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On the recordNovember 3, 2011
The point of that is, again, what? Basically investor protection here. What you don't want to have happen, I guess, is: Say I'm going to go out into the marketplace and start raising money, and as soon as the cash starts coming in I can start using it right away, even though I was intending to raise $200,000, but I'm going to start using it right away. Those proceeds may not go to the point where you intended. I see the gentleman from Colorado is nodding his head. Is that your understanding? Is that the reason why this was included in here?
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