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I'm not sure what it is about Klout that keeps me coming back. I tell myself that as a digital marketer/analyst that I need to monitor the newest trends in the market, blah blah blah. But every time I interact with Klout, they find a new way to abuse me, leaving me feeling dirty for having looked to see what value they assign to me based on the data that I willingly provide.
Klout Perks - Send a lot of Tweets, get free sh-!
In a previous post on Klout, I wrote that "Klout Perks" don't seem like the most effective way for a business to market. Especially given that fact that these advertisement 'perks' are often locked when a user clicks on them (and in some cases, weren't ever available…). Showing a customer an offer then saying "just kidding" is nothing more than a low stakes bait-and-switch, and a way to sully brand reputation.
That said, trying to get "influential" people using your goods is a tried-and-true advertising technique, and one that companies pay handsomely for. You see it in car commercials, luxury goods like watches and clothing, and even home goods retail. So again, I can't fault large companies that are testing into new markets, as top-line growth can often be hard to find (and expensive!)
But once you start moving into investment offers, venture capital, and startups, now you're moving into a whole other world of due diligence…
I qualify for "Wahooly"…what's that?
After signing into Klout this most recent time, I see that I now qualify for a perk from Wahooly, which from the banner ad seems to be some sort of influence-peddling for equity shares in startups. WTF? Equity to people who've never met the founders, just that their Klout score is above 35!
Rather than flex my MBA muscles on the value of equity in unknown companies, I decided to just Google 'Wahooly' and see what comes up. One of the results that popped up was from Ad Age, an industry publication I generally trust. Imagine my surprise when I see the lede:
Set to Launch in January, Wahooly Walks a Grey Area In Securities Law
Hmmm, nice partnership you've got going here Klout…interesting that you think I might be interested, or at the very least be able to help.
Wanting to know more, I dug farther into the article to find these two gems:
…But according to Linda Goldstein, chair of the advertising, marketing and media division at the law firm Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, the fact that the [equity] stakes have a potential future value constitutes a material connection that would make them subject to the regulations.
"If you're an equity stakeholder in a company, I can guarantee that the FTC is going to think that's a relationship that needs to be disclosed," she said…
…Wahooly is looking to structure itself like a venture capital fund, in which it would be the sole shareholder and represent the interests of its users, and thereby avoid registering itself and the startups it represents with the Securities and Exchange Commission as public companies…
However, the SEC has a history of cracking down on so-called "free stock" offerings that seek to be exempted from registration on that basis.
After reading the Ad Age article, I looked to see what disclosures were presented on the Klout website, similar to something like this:
"Your newest Klout perk may require your pursuit of legal representation. Please consult a financial adviser, lawyer, and anyone else that may be relevant before accepting this offer"
Why am I not surprised there aren't any?
Key to investing success: Stick with what you know
I'm sure that it goes without saying that I'll be passing on this newest "Perk". As much as I like money and enjoy arguing the merits of different legal interpretations, I need to talk with the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission like I need a kick in the groin.
And yet after all this abuse, I don't delete my Klout account. Maybe I DO need a kick in the groin…


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Alpha channeling with high-field launch of lower hybrid waves
Although lower hybrid waves are effective at driving currents in present-day tokamaks, they are expected to interact strongly with high-energy particles in extrapolating to reactors. In the presence of a radial alpha particle birth gradient, this interaction can take the form of wave amplification rather than damping. While it is known that this amplification more easily occurs when launching from the tokamak high-field side, the extent of this amplification has not been made quantitative. Here, by tracing rays launched from the high- field-side of a tokamak, the required radial gradients to achieve amplification are calculated for a temperature and density regime consistent with a hot-ion-mode fusion reactor. As a result, these simulations, while valid only in the linear regime of wave amplification, nonetheless illustrate the possibilities for wave amplification using high-field launch of the lower hybrid wave.
- Authors:
- Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ (United States); Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
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- Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1070-664X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
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Golf fitness prospects are like prospects in any other industry: They want more information! In this case it's about how to improve their body to improve their golf. Since your market is looking for more information, then it is up to you to be the provider of the content they have interest in. Look at it this way: If you don't provide what they are looking for, YOUR prospects will find it somewhere else!
So how do we go about getting great content?
We will be covering the SIMPLEST ways to get content for you to use. Once you master these easy tasks you can move into advance stages of providing content of which one of them could be to "write your own". (HINT: Section C is your "secret weapon" to providing killer content)
A. If you have a BLOG then you are on your way, buy if you have not started a blog where you can share your ideas, exercises, nutritional thoughts, etc… then you MAY want to consider starting one. Although it is nice to have a blog it is NOT MANDATORY!
- If you have a blog you really need to use it or it becomes a waste of your time
- If you do not have a blog then look for other methods to get content out to your prospects
B. Well there's Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest and other social media venues to get your message out, but how do we consistently get great content out?
- First thing you will need to do is follow others that provide content that fits your beliefs
a. Join Facebook or LinkedIn groups in your industry
b. Sign up to get newsletters that pertain to golf fitness
c. Follow industry leaders in the social media venues (facebook, LinkedIn, etc)
2. If you receive articles that you believe in then click on the LIKE button
C.Ways to create content for your prospects? The answer to this is that once you have set yourself in a position to RECEIVE content, you have also put yourself in position to PROVIDE content.
- Once you have LIKED an article or thought or paragraph, take time to "COMMENT" on that article. Reasons for commenting?
a. You want to make a comment to compliment the writer for providing good information
b. VERY IMPORTANT: Create a comment that provokes interaction and MORE comments. * If you are looking for good content, try getting multiple writers to talk about a subject, and then keep commenting on their input. What I mean by "keep commenting" is to Ask a Question to prompt the writers to answer. Utilizing this technique you are now getting others to submit content you can use.
D. Already, you have created 2 pieces of content you can provide to your golf fitness prospects:
- Initial article YOU were interested in reading, and
- The entire conversation you provoked by commenting and asking questions
E. If you have a Blog – More ideas about how to get others to submit content:
- Have your blog be about finding great blog articles that can help your readers
- Draw people to your blog by posting on LinkedIn, Pinterest, Facebook, etc.
- Using short exerpts… (read more). For example, start with a very interesting statement that cuts out right before the punch line, prompting a reader to click on "read more"
- Invite other bloggers to contribute to your blog, giving them full credit for the article.
- Find articles that you really like, let your readers know what you thought of the article and then provide a link so your readers can go and read as well
- Share and/or re-post articles onto your facebook and LinkedIn and use the techniques you see in Section C
- Twitter that you just read something really good and link to your posted article in the other social media venues
- Link and post and link and post…. And then comment
- Be sure to LIKE the comments coming back to you
- FOLLOW each other. Create the GOLF FITNESS community – build a team
F. If you DO NOT have a blog created – More ideas about how to get others to submit content
- Cut and paste good articles and post them on your social media outlets. Be sure to give credit to the writer
- Share great articles and make sure to provide your comment followed by a question that may stimulate interaction and more comments
- Share local congratulatory stories of how one of your clients have improved utilizing golf fitness
- Ask all your clients to "follow" you so they can receive valuable golf fitness content
- FOLLOW each other. Create the GOLF FITNESS community – build a team
- Link and post and link and post… and then comment
So this concludes our 4 parts of Utilizing Social Media to grow your golf fitness business. As we hoped you noticed, we tried to stay as basic as possible so EVERYONE can utilize social media to some degree.
I welcome any information you may want to add to this subject. You can either share a simple success story you may have had using social media or even send us a question to elaborate on.
All you need do is COMMENT
|I will see you again in 2 weeks where we will begin to cover our next Series:
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Best-selling author Umberto Eco's latest work unlocks the riddles of history in an exploration of the "linguistics of the lunatic," stories told by scholars, scientists, poets, fanatics, and ordinary people in order to make sense of the world. Exploring the "Force of the False," Eco uncovers layers of mistakes that have shaped human history, such as Columbus's assumption that the world was much smaller than it is, leading him to seek out a quick route to the East via the West and thus fortuitously "discovering" America. The fictions that grew up around the cults of the Rosicrucians and Knights Templar were the result of a letter from a mysterious "Prester John"—undoubtedly a hoax—that provided fertile ground for a series of delusions and conspiracy theories based on religious, ethnic, and racial prejudices. While some false tales produce new knowledge (like Columbus's discovery of America) and others create nothing but horror and shame (the Rosicrucian story wound up fueling European anti-Semitism) they are all powerfully persuasive.
In a careful unraveling of the fabulous and the false, Eco shows us how serendipities—unanticipated truths—often spring from mistaken ideas. From Leibniz's belief that the I Ching illustrated the principles of calculus to Marco Polo's mistaking a rhinoceros for a unicorn, Eco tours the labyrinth of intellectual history, illuminating the ways in which we project the familiar onto the strange.
Eco uncovers a rich history of linguistic endeavor—much of it ill-conceived—that sought to "heal the wound of Babel." Through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, Greek, Hebrew, Chinese, and Egyptian were alternately proclaimed as the first language that God gave to Adam, while—in keeping with the colonial climate of the time—the complex language of the Amerindians in Mexico was viewed as crude and diabolical. In closing, Eco considers the erroneous notion of linguistic perfection and shrewdly observes that the dangers we face lie not in the rules we use to interpret other cultures but in our insistence on making these rules absolute.
With the startling combination of erudition and wit, bewildering anecdotes and scholarly rigor that are Eco's hallmarks, Serendipities is sure to entertain and enlighten any reader with a passion for the curious history of languages and ideas.
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Ivy Gourd (Tendli in my mother tongue) is a mild, sweetish tasting vegetable that is used in stir fries, gravies and rice based dishes called "Pulao or Bhaat". This unassuming vegetable was discovered by the gorgeous Dolly of the Kool Kosher Kitchen a few days ago, who invited me to put up a traditional dish featuring Ivy Gourd. My mother used to make this with fresh gourd but, I could only find the frozen version after looking in a fair, few places!
This quick preparation of rice, Ivy gourd and spices transforms into an exciting main meal prepared under 30 minutes in my trusty pressure cooker. This pulao tastes best with some vegan yogurt and Pappadums!
We need,
- Ivy Gourd, sliced – 1.5 cups
- Basmati Long Grain Rice – 1.5 cups ( soaked for 1 hour, rinsed and drained)
- Coconut Oil – 2 tablespoons
- Cumin Seeds – 1 teaspoon
- Coriander Seeds – 1 teaspoon
- Cardamom, green – 4 to 5
- Cinnamon stick – 2″ piece
- Cloves – 4
- Fenugreek Seeds – 1/4 teaspoon
- Asafoetida- 1/2 teaspoon
- Turmeric, powder – 1 teaspoon
- Curry Leaves – 10 to 12
- Bay leaf – 1 large
- Green Chillies, minced – 2
- Onion, sliced – 1 medium
- Ginger root, minced – 2″ piece
- Garlic Clove, minced – 1
- Dessicated Coconut – 1/2 cup
- Salt, to taste
- Heat the coconut oil in a pressure cooker pan, add the cumin seeds, cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, fenugreek seeds, green chillies, curry leaves, bay leaf, dessicated coconut and asafoetida. Roast until golden on a medium flame.
- To above spice mix add sliced onions and stir until golden. Tip in the ginger and garlic, cook until the raw smell goes off and onions start to look golden.
- Add the Ivy Gourd and coat well in the spice mixture.
- Lastly mix in the rice and sauté on a medium flame for a few minutes.
- Add 2.5 cups of hot water and salt to taste, mix well. Cover the pressure cooker pan with a lid and cook on medium flame for 7 to 8 minutes.
- Take off the heat, release the pressure.
Sprinkle dessicated coconut on the top of the rice before serving! Please tell me what your favourite rice and veggie combination is in the comments below 😀


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SMITHFIELD, Va. (CBSDC/AP) — Pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. is opening a restaurant showcasing its products in its namesake headquarters town.
The Smithfield, Va.-based company said it plans to open the Taste of Smithfield restaurant at 217 Main Street on Tuesday. It will feature items like salads and sandwiches using Smithfield pork products as well as ribs and burgers.
"Our Taste of Smithfield Restaurant is a rousing tasting of the pig, featuring quality food items for everybody, from meaty sandwiches to ribs to burgers, and we're also offering 'For the Little Piglets' selections for children," Pete Booker, the Vice President and General Manager of the Smithfield Specialty Foods Group, said.
The new restaurant shares a new two-story, 8,700-square-foot building with the company's retail store, the Genuine Smithfield Ham Shoppe.
CEO C. Larry Pope says he's excited about the new restaurant, hoping it will attract more visitors to the historic town and give the company a place to showcase its products.
The new joint venture will be overseen by the Smithfield Specialty Foods Group.
Smithfield Foods sells brands include Armour, Farmland and its namesake.
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Politicians say some strange things sometimes, but ASEAN statement yesterday that they had issued a strong response to last September's crackdown on demonstrations in Myanmar surprised even me.
What strong response? The only response I remembered was…silence!
No matter whether it was September's crackdown on demonstrations or the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, I don't remember any 'strong' response. All I remembered is how Myanmar embarrassed the hell out of ASEAN by ignoring ASEAN. I applauded Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo for at least admitting that ASEAN's response to Cyclone Nargis deserved only a "C" grading.
In fact, most countries have already decided that ASEAN is a toothless tiger after the mess in Myanmar last year and that's not even counting the silence of ASEAN on the border dispute between Thailand and Cambodia. Both countries have troops at their border and ASEAN's response…that's right, silence again!
If ASEAN want people to take it seriously as a regional entity, then they must start responding to crisis in their own region. They can start with Thailand and Cambodia immediately.
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Don't you know that sometimes silence can be louder than spoken words? Maybe that's the way Asians bring the 'message' across by keeping quiet and refuses to speak (like cold war between a husband and wife when they don't talk to each other, hahahaha!)
But we all know the real reason behind such apathethic response to the inhuman rule of the juntas, don't we? So who's kidding who?
- July 19, 2008 at 9:38 AM
- Ghost said...
Which is why I applauded Singapore Foreign Minister George Yeo for his 'C' grading. At least he is honest about that
- July 19, 2008 at 9:53 PM
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text: Plan to disband police opposed Hamburg councilman walks out of meeting to protest rumors By Eric Green HAMBURG — Emotions ran high as council member Daniel Barr walked out at the start of Wednesday evening's Mayor and Council meeting in a show of opposition to any notion the council may have of disbanding the borough's police department.Before a packed house, including dozens of residents and several representatives from various law enforcement groups in the state, one speaker after another came forward to protest rumored plans the council may have to dissolve the department and relegate law enforcement duties to Hardyston Township in a shared services agreement; a move that Hamburg resident John Conklin called potentially 'catastrophic'.Responding to another resident's question about how such an agreement might affect the safety of borough residents, Mayor Paul Marino also took the opportunity to distance himself from the controversial idea."I just want to reiterate one thing," Marino said, referring to a potential agreement. "There is no proposal. There was very preliminary discussion. There's a risk factor here and we don't know what the end game is. I'm not willing to take a chance on any level while I'm sitting here. [Councilman Barr] walked out of here; said he's not going to be a part of it. I'm not going to be a part of it."At the heart of any such discussion is how much money outsourcing law enforcement could potentially save the borough. Citing a study conducted by Rutgers University, though, Nevin Mattessich, a representative from the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 57, asserted that shared services agreements may actually cost taxpayers more."By entering into a shared services agreement," Mattessich said, "You lose much needed revenue from motor vehicle summonses."Mattessich also alluded to the borough's controversial hiring of civilian police director Wayne Yahm as a possible cause behind recent talk of shared services agreements with other municipalities. "The failed attempt of a civilian police director in Hamburg should not result in the disbanding of a police department," Mattessich said. Former Hamburg police officer Rob Vander Ploeg also worried that the loss of the department would encourage criminal activity in the vacuum left by a diminished police presence in the borough."Those who disregard law and order know where our resources are spread thin," Vander Ploeg said.But perhaps the most emotional appeal for maintaining the borough's police force came toward the end of the meeting from Hamburg resident, Brian Dolan. Hamburg police officers came to Dolan's aid after he suffered a seizure."They saved my life," Dolan said simply.


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Since Dr. Charlotte Cross, from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), just showed up in town looking for him, Dave decides to get in front of the problem by enlisting the aid of Chris Brody, a local marine biologist who has a "charm" Trouble. Remember him from Season 2? We're sure Audrey does… *wink*
By using his Trouble, Chris is able to convince Dr. Cross that the mysterious inter-dimensional scar on Dave's leg is nothing more than a jellyfish sting. With that problem solved, Dr. Cross makes ready to enjoy her time in Haven as a tourist rather than a health care professional. Unfortunately, during a romantic dinner with Dwight, someone falls to the ground with a nasty infection that Dr. Cross insists on helping with. As if that wasn't enough of a problem, dancing bears start popping up all over Haven. They seem harmless until they take off their masks and reveal an empty shell where a head should be. It's only a matter of time before Dr. Cross sees one.
It doesn't take long for Audrey and Nathan to track the dancing bear Trouble down to Eve, a woman who lost her father ages ago in a tragic accident. Audrey tries to talk her out of the Trouble but it doesn't work and, worse, more and more people around town keep getting sick. The sickness seems to be triggered by fear and only affects Haven residents who also have Troubles. Even worse, the disease is causing people's Troubles to be activated.
Before long, Dwight makes the tough decision to hide all the infected/Troubled people in the hospital into a single ward. This doesn't work so well, especially when Dr. Cross discovers all the sick patients there. She thinks that Dwight and the other Haven residents are covering up foul play and she decides to call in the rest of the CDC to quarantine the city. They are able to stop her call by destroying the local cell phones tower but they can't contain her for long.
Meanwhile, back on Duke's boat, Mara has poisoned the well and convinced Duke to side with her against everyone else. Uh-oh…


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When Texans found out they were footing the bill for Gov. Perry's high dollar legal defense they started asking questions. Then the Texas Tribune reported that this may be the first time a Texas Governor has ever charged taxpayers for attorney's fees.
Now Gov. Perry, who we rarely see retreat has bowed to public pressure and agreed to pay his "future" bills with privately raised funds. But what about the $80,000 he has billed so far?
It seems odd that the Governor would feel the heat and not move to put out the fire completely.
The conversation around the indictment has moved from his successful public relations campaign of retrying the Travis County District Attorney to, "Where's the money?" Perry's best chance to swiftly move to the next media narrative would have been to fully reimburse the public for the costs he has already incurred so far.
Why? Because when most Texans bill the state for their constitutional right to legal representation they don't get a court appointed attorney that charges $450 an hour. But that is exactly how much just one of Perry's top attorney has been billing the state for a total of about $80,000.
Felix Browne, a Perry spokesperson, told the Texas Tribune, "This is an assault on the Constitution…We don't want it to be an assault on the taxpayers as well."
Of course we can just as easily consider the threat of retribution to grand jurors as "an assault on the taxpayers as well." But, even if to the Perry camp — it's just about the money — then they need to pay up. Perry has almost 5 million in the bank and has relentlessly employed his federal fundraising arm Rick PAC to aid in his public defense.
Progress Texas, who hasn't given either Perry or Greg Abbott an inch since the indictment and have done a masterful job of connecting the dots and exposing the weak points of Perry's public defense so far, is circulating a petition calling on the Governor to cough up the 80 grand and seeking an official opinion on the matter from AG Greg Abbott.
So far the Attorney General has been mum.
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct. 27, 2016) - Dundee Energy Limited ("Dundee Energy" or the "Corporation") (TSX:DEN) today announced its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016. The Corporation's unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements, along with management's discussion and analysis have been filed on the System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval ("SEDAR") and may be viewed under the Corporation's profile at www.sedar.com or the Corporation's website at www.dundee-energy.com.
During the third quarter of 2016, sales of oil and natural gas, net of royalty interests, were $5.4 million, a decrease of $1.0 million from net sales generated in the third quarter of the prior year. Decreases in production volumes accounted for approximately $0.3 million of the decrease in revenues, with the remaining $0.7 million decrease resulting from lower realized commodity prices.
At September 30, 2016, the Corporation had cash of $0.1 million and it had drawn $57.2 million against its current $60.0 million demand credit facility available to its operating subsidiary. During the third quarter of 2016, lenders to the Corporation's operating subsidiary initiated discussions with the Corporation, expressing concerns regarding their valuation of the subsidiaries' assets which have been pledged as security under the terms of the demand credit facility, and which have decreased in value as a result of corresponding decreases in the price of commodities. As a result, the lenders are currently requiring that the Corporation reduce its borrowings to below $38.0 million by January 2017. There can be no assurance that the Corporation will be able to reduce its borrowings to the level requested by its lenders, or that the Corpooration will have access to alternative capital, either on terms acceptable to the Corporation, or at all.
Evidentiary hearings, in connection with the binding arbitration proceedings filed in 2015, were completed in late July, and the Corporation anticipates that the arbitral tribunal will reach its decision in December 2016.
The Corporation believes that important measures of operating performance include certain measures that are not defined under International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") and as such, may not be comparable to similar measures used by other companies. While these measures are non-IFRS, they are common benchmarks in the oil and natural gas industry, and are used by the Corporation in assessing its operating results, including net earnings and cash flows.
Dundee Energy Limited is a Canadian-based oil and natural gas company with a mandate to create long-term value for its shareholders through the exploration, development, production and marketing of oil and natural gas, and through other high impact energy projects. Dundee Energy holds interests, both directly and indirectly, in the largest accumulation of producing oil and gas assets in Ontario and, through a preferred share investment, in certain exploration and evaluation programs for oil and natural gas offshore Tunisia. The Corporation's common shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "DEN".
Certain information set forth in these documents, including management's assessment of each of the Corporation's future plans and operations, contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are predictive in nature, depend upon or refer to future events or conditions and may include words such as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "plans", "believes", "estimates" or similar expressions.
In particular, forward-looking statements contained in this document include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to: expectations regarding the Corporation's ability to raise capital; volatility of commodity prices; effectiveness of hedging strategies; exploration, development and production; quantity of oil and natural gas reserve and recovery estimates; pending legal actions; treatment under government regulatory regimes and tax laws; financial and business prospects and financial outlook; performance characteristics of the Corporation's oil and natural gas properties; the Corporation's capital expenditure programs; supply and demand for oil and natural gas; drilling plans and strategy; availability of rigs, equipment and other goods and services; continually adding to reserves through acquisitions, exploration and development; anticipated work programs and land tenure; the granting of operating permits, licenses or authorities to prospect; the timing of acquisitions; the realization of the anticipated benefits of the Corporation's acquisitions and dispositions and other risk factors discussed or referred to in the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Corporation's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2015.
Readers are cautioned that the assumptions used in the preparation of such information, although considered reasonable at the time of preparation, may prove to be imprecise and, as such, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements. The Corporation's actual results, performance or achievement could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements and, accordingly, no assurance can be given that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will transpire or occur, or if any of them do so, what benefits the Corporation will derive from them. The Corporation disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
Dundee Energy LimitedBruce SherleyPresident & CEO(403) 774-9966(416) 363-4536 (FAX)www.dundee-energy.com
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