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The Canon PowerShot S90 is a high-end point & shoot camera that takes great photos and provides great manual controls for serious shooters. The video it captures is lackluster, though.
Product Tour
The Canon PowerShot S90 is a compact, 10 megapixel point & shoot camera that retails for about $430. That's a lot for a compact camera, but the S90 has a wide feature set, and the front control ring makes it a very easy to control camera.
** Front**
**Size Comparisons **
**In the Box **
The contents of the S90 box
• The camera itself
• Wrist strap
• NB-6L 1000 mAh battery
• CB-2LY battery charger
• USB cable
• A/V out cable (composite video)
• User guide
• Digital camera solution disk (version 54.0)
• Warranty card
**Color Accuracy ***(11.63) *
We found that the S90 captured very accurate color. In this test, we photograph a color chart under tightly controlled conditions, and we found that the S90 captured these colors very well. The only issues we found were that some blues and yellows were a little inaccurate, as you can see from the examples below. However, these shifts were relatively minor Click here for more on how we test color
The S90 offers a range of color modes (Canon refers to them by the moniker 'My Color'), but we found that the S90 produced the most accurate colors with these disabled. You can see examples of all of the color modes in our Controls section.
NOTE: Because of the way computer monitors reproduce colors, the images above do not exactly match the originals found on the chart or in the captured images. The chart should be used to judge the relative color shift, not the absolute captured colors.
Color Modes*(5.00)*
The S90 includes a wide range of color modes, although most of them seem to be more for novelty use than anything practical. Canon refers to these as My Colors, and the options include vivid, neutral, sepia, black & white, positive, lighter skin, darker skin, vivid blue, vivid green, vivid red and a custom mode. The latter mode allows you to set your own levels for saturation, contrast, sharpness, red, green, blue and skin tone. You can see examples of all of these color modes in the Controls section of this review.
We also found that the S90 did not have a big problem with noise: we found that the noise in our test images were pretty minimal across the ISO range. The noise remains at relatively low levels up to ISO 800, but it does climb significantly above that. However, it remains lower than many comparable cameras at the higher levels, although the images do take on a slightly soft look, as if they were shot through a soft focus filter. The noise reduction that the S90 is applying at the higher levels also means that edges become slightly blurry. Click here for more on how we test noise.
In our first test, we shoot our test chart at two light levels: about 3000 lux (rather like a bright sunny day) and at 60 lux (about the same as indoor lighting). In both, the pattern of the noise is the same, although there is more noise in the 60 lux shots. This is because of the longer shutter speeds that these lighting conditions require: the longer the shutter speed, the more noise will be in the images. But the pattern of noise is the same, as you can see on the examples below.
If we compare the noise levels of the S90 with other cameras, you can see that the S90 did well, with noise that is lower than most, especially at the higher ISO levels.
The ISO sensitivity range of the S90 starts at 80 and goes up to 3200. In addition, a low light mode that is available on the mode dial extends this range to 12800, but at the cost of reduced resolution of just 1824 by 1368 pixels. Below are examples of photos taken at all of the ISO levels. You can look at the full frame image of any example by clicking on it.
NOTE: The images above are not used in our testing or scoring, but are included here to show real-world examples of the differences between cameras at the various ISO settings.
In our test for the resolution of the images that the S90 captured, we found that it did an excellent job overall. Images were extremely sharp, and low distortion and only slight chromatic aberration. It is important to note here that we are testing the sharpness of the images, not the native resolution that the camera captures at. Click here for more on how we test resolution.
Distortion (7.93)
The S90 has a 5x zoom lens, and we found that this only adds a very small amount of distortion to the images it captures. At the wide and middle points of the zoom range, we did notice some slight distortion; around 1.3 per cent of barrel distortion at both ends. What this means is that straight edges (such as walls or lampposts) may look slightly bowed outwards at both ends of the zoom range. The distortion at the telephoto end of the zoom range was less than half a per cent, which is barely noticeable.
Sharpness (18.06)
We were extremely impressed with the sharpness of the images that the S90 shot; they were consistently sharp both across the frame and across the zoom range. There were a few minor issues, though; the edges of the frame at the zoom settings were slightly softer than the middle, particularly those on the left side of the image. However, even these edges were not a huge problem; fine details were still captured in the image, but without the razor-sharp clarity of the middle.You can see examples from our test images in the crops below.
Chromatic Aberration (7.82)
Chromatic Aberration occurs because the elements of the lens deflect colors of light differently; it usually shows up as a slight colored fringe to high contrast edges, such as the edges of the blocks in our color chart. We saw some evidence of this from the S90, particularly at the wider zoom settings. However, the amount of aberration that we saw was low, even at the wider zoom settings.
Picture Quality & Size Options*(5.83)*
The S90 has a wide range of image size and quality settings, ranging from the maximum 10 megapixel images down to 0.3 megapixel images. In addition, there are two quality settings: fine and standard. The S90 is also unusual amongst point & shoots in being able to capture RAW images, which contain the raw data from the image sensor. The S90 can also capture a RAW and JPEG image simultaneously, giving the convenience of a JPEG and the quality of the RAW at once.
Image Stabilization*(0.97)*
The S90 includes an optical stabilization system that moves an element of the lens in response to camera shake, but we found that this was only moderately effective. We test this on point & shoot cameras by attaching the camera to our stabilization system, setting the camera to shoot at 1/30 of a second and taking photos with stabilization on and off. For the S90, we found that the images with stabilization on were slightly sharper than with stabilization off, but only by a very small amount. Click here for more on how we test image stabilization.
Movie Mode*(8.75)*
The S90 shoots movies at a maximum resolution of 640 by 480 pixels, which is standard definition. Other cameras can record high definition video, but the S90 is limited to standard definition. The files are recorded as MOV files which use H.264 compression, with mono sound captured from the microphone under the small hole next to the lens. While shooting, you cannot use the optical zoom, but a 4x digital zoom is available. You can, however, use the optical zoom prior to shooting then use the digital zoom while shooting, for a total possible zoom of 15x.The image quality does deteriorate when using the digital zoom, though.
Video Color*(3.96)*
Although we were impressed with the color of the still images that the S90 captured, we were not overly impressed with the color of videos; the color were slightly inaccurate and the video was very highly saturated, leading to artificially bright and garish colors. Click here for more on how we test video color.
Video Sharpness*(0.78)*
We were also less than impressed with the sharpness of the video; the video had a soft, blurry look, especially with moving objects. This is partly down to the low resolution that the camera captures video at (640 by 480 pixels; significantly less than the 1920 by 1080 that many capture at), but the video is also very heavily compressed, which leads to lost detail. Click here for more on how we test video sharpness.
Sample Photos
Sample Photos
In the following sample images, clicking on the larger image will download the full resolution original. Each photo is accompanied by three actual-size crops.
Still Life Examples
Below are examples of our still life setup captured at a range of ISO settings. To view the full, original file, click on any of the images.
NOTE: The images above are not used in our testing or scoring, but are included here to show real-world examples of the differences between cameras at the various ISO settings.
Playback Mode*(8.50)*
Pressing the playback button on the S90 puts it into playback mode. In this mode, you can look at photos in a number of ways, including viewing up to 36 thumbnails on screen once and zooming in up to 10x. You can also view a number of different levels of information on the images, ranging from none to pretty much every control and a histogram of the image density.
In-Camera Editing*(5.25)*
Basic editing features are on offer from the main menu of the S90; images can be cropped, resized and have red-eye removed. You can also apply all of the color effects that are described in the Controls section after an image is taken. Also offered is Canon's own i-Contrast processing, which does a decent job of correcting for under or over exposure of images.
Direct Print Options*(6.00)*
The standard features for printing photos are included. Photos can be tagged for printing by pressing the short cut button on the back of the camera, which flags the image for printing using the DPOF image format. The S90 can also be connected directly to any printer that supports the common PictBridge standard, where the camera connects to the printer over a USB cable, so you can print photos without using a computer. **
There is no viewfinder on the S90; images are previewed through the LCD screen.
The 3.1-inch screen on the back of the S90's body is a big, bright screen that has around 460k pixels. We found that the screen was clear and sharp, providing a good preview of the images that the camera captures.
The 3.1-inch screen of the S90
The S90 includes a small pop-up flash that jumps out of the top left corner of the camera case when required. When it is not used, it fits back into the camera body completely. We found that this flash had rather limited range; it could only illuminate objects out to about 5 to 7 feet.
*The small pop-up flash of the S90
The lens of the S90 is made by Canon themselves and has a focal length of 6 to 22.5mm, which is equivalent to a 28 to 105mm zoom on a 35mm camera. That's a 3.8x zoom length, which is a little shorter than the 10 and 12x zooms that we see on some point and shot cameras. However, 3.8x is enough for most uses; as you can see from the examples below, it is long enough to capture everything from a group shot to a head and shoulders shot from a distance.
The lens of the S90 is a 3.8x zoom
The S90 gets juiced up by a small Li-ion battery that fits into the cavity on the bottom of the camera body. This NB-6L battery is charged up in an external charger: there is no way to charge it within the camera body itself. Canon claims a battery life of about 220 shots with the LCD on, which would tie in with our informal testing: we were able to shoot for several days without charging. A spare battery will cost you $60.
*The battery and memory card compartment
of the S90 is on the base of the body
The S90 uses SDHC memory cards to store photos, although it is also compatible with the older SD card type. An 8GB SDHC card will cost you about $25, and can hold about 3,000 images at the highest resolution and quality, which should be enough for most trips. There is some internal memory on the camera, but this cannot be used to store photos.
Jacks, Ports & Plugs*(5.50)*
There are just two ports on the S90; a mini HDMI port for connecting to a HDTV, and a combination USB and A/V out port that connects to a computer or an analog TV. Kudos to Canon for making this port compatible with standard USB cables; if you lose the included USB cable, you can use one from another device with a standard USB type A plug on the end.
The ports of the S90
Shooting Modes*(18.50)*
The S90 has a lot of shooting modes on offer. On the mode dial there are options for a full auto mode, a program mode, shutter and aperture priority mode, a full auto mode and a custom mode that uses a set of customized saved settings. In addition , there are sports for a low light and movie mode, as well as a scene mode setting. If this is selected, you can choose one of 18 scene modes, which include the usual suspects (portrait, landscape) plus a few unusual modes (aquarium, underwater and two modes that help create panoramas.
Changing modes is very easy: for most you just twist the mode dial. Changing scene modes is a bit more awkward; you have to scroll through the list using the control dial on the back of the camera. This can take some time, and there is no way to quickly skip through the list.
Picture Effects*(4.25)*
The S90 includes a number of modes designed to produce a specific look in the image in the My Colors menu. Examples of the options on offer are below.
The S90 uses a single focus point in the center of the frame. You do get the option to change the size of the frame, but you can't move it off-center. There is also an option to use face detection to focus in on faces. We did find that the auto focus worked quickly, though; it usually snapped into place and beeped reassuringly in less than a second.
Macro focus down to a minimum distance of 2 inches is also offered, as well as a manual focus mode.We found this is relatively easy to use, as you can use the control dial on the back of the camera or the control ring on the front to focus.
The S90 is unusual in offering focus bracketing. When enabled, this will take 3 images with different focus points when you press the shutter, which could be useful if you don't trust the single focus point to get it right.
The S90 did good job of correctly guessing the correct exposure in our tests, but there are also several options to tweak this if required. You get exposure compensation of 2 stops up or down, and the camera can also automatically take 3 bracketed exposures at up to 2 stops up and down. This is good to see on a point & shoot camera: many don't offer any form of bracketing.
The usual options of a full evaluative mode, center weighted and spot metering are offered on the S90. In addition, a face detection mode finds and meters for faces in the frame.
White Balance*(6.00)*
The S90 offers a full auto mode for white balance, as well as 7 presets and an evaluative mode. In this, you point the camera at something white and press the shutter, and it judges the white balance. Unusually, you can also tweak any of the presets for more precise control.
The full manual mode gives you plenty of control over the aperture of the S90, and there is a decent aperture range. At the widest setting, the aperture range is from f/2.0 to f/8, which is unusually wide. At the telephoto end, the range is a little more restricted: f/ 4.9 to f/8.0.
Shutter Speed*(7.00)*
In most modes, the shutter speed range of the S90 is from 1 second down to 1/1600 of a second. In the shutter priority and full manual modes, this is expanded to 15 seconds to 1/1600 of a second. 1/1600 of a second is fast enough for most uses, but it might not be fast enough to freeze some fast moving objects, such as a speeding tennis ball or an overly candied small child.
The S90 offers a lot of options in its self timer feature. As well as the usual simple 10 and 2 second delays, the camera can take a number of photos (from 3 to 10) when it detects a face in the frame. There is also a custom option which allows you to set the delay (up to 30 seconds) and the number of shots that are taken (from 3 to 10). The one thing that is missing is an interval timer, where the camera takes a number of shots at a preset time interval.
Drive/Burst Mode*(6.00)*
Two burst modes are available on the S90: continuous shooting and continuous shooting AF. In the latter mode, the camera continuously keeps checking the focus point and adjusting it if required.
Shot to Shot (1.04)
Shooting in the continuous mode, we found that the S90 managed to capture a touch over 1 frame a second (1.04 a second, to be exact). That's on the slow side; many other point & shoot cameras can manage many more, or offer special modes that capture a lot of images quickly. The S90 does not.
Design & Handling
The S90 is a small camera, but it fits well into the hand. There is no raised ridge on the front, but there is a small ridge below the mode dial on the back that gives the thumb something to grip onto. This allows for a reasonably tight grip, but we'd recommend the use of the wrist strap if you are a rollercoaster fan. Most users will probably default to a two-handed hold when taking photos, but it works well in one or two hands.
Two hands are also needed to use the control dial on the front of the camera, around the lens.
Buttons & Dials***(9.60)*
The S90 includes an unusual number of buttons and dials for a point & shoot, with the really unusual one being the control ring on the front around the lens. This makes it feel a little like an SLR or an old-school film camera; you twist the ring around to change the selected feature. By default, this ring is used to control the ISO setting, but it can also be set to control exposure compensation, manual focus, white balance or the zoom setting in program mode. In the manual mode, the exposure compensation option changes to shutter speed. This is extremely useful, as it means you can go fully manual but still control shutter speed quickly with the front control ring and aperture with the back control dial. Most point & shoots with a manual mode force you to use a combination of keys to switch from shutter to aperture control.
The other controls are on the top and back of the camera. On the top is the power button , the ring function, the shutter and the mode dial. On the back is a shortcut control, playback, the 4-way control and control dial and a display and menu button. The shortcut button can be set to a number of functions, including enabling face detection, exposure and focus lock or changing the metering mode.
The S90 has two separate menus: the function menu for the basic functions, and the main menu for everything else. The function menu is accessed by pressing the func. button in the middle of the directional control pad, and offers options for things such as white balance, color mode, bracketing, etc.
The function menu of the S90*
The main menu contains all the other features. It is divided into three tabs: shooting settings, camera settings, and the customizable my menu settings. The shooting settings tab is for features such as enabling/disabling the digital zoom, setting the AF mode, etc. The camera settings menu is for features such as formatting the memory card, the power saving settings and others. The My Menus tab allows you to create a customized menu that contains commonly used features for quick access.
The main menu of the S90*
Manual & Learning*(7.00)*
Accompanying the S90 is a 179 page manual that covers a lot of ground, from basic functions like turning the camera on to manually tweaking the white balance settings. It does so well, with clear, accurate explanations in plain language.
Panasonic ZS3 Comp
In terms of the specs of the two products, the Panasonic ZS3 is the top pick: it has a longer zoom (12x against the 3.8x of the Canon) and shoots HD video. But a camera is about more than specs, and the competition between the two is much closer in terms of how they perform. We found that the Canon was the superior performer in terms of the noise and resolution; the images it captured had lower noise and more detail. The Panasonic had slightly better color performance, though, and their image stabilization system was superior to the Canon, producing sharper shots at our tested shutter speed of 1/30 of a second.
The Canon S90 was the easier camera to use; the combination of the front control wheel and the control dial on the back of the camera made it much quicker to switch modes and change settings like the shutter speed, and the dial around the lens has an undeniable retro charm.
One area where the Panasonic clearly excels is in shooting movies: it records video at a much higher resolution with better detail, color and smoother movement. So if you are looking for a combination still and video device, the Panasonic is the best choice. But if you focus more on still images, the two cameras are very evenly matched.
Canon SD970 IS Comp
Canon's own SD970 IS is cheaper than the S90 (about $320 against the $430 of the S90) and shoots higher resolution images (12.1 megapixels against 10 megapixels). But more megapixels do not a better camera make; the two cameras were very evenly matched in our resolution tests. And we also found that the S90 had less noise in images than the SD970, which is another consequence of higher resolutions. But we did find that the video that the SD970 captured was better than the S90; the SD970 had better color and more detail in the video it captures. That's partly because it captures video at a higher resolution in 720p format, with a resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels.
Fujifilm F200EXR Comp
The Fuji D200EXR uses some fancy new technology to try and improve performance, but we didn't see a huge performance boost from this. The Fuji did score higher than the S90 in some areas, though; both resolution and color were slightly better. But Fuji's claim of superior low light performance was not borne out; we found that the S90 produced images were lower levels of noise without the fancy sensor features of the Fuji.
The Canon S90 was also the easier camera to use, with the front control ring making it easier to control features such as the zoom and ISO level. On the Fuji, these features have to be accessed through the on-screen menu.


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"I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life."
Lance Armstrong in Dodgeball.
Hmmm.....the going is tough right now. Only a few days until my black belt test. I'm nervous and excited all at once. I can't wait to get out there and do my thing. My black pants and black-trimmed jacket are washed and ready to go for Saturday. All I need now is the black belt to complete the outfit.
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Quote of the Day
"I guess if a person never quit when the going got tough, they wouldn't have anything to regret for the rest of their life."
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Ana's karate test
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Sunday, February 25, 2007
A Slow Day at the Massage School
It was a slow day at the massage school today. Ana and I arrived at 7:30am with our "2-for-1" coupon in hand. Normally, a one-hour massage costs $32.00, which I find to be a completely reasonable price to pay. With our coupon, we get a one hour massage for $16.00 each. This counts as an even better deal and I am absolutely willing to pay it. The drawback is that on a normal weekend (the only time massages are offered) the line is usually quite long. We can end up waiting an hour or more. The wait is not too bad because we sit and chat. It's nice to have my teenager without an escape route for an hour! This Sunday, the wait was only about 1o minutes. How nice! We both had what we classified as "the best massage I've ever had here" massages. On our way out, one of the supervisors asked us if we would like another massage for free. Free? Did you say free? Yes, she said free! We got back in line (behind only two other people) and filled out our paperwork, went to the waiting area, and before we had walked down the hall, our massage therapists were ready for us. Apparently, there were more students needing to massage than there were clients, so they were taking anyone who was willing to have a second massage.
Now, if you've been doing the math in your head as you read, you've figured out that we paid $8.00 each for one-hour massages. They way I figure it, I saved $96.00 today so I'm going to the mall!
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Saturday, February 24, 2007
Karen's Birthday
For my 40th birthday, my good friends, Debbie, Denise and Di took me out to dinner at the Melting Pot. It's not just dinner...it's a dining experience. We sat for several hours at our table and talked of many things, including the fondue parties of our youth which always included orange fondue pots with cans of Sterno underneath. After dinner we went to another of my favorite places, Starbucks, and gabbed at each other some more. It's the kind of gabbing that only takes place when all 8 of our children are SOMEWHERE ELSE!!!
A big thank you to my friends for such a fun-filled evening. It was worth the 7 month wait!!
Okay, so my pictures are a little out of proportion. A can of Sterno this size would engulf the fondue pot in an incendiary light show. I didn't have my camera with me so I had to rely on the internet and this is what I came up with!
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Friday, February 23, 2007
Harbinger of Spring
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Thursday, February 22, 2007
Not Very Subtle
I very often tease Mike about trying to kill me by way of heart attack because he likes to grill things like ribs and chicken wings on the weekend. Because I am at higher risk of diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol and stroke (to name a few) I'm supposed to eat lean meats. I thought the electrical appliances in the bathtub were not very subtle.
If anyone wants to know WHY they are in the bathtub, you'll have to leave a comment!
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Monday, February 19, 2007
The Boys
This is what the boys in our house do with a three day weekend. Mike has been spending time creating things with a 3-D animator. It recommened taking pictures of your puppy and uploading them to work with. He thought a Lego figure would stand still better than our chihuahua, Gizmo.
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Friday, February 09, 2007
Happy Birthday Sam!
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Wednesday, February 07, 2007
First Tuesday
Last night I took the kids to First Tuesday. The first Tuesday of each month, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department opens all of their substations for a community event. Last night we got to climb aboard the big truck with all the cool chemical, biological and other anti-terrorist "toys" in it. Very cool! I was hoping they'd blow stuff up, but no such luck! Maybe when they get the bomb squad is there. Hmmmm........
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The Potential for Activated Biochar to Remove Waterborne Viruses from Environmental Waters
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The need for clean potable water and sustainable energy are two current and pressing issues with implications affecting the global population. Renewed interests in alternative energy have prompted researchers to investigate the full capacity of biofuels. These interests have led to not only the examination of current method limitations, but also to the investigation of new conversion methods. One promising method for bioenergy production is pyrolysis of lignocellulosic feedstocks. Through pyrolysis, a single crop may produce ethanol, bio-oil, and/or gaseous energy (syngas). The remaining solid phase product is a black carbon dubbed 'biochar'. In the current study, biochar was used as a both an unamended sorbent and a precursor to form powdered activated carbons (PACs) capable of removing waterborne viruses. Biochar was activated with KOH, ZnCl2, and H3PO4 and analyzed using the Brunauer, Emmett and Teller (BET) method, a combination of Kjeldahl digest and ICP-MS, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Sorbents were tested in batch studies using phosphate buffered saline (PBS), surface water, and groundwater. Bacteriophages MS2 and thetaX174 served as viral surrogates. All activation treatments significantly increased surface area, up to 1495.5 m2/g (KOH-activated). While the non-activated biochar was not effective in virus removal, the KOH-activated PAC had tremendous removal in the PBS/MS2 batch (mean 98.7% removal, up to 6.2 x 109 particles/mL, as compared to the Darco S-51: 82.3%). As evidenced by this study, sorption efficiency will be governed by viral species, carbon type and concentration, and water quality. The results of this study indicate that biochar can serve as a precursor for a highly porous and effective PAC, capable of removing waterborne viruses from environmental waters.
Florey, James (2012). The Potential for Activated Biochar to Remove Waterborne Viruses from Environmental Waters. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from http : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -2012 -05 -10925.


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Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) has appointed GOVT Kuala Lumpur to create its latest brand film. The brand film will be launched around the second quarter of 2017.
Emerging as the chosen agency in a four-way pitch, the agency will be working closely with MAHB's corporate communications department to create the film that will represent the airport's brand and what it means to the people.
"We are really excited with this assignment because it won't be another typical film about the airport's facilities. Instead, we will be focusing on its travellers and their life stories," said Casey Loh, ECD of GOVT Kuala Lumpur.
"There is so much about Malaysia Airports that the public at large aren't aware of. We think this is the perfect opportunity to share this amazing story with them," added Syed Nasir, head of business, GOVT Kuala Lumpur.
Most recently Malaysia Airports and Holdings (MAHB) has had its eyes on e-commerce facilities, and expects boost air travel at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).
Badlisham Ghazali,managing director, MAHB, in a statement to Bernama, explained that with e-commerce thriving in different parts of the world, consumers are largely inclined to shop online. Ghazali further added that MAHB will be inviting more e-commerce players to set up base in Malaysia to enable KLIA to achieve "strong growth."


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Some Of Sony's Xperia Phones Has A Hidden 120hz Mode
One of the selling points of the Razer Phone is the fact that it comes with a 120Hz display, making the scrolling and watching videos on the screen a very pleasurable experience. We expect that it is possible that one day more phones will feature 120Hz displays, but as it turns out quite a number of them already so, or at least in secret.
According to the folks at XDA, they have discovered that a number of Sony Xperia phones actually come with 120Hz displays, except that they have yet to be enabled for whatever reason. It was initially rumored that the Sony Xperia XZ Premium came with such a display and it was recently confirmed through some digging around in the source code.
It was also later revealed that other Sony phones also had a similar display, such as the Xperia X, Xperia X Performance, Xperia XZ, Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1 Compact, Xperia XA2, and the Xperia XA2 Ultra. Unfortunately like we said this is a hidden option that has been disabled, but apparently tweaking the kernel code could enable it.
However even then based on people who tested it out, the results have been inconsistent with some claiming that it works, while others are claiming that it doesn't. We're not sure if the 120Hz option will ever be enabled for these phones, but it's interesting to note that it is there.
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Halloween which falls on the 31st of October each year was initially called "All Hallows Eve" which eventually broke down to Halloween.
Although most Americans spend this day either trick or treating, Halloween dressing up, spooking people out and various other activities, certain other countries take their traditions seriously.
1. Ireland is considered the birthplace of Halloween, where they celebrate it bonfires, games, and traditional foods like barmbrack, an Irish fruitcake that contains coins, buttons, and rings for fortunetelling.
2. In Mexico and in most Latin American countries Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is celebrated to honour those who have departed from this world to another. They believe that the gates of heaven open up at midnight on the 31st of October where these souls reunite with their families for 24 hours. holiday is celebrated with in-home altars full of fruit, peanuts, turkey, soda, hot chocolate, water, stacks of tortillas and a special holiday bread called pan de muerto (bread of the dead), which are left as offerings for weary ghosts.
3. Romania, housing the purported location of "The Impaler" in Transylvania is visited by a number of people from around the world where tours and parties at Count Dracula's castle are provided for halloween.
4. In the biggest parade of Japan, for the past 21 years, nearly 4000 costumed Halloween enthusiasts gather in Kawasaki, just outside Tokyo where people join in the festivities.
5. People across Poland travel to cemeteries to visit the graves of their family members (Dzień Zaduszny is like the equivalent of All Souls' Day for Catholics in the country). The holiday is celebrated with candles, flowers, and an offering of prayers for departed relatives.
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8. On the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, which is around mid-August to mid-September, the people of Hong Kong celebrate the Hungry Ghost Festival. In several parts of East Asia, people believe that spirits get restless around this time of year and begin to roam the world. The festival is a way to "feed" these spirits both the food and money they need for the afterlife. It's part of a larger month-long celebration that also features burning paper and food offerings.
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The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) have issued a scathing assessment of an altercation at an Engen station in Roodepoort, Gauteng. In a video that has since gone viral, Pastor Rob Rambebu pulls up at the garage to fill up with petrol, only to be attacked by a stranger from across the forecourt.
EFF Roodepoort attack: What we know so far
The man takes advantage of the fact the driver had his window down and approaches the vehicle. He administers several heavy punches before the Rambebu makes his escape. The victim has accused the attacker of singling him out because he was wearing an EFF cap – and the party are backing their fellow fighter 100%.
The EFF's official Gauteng branch have since issued a statement on the matter, claiming that the attack was indeed racially-motivated. They have threatened to retaliate if "white racists" continue to confront them, and urged all party followers to continue wearing their red regalia.
"The EFF Gauteng condemn the cruel attack on Rob Rambebu by two racist white men in Roodepoort. In a democratic dispensation, everyone is allowed their freedom of association. It can't be correct that if white racists attack our members without provocation, we must remain silent."
"We call upon the police to do the right thing and arrest the perpetrators. The matter must go to court as soon as possible. We will not stop wearing our regalia everywhere. We remain unshaken."EFF Gauteng
Who are the men behind the assault?
The statement also concluded that the party are working with law enforcement to try and trace both men who feature in the video. Only one of them carries out the physical violence, but the man accompanying him does little to stop the one-sided punch-up. A police investigation is now underway.
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EFF Gauteng condemns the racist anti-democracy attack on a fighter at Engen Garage in Roodeport. pic.twitter.com/n3AZK1JpSt— Economic Freedom Fighters Gauteng (@GautengEFF) June 26, 2019
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Easton Area schools might be quieter than usual on Election Day next year, when students may be absent.
The school district Tuesday proposed a 2019-2020 calendar in which students have the primary and general election days off. Four of the district's schools are typically used as polling places, prompting concerns from parents about safety.
Superintendent John Reinhart said the decision comes as the district becomes more sophisticated about school security; voter turnout is high; and a woman was fatally struck by a minivan outside of a polling place last Election Day.
"We're going to alter the calendar, and that way there's no students on Election Day and the traffic that's on our properties will be traffic related to the important task of voting and hopefully everybody will be able to come and go safely," Reinhart said.
Palmer, Forks, Tracy and Cheston elementary schools have all been used as polling places, Reinhart said. The proposed calendar, which board members are expected to vote on at their next meeting, calls for students to come to school on Veterans Day, which falls in November, instead of Election Day. Teachers would have professional development Election Day, but not during the spring primary.
Reinhart said he understands that schools serve as ideal polling places precisely because they are safe, accessible and well-maintained.
"But I have been very troubled over the past five, six, seven years that while we're increasing school security and paying for greater safety and security measures in public schools, we are also expected to house this activity which brings lots of people and lots of vehicles on our property," he said.
The district also closed schools to students during the 2016 presidential election after parents complained about safety in the schools.
Using schools as polling places has long been an issue Easton officials have pushed back against. Easton Area School District and Northampton County went to county court over polling in schools in 2007. District officials wanted the county to stop using schools as polling places because of traffic congestion and safety concerns. Northampton County President Judge Robert Freedberg ruled against the school district, telling officials they would have to lobby the state Legislature if they wanted changes.
Reinhart said his primary concern isn't safety in the buildings — which has been bolstered in the last year when the district decide to hire a cadre of new security guards so an armed officer is at each school — but about pedestrian and vehicular traffic around the buildings.
The proposed calendar also calls for four more professional development days for teachers and staff, which would be half days for students.
School board member Meg Sayago said she was glad the district was moving toward closing schools on election days. But she said the number of half days was higher than she'd like because it puts families in a position of finding child care for those days.
"The logistics for families can be difficult," she said.
Palmer Elementary School parents told Easton Area School District board members that schools are unsafe during elections
Forks Twp. woman killed in car accident at polling place is identified; she had voted, witnesses say
Marlene Raub, 83, a voter, was hit by a minivan Tuesday morning outside of the polling place at the Forks Township Municipal Building and was pronounced dead less than an hour later, officials said.
EASTON — Come Election Day, any Easton Area School District students found in school will be there because their parents took them along when they voted.


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Acute Hemorrhagic Edema (AHE) is a rare form of leukocytoclastic vasculitis with an unknown etiology. There are various possible triggers associated with the development of AHE such as Upper Respiratory Tract related infections which have been reported in the literature. A typical case of AHE is a child less than 2 years of age having the symptoms of fever, Acral Targetoid Purpura, and Edema. The course of this illness is benign with a complete resolution within few weeks. This case report involves a patient having the classical symptoms of fever, Purpura and Edema, but with an unusual extensive truncal involvement. Moreover, Rhinovirus infection testing was positive in the child's case. The presence of the virus gives a suspicion of being the possible trigger for the boy's AHE. In the previous hospital, the treatment started with steroid for a course of one week without a significant improvement which brought the patients to the Emergency department. A decision of continuing a supportive treatment led to a complete resolution. After 3 weeks the AHE symptoms were gone without any complications
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The industrial, media and finance company earned $3.24 billion, or 32 cents a share, in the latest quarter compared with $3 billion, or 30 cents a share, last year. The year-ago quarter included an accounting change that reduced net income by $215 million, or 2 cents a share. Total revenue rose 10% from last year to $33.35 billion.
Analysts surveyed by Thomson First Call were forecasting earnings of 32 cents a share on revenue of $31.74 billion. The shares were recently trading on the Instinet premarket session for $31.75, up from Wednesday's 4 p.m. EDT close of $31.40.
The company reiterated its expectation for double-digit profit growth in 2005.
Among segments, GE's consumer finance revenue soared 30% to $3.59 billion in the quarter, while health care revenue rose 17% to $2.50 billion, commercial finance rose 13% to $5.39 billion, advanced materials rose 12% to $1.9 billion, and NBC revenue rose 8% to $1.58 billion. The company's energy division saw revenue contract 12% to $3.87 billion, while insurance revenue slipped 7% to $5.95 billion.
On the income line, advanced materials profit rose 40% to $171 million, NBC profit rose 15% to $394 million, transportation profit rose 15% to $637 million, consumer and industrial profit rose 16% to $149 million, and consumer finance profit rose 10% to $602 million. The loss in equipment and other services narrowed 53% to $122 million, while profit in the energy segment fell by 28% to $650 million and profit in insurance fell 20% to $410 million.
The Fairfield, Conn., company said cash from operating activities rose 67% in the first quarter over last year, while total industrial orders for the quarter grew 20%. Excluding noncash earnings from GE's U.S. pension plans and the performance of the energy division, which GE thinks is in the final year of lower earnings from declining gas turbine sales, overall first-quarter earnings increased 16%.
"During the quarter, we also made excellent progress on the transformation we started last year to expand our growth rate and increase returns," the company said, adding that it completed its Amersham acquisition Thursday and expects to complete the merger of NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment next month. "These actions, and the continuing strength of the balance of our businesses, position us for double-digit earnings growth in 2005."


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Editor's Note:This article is an experience-sharing work written by Professor Xu Duoqi of the Koguan Law School at invitation, and we can feel her academic curiosity, enthusiasm and perseverance between the lines. In collaboration with Professor Emilios, an internationally renowned scholar, she published a paper in English entitled "Overhauling China's Financial Stability Regulation" in 2017, in which she proposed recommendations that happened to have the same view with the reform ideas of the supervision mechanism for financial institutions in the State Council's 2018 institutional reform program to a large extent. The coincidence is indeed very exciting. We are looking forward to her new and greater achievements in cross-discipline research and collaborative research between Chinese and foreign scholars, and it is also expected that readers can get inspired by this article and feel the charm of international cooperative research.
Emilios Avgouleas is the Chair Professor of International Banking Law and Finance at the University of Edinburgh and the Founding Director of the Master of Laws at the University. He has delivered keynote speeches and annual lectures at some renowned academic institutions (Yale, Tsinghua, Oxford, Cambridge, HKU) and think tanks (Chartham College, Bruegel, CIGI), and has been invited to express his views on related policies at the influential public policy agencies such as Bank of England, Basel Committee, European Council, the Federal Reserve (Fed) and Singapore Monetary Authority, etc. He has published a large number of articles and books in the areas of finance, law and economics, banking theory and regulatory policy, systemic risk and behavioral finance, etc., and has been elected as the member of stakeholders' group of European Banking Authority (EBA), the "Top" academic sector, boasting outstanding reputation.
I got acquainted with Professor Emilios at the academic meeting "The Political Economy of Financial Regulation" held on the 10thanniversary of the Faculty of Law of the Chinese University of Hong Kong during July 2-4, 2016. Professor Emilios was the keynote speaker and I attended the meeting as one of the invited speakers. I forgot to register for lunch due to the busy schedule, I was arranged to sit beside Emilios to have lunch and communication. There were also Professor Ugo Pagano, a well-known Italian economist who loved Chinese history, and Professor Katharina Pistor, who cooperated with Professor Xu Chenggang and is known for his "incompleteness of law" theory derived from the "incomplete contract" of the Nobel Prize Winner Professor Hart. Several academic academics from the United States, Italy and the United Kingdom launched an impromptu academic discussion at the dinner table, ranging from the debt crisis in Europe to the prospect of global regulation of financial law, from the difficult problems of financial market in developed country to the bad assets, shadow banking and other issues in developing countries, which greatly widen my horizon.
Professor Ji Weidong, Director of Koguan Law School at that time, who was the co-editor of the English journal Asian Journal of Law and Society, happened to entrust me to invite Emilios to give a lecture at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and specially make an arrangement in advance with him for his contribution in financial law as the primary article in Issue 1 of the Journal in 2017. When I was accompanying him on his way back to Shanghai, I talked about this matter and surprisingly he gladly agreed despite his busy schedule. Fulfilling this task unexpectedly made me especially happy.
One month later, I visited Harvard for a year as a Fulbright visiting scholar. During that period, Emilios was invited by the Fed to give a keynote speech, taught at the Yale Law School, and paid an academic visit to Harvard University, which gave us the chance to meet for many times.Every time when we met, in addition to talking about the culture, economy, laws, and history of various countries, I took the opportunity to prompt him for the contribution. Emilios mentioned that he could quickly complete the task by writing a paper about Europe or the United States, but the Asian Journal of Law and Societywas an Asian law journal, so a paper themed by Asian or Chinese issues would be the best. Therefore he proposed that, in order to study China more deeply, we could cooperate to write an article about financial law. If I was fortunate to cooperate with an international academic master, of course, it would be a great learning opportunity, so I was glad to accept the proposal and started collecting information and writing the part about China. We discussed repeatedly by email, etc. When he came to Harvard, we all met to discuss the ideas and writing of the article, no matter how busy we were. Finally, on the basis of reading a large number of reports from various international organizations and Chinese and English literature, the long paper "Overhauling China's Financial Stability Regulation: Policy Riddles and Regulatory Dilemma" was finally completed and published in the 2017 Issue 1 of Asian Journal of Law and Society.
In the article, we proposed that the new round of rapid growth of non-performing loans and the shadow banking were two aspects of China's financial stability risks. To improve financial stability, we must carry out a major reform of financial regulation, so that the dilemma resulting from current separated financial regulation could be eased. In order to remedy the fragmented methods of system supervision and respond to China's current financial stability challenges, we proposed to abolish separated supervision and administration. The implementation of specific plan involves imitating the UK's Financial Services Authority (FSA) tomerge the China Banking Regulatory Commission and China Insurance Regulatory Commission into a micro-prudential authority, because there is no silo effect between banks, investment companies and insurance companies. As part of the reform steps, weproposed to transform the China Securities Regulatory Commission into a commercial activity and consumer protection authorityto be responsible for the protection of investors and to supervise market abuses and violations in implementing the law to control securities. We also proposed the establishment of a macro-prudential authority (including the Governor and Deputy Governor of the People's Bank of China, the Minister of Finance, the head of the micro-prudential and commercial activity authorities as well as the head of resolution authority/deposit guarantee authority)in the form of an intermediate or senior financial stability commission of the People's Bank of China.The macro-prudential commission has the highest authority to use the financial stability data in all aspects, including data on emerging risks and risk exposure level in shadow sector.In order to facilitate the information processing, the People's Bank of China will open and operate a registration center,to which all litigations and counterclaims in the shadow sector will be reported. Contemporary data mining tools can make this registration center more useful than ever, and become an essential tool for monitoring emerging risks, especially mapping relevance.
In addition to publish the article in English, since the views in this article are rather unique and somewhat forward-looking, Emilios suggested that I shorten my English article and publish it in Chinese in a Chinese periodical. Subsequently, I drastically deleted and modified the article, and finally formed a Chinese law paper of less than 15,000 characters. Entitled "Legal Framework of China's Financial Stability Regulatory Changes", this article was published in the 2017 Issue 5 of the Law Forum.
At present, the institutional reform of China's State Council is in full swing, and the financial regulatory authority reform program therein has provided the practical responses to the opinions and suggestions in our article.In July 14-15, 2017, the National Financial Work Conference was held in Beijing. At the conference, the establishment of the State Council's Financial Stability and Development Commission was specified. In November, the Commission was established and held its first meeting. On March 13, 2018, the State Council's institutional reform program was submitted to theFirst Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress for consideration. In this program, it is proposed to integrate the responsibilities of the China Banking Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "CBRC") and the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (hereinafter referred to as the "CIRC"), and form the China Banking & Insurance Regulatory Commission as a directly-affiliated institution under the State Council. The former responsibilities of the CBRC and the CIRC in formulating the important draft laws and regulations on financial supervision and the basic system of prudential supervision will be transferred to the Central Bank. The People's Bank of China will shoulder the dual-pillar control mission of implementing monetary policy and performing macro-prudential supervision duties. The China Banking & Insurance Regulatory Commission and the China Securities Regulatory Commission will become the regulatory authorities that conduct activity supervision and protect consumer rights under the guidance of the State Council's Financial Stability and Development Commission and the Central Bank. After the 15 years' operating in China, the separated supervision mode of "one bank and three commissions" will come to an end. Our proposal surprisingly corresponds to the aforesaid reform program to a large extent, which makes me excited.
Thanks to the pleasant academic cooperation experience, Professor Emilios has invited me to attend the international high-end academic conference "Information and Technology Revolutions in Capital Markets" held on March 22, 2018 in London, England, at which three universities will discuss jointly,allowing me the opportunity to learn from the chair professors of the three universities and the persons in charge of the activity supervision commissions and to give a keynote speech at the conference. Once again, I have the opportunity to enrich, replenish and improve myself in international academic exchanges.
In a word, this interesting experience of international cooperation in academic research has made me feel the great charm of knowledge "complementing advantages", "cooperation and win-win" method and "global innovation" perspective. Academic innovation is the life of academic research. In the Internet technology era featured by rapid development of globalization, the study on "localization" of Chinese issues must be based on the exchanges and dialogues between domestic academic research and international academic research. I am fortunate to cooperate with the world-recognized famous experts in financial law like Professor Emilios, discuss and compare solutions to financial regulatory difficulties in different countries, analyze the deep roots behind them, and learn and discuss the classics of finance and financial law with them, and these have become the most valuable academic experiences and wealth in my life. I will continue to work hard, learn Emilios' tireless spirit of research with full academic enthusiasm, invest my energies in truly valuable researches, and strive to make more research achievements that are forward-looking and conducive to the national construction and social development.