up on requiring blacks to show an ID to vote. Surrendering to the Democrats' ridiculous claim and pandering in accordance to it is sickeningly immoral and cowardice.
By the way, as a proud American who happens to be black, I am extremely insulted by the Democratic Party's entrenched bigotry of lowered expectations. While Americans are required to present an ID to complete a plethora of daily transactions, Democrats are saying presenting an ID is too challenging for us blacks. We're special...a bit slower than other Americans. With friends like the Democrats, blacks do not need any enemies.
In regards to national race relations, America has come a long way, baby. Older Americans have powerful memories, deep scars and countless stories of Americans behaving at their best and worse in our struggle to achieve Dr Martin Luther King Jr's dream. I am talking much blood, sweat and tears.
And yet, Biden and the Democrats have callously tossed hard-fought national race relations on the alter into the fire to be burned as a sacrifice in worship of Obama and furthering their socialist/progressive agenda.
There is talk of Joe Biden running for president in 2016. The last thing America needs is another vile little man in the Oval Office willing to fuel the flames of division and racial hate, pitting Americans against each other for political expediency.
As my patriot brothers in New Jersey would say, "So you wanna be president Joe? Forget about it!"
Lloyd Marcus, Unhyphenated American
Chairman, Conservative Campaign Committee
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The mark of desperation is sinking to name-calling, lies and half truths. I believe the Democrats, having seen the abject failure of their philosophy, have just begun fight, sling mud and 'race-baiting'. These will all reach new lows before the election in November, and this great Republic will either rise or fall on the results.
We must never forget that Biden has never held any job other than a taxpayer paid one in his entire life. He is a moron who just can't get our of his own way. Can't believe he is VP of America.
Biden has a reputation for not being the brightest bulb in the room. He has always used his political offices for personal gain. He works for Obama now so he does whatever he is told like a puppet on strings. It is why Obama chose him as VP. That about says it all for Biden.
I am 100% for voter IDs...however my question is what exactly are the democrats really saying about blacks?
Are they saying that blacks aren't savvy enough, smart enough or aren't in the correct " class" or "status" to have or obtain a voter ID? Considering that several States now offer free voter IDs...and for those that don't ( which are probably blue states) I don't see the left making any attempts to see that voter IDs can be obtained for those who lack the funds to pay for one.
It makes no sense to me, that everyone is required to have ID to perform many day to day tasks,but suddenly requiring to have an ID to vote becomes ( according to the left) racist?!
I'm not black but even I find Bozo Biden's and the remarks made by many on the left about blacks and voter IDs offensive.
It should be introduced as a law. It is simple. Everyone has access to the DMV if you don't drive someone will come and get you. Most states do this. If everyone must have a SSN for the government purposes. Getting a drivers license type ID is just as easy to do and should also be required. It will ensure that people vote once and they are who they say they are. It would stop paying drunks, druggies etc for a vote as the liberals always do.
Thanks for the blog, Lloyd.
I continue to be amazed that any group of people are willing to be singled out with this inherent insult. Who would be willing to be insulted by the suggestion that they, as a group, are incapable of presenting documentation of their identity? Blacks should thereby be ready-made Republicans, based on this insult alone!
Be careful with the word,"man." No person of the male gender in this administration deserves the title of man,they are cheap imitations !!
Lawrence Brown, you are so right.
And Richard Banko...are you new to this group. ?..Lloyd is our biggest spokesperson for America...
The problem is bigger than just democrats. There are many liberal republicans that are outright liars. These people have sold out Country-God-Family for what? Greed and power that you lose when God calls you home.
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Actor Samuel L. Jackson is known for singing the praises of Capital One credit cards. They certainly do provide a lot of benefits for their cardholder. However, according to the Los Angeles Times on Feb. 17, one benefit you won't hear Mr. Jackson crowing about is Capital One's ability to drop by your house if you use one of their cards.
You may be thinking. . . huh? It's a joke, right? Well, no, it isn't. Capital One recently updated its Terms of Service (those things you never read) and it's fairly clear that they can drop by for a cup of coffee any time they want. More specifically, it states "we may contact you in any manner we choose," that manner including calls, emails, texts, faxes or "personal visits."
And it's not just dropping by your house. The Terms of Service also states that the visit can take place "at your home and at your place of employment."
The police need a court order to do something like this. The IRS needs an arrest warrant. All Capital One needs, so it seems, is their Terms of Service. And what about the 4th Amendment to the Constitution?
"It sounds really invasive, but I don't think it's a violation of your 4th Amendment rights," said Daniel E. Kann, a Santa Clarita lawyer who specializes in illegal-search cases.
That amendment, by the way, is mostly for search and seizure by law enforcement or other government agency. It doesn't apply to civilian businesses like Capital One.
And what about those phone calls? Have you heard of spoofing? It's a legal practice of disguising your phone number in an attempt to get the other person to pick up the phone. This is from Capital One's Terms of Service, too. "We may modify or suppress caller ID and similar services and identify ourselves on these services in any manner we choose."
Normally, this is against the law; however, courts have ruled that "non-harmful spoofing" is not against the law. Sadly, this allows businesses to shield themselves so the party they are calling will pick up.
It's going to take one good court case to find out if Capital One is truly within its legal rights to enforce their Terms of Service as written. If this doesn't convince you to read all the paperwork that comes with your new credit card, nothing will.
What's in your wallet?
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