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Friday, November 9, 2012

The Ontarion - Movie Review: Stories We Tell

Tabloids, gossip and reality television indicate how much our society enjoys prying into other people?s lives. These many different manifestations of voyeurism vary in degree of credentials, as it seems we?ve grown exhausted of shows featured on Slice (formerly Life) and Much Music. For good reason, documentaries haven?t lost their credentials; a documentary is the art world?s way of capturing history, making observations and teaching others, often in an accessible fashion. Toronto has both its own documentary festival titled Hot Docs and a theatre dedicated to screening documentaries ? two great gems worthy of the one and a half hour trip into the big city from Guelph.

I spent a good chunk of the last six years living in Toronto, a set for many films that turns into a star-studded environment a few times each year with the coming of the TIFF and music festival, NXNE. While these attractions come and go, Toronto has its share of longstanding famous residents. For instance, both Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling were voted best local female and male actors respectively in Now magazine?s Best of Toronto issue. Auteur Sarah Polley, a finalist in the rat race, is madly in love with Toronto and is the true winner, in my opinion. Born and raised in the city, the thirty-three year-old got her started on the CBC program Road to Avonlea. Polley slowly built a higher-profile reputation in films like Go, Dawn of the Dead and Splice. Meanwhile, Polley has written and directed works such as Away From Her, Take This Waltz and most recently, the feature Stories We Tell. Amongst the buzz, Polley has always resided in Toronto. For the few precious years I resided in Toronto, I often saw Polley doing regular-people things around the city such as riding the streetcar or shopping at a Kensington Market grocer. With each time I crossed paths with this Canadian gem, my heart fluttered.

Polley?s latest Stories We Tell is an interesting take on a documentary-style film. I appreciate documentaries that do not coddle the audience by telling them too much; this documentary eloquently shares stories from many different people that Polley does not once acknowledge as her family, but you know from their appearance and comfortable humour that they are related.

The film?s pastiche nature weaves together a number of memories through home movies, interviews, and a very delicate story style account that was written by her father. This account was read throughout the entire film to serve as the narrative for the interviews Polley conducted and home movies she showed.

Countless reviews spoil the ending, but I won?t ruin your experience in my account here. I will, however, gush that Polley, beyond being a thoughtful and brilliant actor, director and writer, has created a simple feature that will make you think. While this documentary pries deep into the Polley family history in a revealing and invasive fashion, many intricacies of family, history and gender roles are touched upon.

The film is bookended by two lovely contemporary tunes that are dear to me. The first tune played in the film was ?Skinny Love? by Bon Iver, which caught me off guard as it wasn?t suggested in the film?s trailer. The tune that was used in the trailer and at the end of the film was the hauntingly eerie tune ?Demon Host? by Toronto artist Timber Timbre.

Source: http://www.theontarion.com/2012/11/movie-review-stories-we-tell/

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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Obama stays at home, calls congressional leaders (Washington Bureau)

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On the Eve of Skyfall, The Homes of the James Bonds - Celebrity ...

Thursday, November 8, 2012, by Rob Bear

The latest edition of the James Bond franchise, Skyfall, arrives on American shores tomorrow, on a wave of international acclaim. While the same can't be said for every entry in the series, the men who play Bond have gone on to lives of fame and riches, even if their film legacy consists of a string of wildly popular B movies. The chiseled Daniel Craig is only on his third film in the series but has already amassed a $50M fortune and hasn't been shy about spending it. The Skyfall star has been coy about a recent Manhattan house hunt with his wife, the actress Rachel Weisz. After checking out several high-priced pads?and even being rumored to have gone into contract on a SoHo penthouse for $11.5M?Craig either decided not to buy a new place in the city, or has done so so exceedingly quietly. Above is the penthouse bachelor pad in Tribeca that a single Craig bought in 2010 for around $1.9M.

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? Long regarded as the greatest Bond ever, Sean Connery has been living the high life ever since Dr. No debuted in 1962. He went on to star in critic's favorite Goldfinger and five more, before finally hanging up his tux in 1983. Since 1998, Connery has been spending most of his time in the exclusive gated community on Lyford Cay, in the Bahamas. His home, one of the more modest in this high-priced enclave, is known as "The Pool House." Sitting adjacent to the Lyford Cay Golf Club's eighth hole, it can be rented when Connery is not in residence for $3,000 per night. That rental rate includes daily housekeeping, use of two golf carts, and four bedrooms.

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? With Connery on hiatus, the little-known George Lazenby stepped in as Bond for 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service. That film was set in the snowy Alps, but Lazenby chose much warmer digs for his current home. Nestled in dense trees just downhill from the Getty Center in the Brentwood of Los Angeles, the contemporary sprawler is joined on the property by a walled and lit tennis court, not a surprise considering Lazenby was formerly married to tennis star Pam Shriver.

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? In 1973, Roger Moore took over for a seven-film run that saw him go from dashing in Live and Let Die to damn near decrepit in 1985's A View to a Kill. The model-turned-actor made more than $90M over the course of his career and plunged some of that fortune into this low-slung Spanish-style home, just off of Mulholland Drive in Beverly Hills. The four-bedroom, four-bath home was purchased in 1996, measures 3,600 square feet, and also has a tennis court in the rear yard.

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? Bond returned in 1987 with the classically-trained Timothy Dalton as the star. He lasted only two films before the series went on a long hiatus due to legal wrangling. Dalton splits time between Los Angeles?where his son with later Mel Gibson paramour Oksana Grigorieva lives?and his native England, but also keeps a vacation home on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Located on the grounds of the luxe St. James's Club, the villa is difficult to pinpoint, but is probably similar to the $995K number above.

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? Daniel Craig's predecessor, Pierce Brosnan, was paid handsomely for his performances as Bond, but also managed to expand his career during the Bond years, bringing his net worth to an estimated $80M. Brosnan has kept a home in Malibu, Calif. for years, but recently constructed an absurdly large, but somehow "environmentally friendly" mansion on the beach. In order to help pay for the elaborate estate, he's put it up for rent during the summer months for a whopping $250K per month. The four-bed, 12-bath home has a litany of features, including "three master suites, well-appointed his and hers dressing rooms, gourmet kitchen, large saltwater swimming pool, indoor Japanese spa with soaking tub, infrared or traditional sauna, steam room, cold plunge, a full size gym, private screening room with bar, music room, library, separate guesthouse and pool cabana."
? Did Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz's Soho Buy Fall Through? [Curbed NY]
? Inside Daniel Craig's New Tribeca Pied-a-Terre [Curbed NY]
? The Pool House [SIR Lyford Cay]
? Roger Moore's House [Wikimapia]
? Villa 423 [Lush Locations]
? Former Bond's Malibu Beach House Shoots for $250K/Month [Curbed National]

Source: http://curbed.com/archives/2012/11/08/on-the-eve-of-skyfall-the-homes-of-the-james-bonds.php

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Monday, November 5, 2012

Syrian rebels capture oilfield near Iraqi border

BEIRUT (AP) ? Syrian rebels firing mortars and rocket-propelled grenades captured an oilfield in the country's east on Sunday after three days of fierce fighting with government troops protecting the facility, activists said.

The head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, Rami Abdul-Rahman, said rebels overran the Al-Ward oilfield in the province of Deir el-Zour near the border with Iraq early Sunday. About 40 soldiers were guarding the facility that the rebels had been pounding for the past three days, he said, adding that opposition fighters also captured several regime troops.

Oil was a major source of revenue for the cash-strapped regime of President Bashar Assad before the European Union and the United States imposed an embargo on Syria's crude exports last year to punish the government for its brutal crackdown on protesters early on in the uprising.

"This field used to supply the regime with fuel for its tanks and our aim was to stop these supplies," Omar Abu Leila, an activist in Deir el-Zour, told The Associated Press by telephone. He said there was heavy fighting recently near the oil facility that is located just east of the city of Mayadin.

Both activists said the rebels shot down a fighter jet near the oil field Sunday. It was not clear if the warplane was taking part in fighting in the area.

Abu Leila said that the oilfield had been functioning up until shortly before the rebels seized it. It was not clear whether the facility was damaged in the fighting or sabotaged by regime forces.

Analysts say the rebels would not benefit economically from capturing the oil filed, although the opposition's latest conquest could reduce crude supplies available to the government.

"It's another blow to Assad in terms of ... the oil available to him," said Robin Mills, head of consulting at Manaar Energy Consulting & Project Management in Dubai. The capturing of Al Ward is largely symbolic, Mills added. The rebels face serious challenges getting much ? if any ? of the captured oil to the market since the main export pipeline along the Mediterranean coast remains under government control.

"I don't see how they can export the oil that way," Mills said. "And even if they could, I don't see that anyone would pick up that oil."

In the past year, Syrian officials have repeatedly accused rebel units of targeting the country's infrastructure, including blowing up oil and gas pipelines in the energy-rich northeast of the country.

Syria exported some 150,000 barrels of oil a day before European and U.S. imposed sanctions took effect. In 2010, it earned $4.4 billion by selling to EU countries alone.

The uprising against Assad started with peaceful demonstrations in March last year, but has since morphed into a bloody civil war. Activists say more than 36,000 people have been killed in 19 months of fighting.

Damascus claims the opposition is part of a foreign plot to destroy the country, and accuses rebels of being mercenaries of the West and oil-rich Gulf countries like Saudi Arabia and Qatar, who have supplied the fighters with weapons.

On Sunday, state media said rebels detonated a car bomb near a major hotel in the capital, wounding several people. They also said the rebels ? the government refers to them as terrorists ? were behind the assassination of a leading member of the ruling Baath party in northeast Raqqa province.

The powerful car bomb shook the Dama Rose hotel and shattered much of its glass, according to an AP reporter at the scene. The hotel has been used in the past by U.N. observers visiting Syria, including the Damascus representative of the new U.N.-Arab League envoy to Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi.

State-run SANA news agency said the bomb weighted around 50 kilograms (110 pounds) and went off about 500 meters (yards) from the army chief of staff's building.

The pro-government Ikhbariyeh TV said the explosives were planted under a car, parked in an outdoor lot near the country's main labor union building. At least 12 people, all union members, were wounded by shattered glass, the organization's chief, Mohammad Azouz, told the AP.

In Raqqa province, gunmen broke into the home of Baath party official Ismail al-Hamadeh at dawn and sprayed him with bullets as he slept, according to a SANA report.

Elsewhere in Syria, activists said the army clashed with rebels in the northern cities of Idlib and Aleppo, as well as in Damascus and the southern border town of Daraa, where the uprising began.

In the Damascus suburbs of Harasta and al-Hajira, the army and opposition fighters exchanged heavy fire, killing a handful of rebels, SANA said. The fiercest fighting took place in Harem on the edge of Idlib, where 30 civilians were killed allegedly in clashes between rebels and the army, the agency said.

The Observatory said the Syrian army launched air strikes on rebel hideouts in Idlib's suburbs, mainly the strategic city of Maaret al-Numan, which rebels captured three weeks ago. Their presence in the city, along the main highway between Damascus and Aleppo, has disrupted the military's main supply route to the northern front.

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Associated Press writers Bassam Mroue in Beirut, Albert Aji in Damascus, Syria, and Adam Schreck in Baghdad contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-rebels-capture-oilfield-near-iraqi-border-153620004.html

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Interview with The Ultimate Banker ? Edwin Lim

The following is an interview with Edwin Lim, co-author of The Ultimate Banker. ?Edwin has more than 23 years of banking experience and held COO appointments in many banks. Now, he wants to teach you how to have a successful career in the bank.

What prompted you to write the book?

I decided to write this book 3 years ago because I felt frustrated that most of the books out there were mainly marketing the authors themselves or by people who had not made it and provided misleading information of what it is really like. I believe that for those who have reached the top of their careers will be able to identify with the fact that it?s never easy when we take the first steps in the corporate world. For me extending a helping hand for those who want and are ready to help themselves is extremely fulfilling and our younger generation deserves every bit of it.

Given my medical condition, completion of this book took on a sense of urgency as I wanted my 2 sons (who are in their late teens) to use the book to chart their career in the event I am not around.

What is the main message behind the book that you would like your readers to take away?

Hard work is a prerequisite, but working smart and identifying opportunities to propel up the corporate ladder especially in a competitive financial industry is a skill to be acquired. Why waste time stumbling in the dark when you can call upon people who could assist you to navigating around potholes, but you must first know where to look. Often we overlook the simple things and struggle unnecessarily. I truly hope this book makes a difference in peoples? lives and know that they are not alone in their quest to succeed

For our local banks, what is the main source of their income? Is it returns from borrowing money or does more income arise from trading activities? What about global ones like Citi?

As explain in my book, there are various types of banks, ie retail, corporate, investment and private banking banks, and each will target different market segments and offer / focus on different products and services. So our local banks which are primarily providing retail and corporate banking services and have a lion share of the local market, would derive the bulk of its income from interest income (ie customer loans, mortgages etc) not trading. For example, based on FY2011 results, DBS and OCBC interest income accounted for 63.2% and 60.6% of total income respectively, ?while DBS and OCBC treasury and trading income (in broad terms) accounted for only 9.1%, and 9.6% respectively.

However, for an overseas retail/corporate bank operating in Singapore where they have only a small slice of the retail and corporate business there is a high probability that trading income represents a high percentage if not the main source of income. This probably would apply to our local banks operating overseas measured on a country basis.

Citibank as a global bank, even though it offers full range of banking services including investment banking and wealth management, it?s interest income represents 61.8% of total income as its core strengths are in retail and corporate banking. On the other hand, take an investment bank like Goldmansachs, you will see its institutional client services division which includes fixed income, currency, commodities and equities trading accounts for 60% of total revenue.

How has the QEs affected the banks? operations and profitability?

There is no definitive proof to say QEs directly affected banks? operations and profitability worldwide or even our local banks. It may have improved market sentiments, prevented a further escalation of the economic crisis, kept interest rates low, and boost liquidity, but it also create headaches for other countries as excess liquidity pushed inflation further up as we experienced in Singapore, weaken US dollar affects exports, and for Hong Kong which pegs their currency to the US dollars saw it?s central bank stepping in for the first time last week since 2009 to prevent it?s currency from rising against the US dollar. So there is a push towards spending and trading got a lift but banks don?t seem to have gained or loss significantly based on quarterly results.

What is your view of the banking industry in Singapore in the next 5 years? Would there be further consolidations of our local banks? Do you think foreign banks would gain a bigger foothold in the local market?

If we see Singapore banking industry as a matured industry operating with a local market base of 5.3 million people serviced by slightly more than 200 banks it looks congested. As mentioned in my book we can?t have a silo mentality, we must open up to see the big picture, i.e. how Asia economies are transforming and what the crisis in Europe means for us in terms of opportunities.

The chapter on wealth management is to focus and tap on the rising number of millionaires and high net worth individuals in Asia. Singapore is the Switzerland of Asia so do you think banks will forgo the opportunity to setup a base here? Furthermore, I also covered investment banking to highlight the significant number of opportunities globally that bankers can capitalise on as Asian SMEs are expected to grow and expand regionally and globally in the next 10 years. In essence the industry has bright future but the challenge is adopting the right strategy.

We should acknowledge that the global banking landscape has changed in our favour following the financial crisis. Singapore?s 3 local banks have been named within the top 20 world?s strongest banks, this in itself is a great achievement. Consolidation is off the cards for the mid-term since as our local banks are in a stronger position to compete. This should be the period to capitalise on its strengths and expand regionally or internationally to build up its asset base instead.

Foreign banks are fully aware Singapore?s domestic limitations so I doubt they are too keen to fight for a bigger share of the market, instead foreign banks are using Singapore as a region hub to expand into the region.

There is a very interesting section about trading in the book which I am sure our readers would like to find out more about that.

The best traders you know, what is one thing they all have in common? What are their gender, age, educational background, or racial profiles like?

As mentioned in the chapter on ?Treasury ? Becoming The Top Trader?, there many personality traits and character profiles to be considered and developed. Personally I feel that the best traders are not born with the ?Midas touch? instead they hone in on their skills, pay ?tuition fees? for mistakes, and learn from the best. You definitely don?t want to be a cowboy who shoots from the hip and pray for a hit like most of us do at casinos.

In the banking world good traders tend to be within late twenties to early thirties as the ?bad? are removed early in their career and the high fliers move on to take on more senior roles in their mid-thirties or ?retire? to enjoy life. This doesn?t mean as an individual trader you need to be young, it?s just that banks have the luxury to choose the best of the best from a huge pool of candidates. You can be just as good as there is no one size fits all profile in terms of age, education, gender or race.

What is the edge bank traders have over retail investors? Conversely, do you think retail traders have a chance of beating the professionals over the long run?

Overall bank traders have vast resources made readily available to them such as dedicated research teams and analysts support, real time news feeds, use of brokers, and trading in an environment where they literally feel the heartbeat of the market. However, bank traders are human too, so if they do not use the vast resources effectively or misread the markets they will also make losses. What we don?t see is the fact that banks will not hesitate to fire non performers.

So the question is how we equip the retail trader with the right tools and skills (which banks used to monopolise) given today?s advancement in technology, access to market tools, and training. In my opinion it is possible (on equal footing) for today?s retail trader to have a chance to beat the professional in the long run.

What kind of education or training process do traders go through? Can this be replicated beyond a bank in private practice?

Banks tend to select degree holders not because they are smarter but because our paper chase society has churned out more ?educated? candidates. Twenty years ago ?O? levels was sufficient and these traders made their millions too.

With reference to the section on ?Not Your Typical Treasure Chest?, we explained the importance of mastering both hard and soft skills. The hard skills, i.e. practicing on simulation models and platforms based on proprietary algorithms are now available to both banks and private individuals. Difficulties of learning hard skills is not because of the complexities of the big picture but the subtleties which only top traders can teach, thus this skill must be learnt from them. This is why we will make this information accessible in our next book about what these subtleties are and how to train yourself to acquire them. As for soft skills, the challenge for a private individual is finding top traders to observe, understudy and communicate with to develop the required skills.

As traders do not have their own money on the line, does it mean they remain more rational vs someone who is managing his own portfolio?

No it does not. It?s like me giving you a Lamborghini and allowing you on the autobahn and I bet you will push the speed limit to its max. The fact that it?s not your money there is a high probability to take more risks. This is why banks have the risk team (also known as middle office) to monitor the traders. You will be surprise the limits and controls established by the bank to manage traders. I will share more in my next book coming out next year on more behind the scenes of a bank.

What is the most common instrument for traders? For the Forex desk is it spot forex or futures or options or swaps? Or is it a combination of all?

According to the Bank of International Settlements 2010 records, which publishes official global trading volume every 3 years, the total daily average Forex trading volume was US$4 trillion of which FX Swaps took top spot of US$1.76 trillion while FX Spot volume was US$1.5 trillion, options was a mere US$207 billion. In terms of individual deal tickets issued in an average size trading room, it is usually common to see more spot deals done than swaps given the market liquidity and volume of trades dealt. For options and futures it depends on the structure of the team, and it is also normal that these trades may not be done daily as it is used for primarily for hedging.

What is a longest position one can possibly hold on to? days weeks even months?

Bank traders have to abide by limits and guidelines imposed by their respective bank based upon risks assessments and control policies. If you are referring to currency trading, positions held are usually over very short periods, i.e. a few days unless there is a strong case to hold for a few weeks. Equity trading is different as fund managers can always take on a long term view.

Would the banks have a desk trading the SGX counters actively? How about the Hong Kong and ASEAN markets?

Yes, banks trading equities can establish their own teams according market coverage and/or sectors. There is no fixed structure.

Is it true that traders crave for high volatility days? Do they make the most money for the bank and themselves during a crash like the one in 08?

Yes traders generally crave for volatility, maybe not wild sudden swings, but active movements. However, volatility is only one part of the equation as other information such as market news, geopolitical issues, technical analysis etc will be analysed to form the full picture in order to make an informed decision. I don?t have precise details whether traders benefited significantly from the 2008 crisis, but generally the more experienced traders will take full advantage of market turmoil to maximise their profits, eg.1992 when George Soros made US$1.1billion during the UK currency turmoil or currency speculators capitalized on the Asian financial crisis such that Malaysia was forced to take drastic actions to protect it currency.

You mentioned about restrictions imposed on bank traders. But why do we still see rogue traders losing billions for the banks once in a while?

You have brought up an interesting topic and one which seems mind boggling to all of us who are not in the banking world especially how such large fraud cases would go undetected until it is too late. It is true that banks are bound by many regulatory controls and in recent years there have been extreme focus in self governance too. In my book under the chapter ?Risk Management : The Sheriff?s In Town?, I have highlighted the importance to rein in these lapses in control and also thrown in a war story to share my own experiences. Sometimes to be fair to the risk controllers it?s not easy to spot fraud immediately amongst the thousands of trades, thus experience and a keen eye to details are critical. Up to the early 2000s, the importance of the middle offices was never truly appreciated and were poorly managed. Today it?s a different ball game and banks are willing to pay a premium for these risks controllers but it will take time for the industry to build this pool of experts.

In late August, Dr Leong and I had discussed this topic at length and he went on to published an article called ?Rogue traders just like any of us? in Straits Times where he highlighted several good points including Kweku Adoboli?s case.

To quote some parts of the articles:

?For traders, how large their bonuses are depends on the total amount of money they have made in a fixed time period ? usually over a year. Since they are paid on aggregate performance, not daily performance, traders are willing to take big risks to recoup losses before the end of an appraisal period. The chance to recoup the previous day?s losses with a windfall today may induce traders to take bigger risks.?

?But regulation is no panacea. Nor have many banks learnt from the past, as seen in several recent high-profile incidents in UBS, Societe Generale and JP Morgan, where total losses exceeded US$15 billion. Regulatory supervision and legislation can only do so much and this is not sufficient. More important is self-governance.?

I am in no direct position to comment on the inner workings or controls of UBS and how their senior traders acted. However in my time I have come across desperate or traders in pursuit of a fat bonus who will always try their luck to circumvent controls. Luckily it is not common but there will be a handful of rogue traders willing to test the limits especially if they are not closely monitored. Look at the Libor scandal as another example.

So if professionals are known to attempt taking high risks knowing the tight supervision and scrutiny they are under, what can be said for the retail investor who may be lured by empty promises of a sure bet?

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Thursday, November 1, 2012

Wikipad Gaming Tablet Launch Delayed, No New Date Given ...

For those waiting to get their hands on the gaming tablet known as the Wikipad, you?re going to be waiting a bit longer according to a press release from their development team. Launch was scheduled for today, but Wikipad has contacted their?retail?partners and have said that due to?enhancements?that should be made before release, they will continue work and delay it until when they feel it is ready.

The Wikipad team has been relentlessly working with our manufacturers and partners to perfect the Wikipad bundle to ensure our first product is the best tablet and entertainment experience at launch.? There is a last minute opportunity to enhance the Wikipad bundle as well as a minor refinement needed to ensure our first customers are completely satisfied with the Wikipad.

We have informed our retail partners about this delay.? For those who pre-ordered the Wikipad at GameStop through today October 31st, we will deliver the refined and upgraded bundles as well as a special bonus gift with the pre-order.

We are very eager to deliver the Wikipad experience and are passionate about excellence.? We apologize for this delay and want you to know that we are committed to bringing you the very best, high-end gaming tablet possible.

We are in the final stage and will be announcing the new date soon.

THE WIKIPAD TEAM

Kind of unfortunate that no new date has been set, but at least they?re trying to put out the best product they can. Was anyone going to be lining up at their local Gamestop for this bad boy?

Via: Phandroid

Source: http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/31/wikipad-gaming-tablet-launch-delayed-no-new-date-given/

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