This transformation, initiated by a young generation of photographers of the end of the century, changed the manner to consider photographic images. With these new forms of representation a certain "nationalist" vision, very much spread outside Mexico, praising indigenous communities and their life-styles, was put aside.
A group of young photographers looked in another direction, but the Mexican "indegenous" matter remained the best exported theme. Main art consumption centers considered that it was the theme of Mexican photography. A photography playing with the fantastic and the feeling of the marvellous (indegenous' faces, rural zoology, local costumes, nature, partial nakedness of "indios") appealing to a foreign public. That type of photography was successful but was just an aspect of the photographic work. Today, the photographers have come back to the the indegenous topic with the EZLN (Zapatist national liberation army) beeing in the forests of the Mexican south-east (effervescence of the forests, the magic of indegenous masks). With that sort of photography the Chapias state has regained popularity with Mexican and foreign photographers.
There is and there has always been another way to make photography. At the end of the 80s, there was a new impulse for experimental photography which greatly developped in the last decade of the century. It was influenced by different circumstances. Innovative tendencies (especially digital ones) allowing photographers to explore new languages as well as new devices, extended the frontiers of photography, traditionally conceived as a bidimensional image, but also engendered new forms of representation (setting up, video, performance, stage setting, multimedia). In a country like Mexico, social achievements with highs and lows led photographers to put into practice a particular vision which was intimate and through which the world was revealed. There was something of an introspection where personal story, phobias and obsessions of each artist took form.
It is not accidental if these same phobias and obsessions became the big experience of that new contemporary photographic trend in Mexico. It was then the beginning for a symbolic exploration exclusively inspired by the intimate universe. Certainly, an excessive use of that new form of expression was done; too many self-portraits and only the most daring photographer attained a purified self-promotion (without necessarily implying a representation of actions and the perceptions of these actions): a new manner to confer intentions to images.
In the same time, the documentary photography in Mexico was not neglected but the new generation did it in a different way. On the one hand, the appearance of photography, supported by a system of scenography and the use of new technologies replaced the traditional genre, the rural concept. On the other hand, new documentary photographers started concentrating on the theme of urban reality sectionned in districts and specific groups, telling stories sometimes allowing their own presence on the picture. Thus they changed the sketchy tradition, which was restraining the decrepit documentary picture, into a non-intervention of the photographer; the photographer was becoming invisible and a simple viewer of the events. The new photographers who were still practicing this type of photography evicted commonplace concepts in order to fit themselves in their pictures and more precisely to attract attention on their presence. An interaction with their characters and their spaces became obvious for some of them. For others, the documentary photography was no more offering the same possibilities in comparaison to the multimedia. That is why, in the 90s a clear division was born between the "documentary photographers" and "the building photographers" (those who create situations to make their pictures and those who use the digital technique).
Different photographic events (competitions, bienniales) were organised around these two trends. The culture of photographic images enriched with these different approaches, as well as with the new means to appreciate and put this culture into practice. What is shown here is a very small part of today's Mexican photography.


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The other day I wrote about the Eastern Orthodox iconography of John the Baptist. Let me take a step back now and spend a little more time on the amazing institution where I saw those pieces: The Museum of Russian Icons. Located in Clinton, MA, about an hour drive from Boston, the modern facility displays hundreds of excellent Russian icons. It was such a pleasant surprise to find this small museum; it is definitely one of my favorite New England hidden gems.
The Museum houses the personal collection of Gordon B. Lankton. An executive at a plastic company, he bought his first icon at a flea market in Russia while on a business trip. Mr. Lankton became fascinated by the style and imagery and returned from his subsequent business trips with more icons. (Now new pieces are acquired through well-respected international auction house.) With well over 100 icons, Mr. Lankton decided the collection would be best displayed at a museum, but a suitable organization could not be found in New York City or Boston. He then decided to keep the icons in Clinton and so the current Museum was opened in 2006 in a renovated carpet factory. The museum space is elegant and an excellent platform for enjoying the art. The Museum now has over 500 icons and objects in its collection and has a friendly and informed staff. With 12,000-17,000 visitors annually, you're also likely to enjoy the works with some peace and quiet.
Images of the collection were taken by me, except the last one of the museum interior.
"Vladimir Mother of God" circa 1680 (Museum of Russian Icons)
Lower central detail of "Vladimir Mother of God" showing candle damage (Museum of Russian Icons)
"Saint Nicholas of Zaraisk, The Wonderworker and Holy Bishop of Myra with Scenes from his life" Suzdal School, 16th Century (Museum of Russian Icons)
Detail from "Christ, Not Made by Hands (Allegory)", circa 1600 (Museum of Russian Icons)
"Mary Magdalene" circa 1890 (Museum of Russian Icons)
The honor system cafe (pay at the gift shop upstairs) is a nice touch with imported Russian treats, a hot beverage machine and these antique tea kettles.
Modern interior of Museum of Russian Icons (Image from Wikipedia)
The First Year was Rough for the Pilgrims
Of the 102 voyagers on the Mayflower, only 53 survived the first year to celebrate the "original Thanksgiving" in Nov 1621. Of the 18 adult women who made the voyage, 14 died in the first year. The Pilgrim Hall Museum in Plymouth has a really interesting graphic illustrating the decimation of the early settlers. (See colonist before and after the first year).
Original parties on the Mayflower. (Photo: Jim Steinhart)
Mayflower passengers who survived to the first Thanksgiving (Photo: Jim Steinhart)
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Fantastic, 2,000+ sq.ft. home has great curb appeal in Merraw Estates, with double attached garage. Step into this home and be wowed. Open concept main floor has gorgeous kitchen with stainless steel appliances, tile back splash, centre island and a huge walk through pantry to the garage. Large dining area looking onto the backyard and green space behind the home. A nice office/den and half bath completes the main floor. Upstairs is very functional with master bedroom and en-suite plus 2 additional bedrooms and laundry room. Also showcasing a large bonus room with vaulted ceilings and tons of windows. The basement is fully finished with in-floor heating and features family/media room, a little hide away space, another full bathroom and lots of storage. Home has hot water on demand. All this located on a quiet cul-de-sac, close to schools and walking paths, shopping and so much more. Check out this family size home.


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In other words, PanARMENIAN.Net is designed to be appealing to the reader/news consumer, outside of Armenia. And indeed, there is very little information about internal politics on the news resource, and abundant coverage of Armenia's foreign policy and the Diaspora.
PanARMENIAN.Net, Map Overlay, Jan 1, 2007 – Nov 30, 2007, Screenshot from Google Analytics report.
PanARMENIAN.Net, GeoMap Report, Jan 1, 2007 – Nov 30, 2007, Extracted from Google Analytics report.
Speaking of the web statistics and analytics, it is important to understand, that there are various concepts involved, and many of them are hard to define clearly. However, I consider pageviews (make sure to follow that link!) one of the most important indicators. Hence, the average number of daily pageviews for PanARMENIAN.Net for the duration Jan 1, 2007 – Nov 30, 2007, which includes the August holiday season of the web resource is equal to 12,751. However, if we remove the holiday season, we will get a more accurate daily figure: 13,524. To further finetune the results, we would have to also remove the weekends – as web attendance significantly reduces on Saturdays and Sundays, hence, the daily average of pageviews would grow even further. However, for the purposes of this short study, I will spare the effort and settle on the figures stated above. The following table represents the peak days of PanARMENIAN.Net.
PanARMENIAN.Net, Peak Days, Pageviews for all visitors, Jan 1, 2007 – Nov 30, 2007, Extracted from Google Analytics report.
Another important indicator, which is however much more controversial, is the number of visits. Here PanARMENIAN.Net scores an average of 3,480 visits daily in the period of Jan 1, 2007 – Nov 30, 2007, and a more accurate figure of 3,653 without the holiday season. Again, the weekends, which would leave a substantially reduce the daily average figures, are not considered.
PanARMENIAN.Net, Peak Days, Visits for all visitors, Jan 1, 2007 – Nov 30, 2007, Extracted from Google Analytics report.
PanARMENIAN.Net, Visits and Pageviews for all visitors, Jan 1, 2007 – Nov 30, 2007, Extracted from Google Analytics report.
Is the online media in Armenia influential enough to make a difference during the upcoming election campaign.
Is the content published in the online media substantially different from the content of the print or broadcast media in any way, and if so, will the differences be substantial enough to make them a viable competitor to the traditional media.
Hence, looking at PanARMENIAN.Net from the perspective of the first question: is the online resource under question influential enough in Armenia to make a difference during the upcoming election campaign, my response will be – No. However, it is important to also consider, that the PanARMENIAN.Net doesn't have such an objective: influencing anything in the internal politics, and it is not even trying.
At any rate, let's apply this simple calculation: we have an average of 13,524 pageviews daily, of which, Armenians from Armenia are only constituting the 8.55 %. Hence, we can say, that only 1,156 daily pageviews on average are generated from Armenia. Even on the peak days, such as October 11 (U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee passes Armenian Genocide Resolution), PanARMENIAN.Net only has an estimated 2,609 pageviews from Armenia. For comparison, on the same day Aravot Daily had a print run of 4100 copies, and Haykakan Zhamanak had a print run of 5770 copies.
Coming to my second question: in case of PanARMENIAN.Net we can state without much doubt, that the content on the online news resource is generally distinctly different from traditional media, which has earned it a very specific userbase, and in many regards its specific priorities and objectives give me grounds to state, that it is not competing with the traditional print media in any way.
PS2: Next news resource on my schedule is – A1plus, make sure to check back soon, and please make suggestions on how to improve these articles.
I want to say, that I'm open to answer questions on PanNARMENIAN.Net stats.
Thank you so much, Ditord!
Thanks also to Uzogh and the rest of the managers in online resources that dared to provide you with details of their stats, including pieces of some closed info.
As a potential advertiser in online resources, we are very much interested in an objective comparison of the most popular online Armenian resources.
I always thought that Pan Armenian.net belongs to Dashnaktsutyun.
Very interesting material. Azerbaijan appears in the 4th place, right after Armenia itself. Do you have any information about the most viewed Azerbaijani web-page by Armenia? It'd be interesting to know:) Thanx in advance.
BTW: What did Google Analytics report for absolute unique visitors? This is also a key factor to assess any site. Usually, the number is far lower than the number of visits given that one visitor will usually access a site multiple times in a day, week, month and year. This is one reason why daily updated news sites such as A1 Plus and PanArmenian.Net are always going to be significantly more popular than a weekly or monthly online publication where the information doesn't change as regularly so visitors don't keep on coming back to see if it has. Not that I doubt the success of PanArmenian.Net and A1 Plus. Just that more analysis is needed, in my opinion. Still, it's far more accurate than some publications which have inflated their readership to mislead potential sponsors and so I welcome the transparency here.
In fact, I think this approach should be extended to all online publications. However, I suspect that many would be surprised. For example, Hetq Online says its readership is 100,000 a month. However, this is not true, and I'm sure they're confusing hits or page views with actual readers (some of whom would be counted multiple times each time the site is updated). Until they took their circle.am counter off, for example, daily readership was something like 500 a day. To be precise, for the month I looked at, it was a fraction of the 100,000 a month and actually 16,343.
Again, and as with all sites unless you take into account absolute unique visitors, many of that 16,343 would be returning visitors so actual readership would be lower. Indeed, publications which update daily, weekly or monthly should be assessed based on that frequency of updates. In the case of PanArmenian.Net that means daily, and in the case of Hetq Online and Armenia Now that means weekly. For you and I that probably means daily as well.
BTW: I'd like to see donors demand that Google Analytics be used for assessing the success of all online projects from now on. Moreover, I'd personally like to see those statistics being made publicly available in the interest of transparency and so on. Therefore, a big thumbs up to PanArmenian.Net, and also ArmeniaNow who displayed their Google Analytics stats at a recent civil society conference in Yerevan, and black marks for those hiding their and misleading donors.


Persistent Systems (BSE & NSE: PERSISTENT) today announced that Jacqueline White has joined the company as Chief Customer Officer. In this newly created role, Ms. White is responsible for all aspects of customer satisfaction and success. She will strengthen the company's partner ecosystem to focus on the "how" of digital for customers, and spearhead new offerings and market-facing strategies that position Persistent as their strategic partner for digital transformation.
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DAVIDOFF was casting their nets into Asian waters looking for more customers. Thailand, the only country that stood up against it, was proud to be the grand battlefield.
In the history of tobacco control, few countries have had heroes who have provided the vigilance and persistence necessary to make a difference. Even fewer have had super-heroes willing to swoop onto the scene to stop some flagrant tobacco industry violation of little noticed laws for tobacco control.
This case provides further evidence of the detail of diligence of one such champion from Thailand. It does one's heart good to see a super-hero come along who isn't willing to let Big Tobacco play on through the many holes the tobacco industry often puts in Asia's tobacco control laws. This case is a perfect shot against tobacco tyranny.
In 1999 The Asian Professional Golf Association tournament changed its major sponsor from Omega to Davidoff. Upon declaration of sponsorship, Davidoff spokesman was seen raising up a cigarette package whereby he said it was Davidoff Café. This brand name has never appeared before and even if it happened to be Davidoff Café it is still against Thai law.
When this incident was known to the Thailand Health Promotion Institute (THPI) chairman Dr.Hatai Chitanondh, he then followed up this matter through Asian PGA website and discovered that the "Davidoff tour" had been organized in various cities in Asia during which there would be major sponsor for each tournament whose name then appeared accordingly.


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Collaboratively authoring SNOMED CT reference sets 4
The forth video of our series about collaborative authoring shows a scenario with two authors working collaboratively on a reference set. The reference set is revised by two reviewers and one adjudicator. […]
By Sonja Ulrich| 2014-12-10T01:06:47+00:00	August 28th, 2014|Collaborative, Collaborative reference set authoring, Subsets and reference sets, Video Tutorials|
This is the third video of our series about collaborative authoring. The video demonstrates how to create a reference set using dual blind authoring. The workflow scenario involves two authors working independently on a reference set with one reviewer. […]
This is the second video of our series about collaborative authoring. It demonstrates how to create a reference set in collaborative mode. The workflow scenario involves two authors working collaboratively on a reference set with one reviewer. […]
This is the first video of a series about working in collaborative mode. It demonstrates creating a reference set in collaborative mode. We go through different steps in the workflow: creating a task, adding members to a reference set, reviewing the work, and promoting the changes. We'll use a simple single author with single reviewer scenario for this example. […]
By Sonja Ulrich| 2014-12-10T01:50:52+00:00	August 1st, 2014|Collaborative, Collaborative reference set authoring, Subsets and reference sets, Video Tutorials|
Exporting reference sets in SNOMED CT release file formats (RF2 and RF1)
This video demonstrates exporting reference sets in the SNOMED CT release file formats (RF2 and the discontinued RF1). It explains the differences between the standard delta, snapshot, and full release formats with examples from a simple B2i reference set that has undergone three publications. […]
By Sonja Ulrich| 2014-12-11T23:42:18+00:00	July 31st, 2014|Importing and exporting, Subsets and reference sets, Video Tutorials|
Exporting reference sets as delimiter separated files
This video demonstrates exporting SNOMED CT reference sets to delimiter separated value file that you can use with a spreadsheet. We'll see how the export wizard walks you through selecting different description types and properties. […]
By Sonja Ulrich| 2014-12-11T23:30:54+00:00	July 30th, 2014|Importing and exporting, Subsets and reference sets, Video Tutorials|
Using local codes in value sets and mappings in Snow Owl
This video demonstrates using local code systems in conjunction with other terminologies via value sets and mappings in Snow Owl. […]
By Sonja Ulrich| 2014-12-12T18:33:24+00:00	January 28th, 2014|Local code systems, Mapping, Subsets and reference sets, Video Tutorials|
Working with Value Sets
This screencast will introduce you to the layout and basic functions of the value domain view and value domain editor. After importing some value sets from the Value Set Authority Center, we will discuss browsing, organizing, creating, and exporting value sets. […]
By Sonja Ulrich| 2014-12-16T22:59:01+00:00	September 6th, 2013|Subsets and reference sets, Video Tutorials|
Creating SNOMED CT subsets and reference sets
This video will introduce you to the layout and basic functions of Snow Owl's reference set view and reference set editor. Browsing and viewing existing reference sets will be demonstrated as well as creating a simple type reference set. […]
By Sonja Ulrich| 2014-12-16T22:48:28+00:00	October 8th, 2012|Subsets and reference sets, Video Tutorials|


Blackmart Alpha is the greatest app for Android users to try. This is one of the best alternatives to Google play store. When you want an app that can be used instead of Google play store, download Blackmart Alpha on to your device. Most Android users depend on Google Play Store to get any app they want. But most apps from Google play store are not free to use. This is where you can take advantage of Blackmart Alpha.
Download any app you want from here without paying a single penny. The best thing about this app is that you can download any paid games or apps from it without any registration. It is compatible with smartphones and tablets with an Android operating system. There are many versions of this app available. You can check all available versions and choose the one that is compatible with your device.
As this is a free app that gives you access to unlimited apps and games there will be advertisements and pop-ups associated with it. You don't have to use a rooted device to make it operate. It will work well with unrooted device also. You can find Blackmart APK file to download. This app has got popularity among users because of its large app database. You can find almost all apps to download from here without any registration or sign-ups.
Blackmart Alpha is available to download from its official site. You can also use this app on your PC as well as IOS devices for downloading any premium Android apps you want without any interruptions. Get any games or apps you want for free from Blackmart app without signing into any account. It has been designed with a simple users Interface. All you have to do is to search any app you want on the search tab and download it directly to your device memory.
Blackmart is the best choice for game lovers. When you search games on Play store you can see that most of them are premium games. But if you can download this app you will get any game you want for free. If you have a good internet connection, there is no limit to use this app. Download unlimited apps and try them without any interruptions. This is also available in different languages too. All these features make the app easy to access by worldwide users.
Blackmart app works well with rooted as well as the non-rooted device. The developers implement new changes to the app frequently. So, you can check back their official site and download the latest version while using. All apps are categorized, and it will be easy to choose anyone from a particular category. Download process from Blackmart is also very fast compared to that from Google play store.
Even though it is not a legal app many users find the app very interesting. The main reason is the variety of app choice and better UI. There are many black-market apps available to use instead of Google play store. Blackmart Alpha is the top app on this list. Get all premium apps for free by downloading Blackmart Alpha app on your device. It is also compatible with almost all operating systems and devices. We cannot trust all the apps from this source. So, while downloading pick your apps carefully. Your device will be under threat anytime you click on a malicious app.
You cannot find this app on Google play store because of some legal issues. So, the best way to get this app is to download Blackmart APK version. There are many sources from which you can download this app or else go to its official site and download from there. Click on the link given below to download the latest version of Blackmart APK.
To Install this app on to your Android device first you need to enable downloading from external sources. As I said earlier this app is not available to download from Google play store. So, to enable downloading from unknown sources you can go to Settings>Lock screen and security>unknown sources. Enable by toggling the button towards the right.
For Security reason, our phone is set to block installation of apps from unknown sources.
In privacy or under Apps & notification you can find this "Unknown sources", This allows installation of apps from anonymous sources.
Now, you can download Blackmart Alpha onto your Android device. Go to downloads and open the app. Then tap on the Install button. Wait until the whole process complete and then open the app.
Cool UI-: This is what everyone looks in an app. Ease of use is very important for an app and Blackmart Alpha comes with a simple user interface. Users can easily find any app they want. You can also search apps based on the category which will be easier than finding by names.
Multi-lingual property-: This app is designed to be useful for each and every one all over the world. So, they tried to bring various language options here. Blackmart app is available in various languages like Spanish, Turkish, Italian, German, English etc to give users a global experience.
Free to use-: Unlike Google play store you don't have to pay for premium apps here. Get access to an unlimited number of apps and games through Blackmart Alpha without any registration or payments. This is a black market where you can get any app you want for free. No trial or test run. Just download the app you want and use it.
Quick downloads-: To provide better user experience Blackmart is designed to make every download faster and easier. If you are downloading apps by accessing internet you can see the amazing speed of download process.
Bug fixes-: Developers are trying to get rid of any problem associated with each version by releasing a new version with advanced features and bug fixes. As the app became popular they make sure to update its features more frequently.
Updates database-: To get the popularity among Android users they need to update their app database. When it comes to Blackmart app they update their app database and try to bring new apps more frequently.
These are some best features of this app. Browse any apps by category or department and download them easily. They update apps and try to bring almost all app you find in Google play store.
Shared files mean it is open to public download. If you found any such shared files you can take this chance to download the app using Blackmart Alpha.
You can Install the app onto your Android device directly or via PC. Download the app to your PC and transfer it to your mobile device using a data cable.
Blackmart contains so many dangerous apps and programs that can defect your device. When some people genuinely want to help others by sharing useful premium apps there are other groups who inject them with dangerous programs to destruct your device.
If you want to stay away from danger it is better not to use any illegal apps like Blackmart.
So, now we can conclude this part by explaining the key features of Blackmart alpha.
New look and features compared to other black-market apps.
But before downloading be careful not to harm your device. By getting a free app you may save some dollars. But sometimes all apps won't be genuine. It can harm your device and may cause a huge loss. So be careful while using black market to download an app.
Blackmart app is also available to use for Windows/PC. This is a free version too. Sometimes when we use PC we cannot play some games or use apps that are available for Android phones. But now we can get this using latest technologies and apps. Most useful innovations that helped us to download any apps that are exclusive for Android device are known as Android emulators. They can make any Android apps run on Windows.
Blackmart app for Windows/PC is a free app that lets you download any app you want without registration or payment. This will also work well with almost all windows versions like Windows 7/8/8.1/9/10 etc. Like any other alternative market app, Blackmart Alpha also updates their apps frequently. They try to bring every new app in the market and give them to you for free. So, are you ready to enjoy this unlimited free app market? Take your PC and download Blackmart Alpha. Here also you need to download APK version of the app from external sources.
We can call it an exceptionally designed app because of its easiness to use. Even though you don't have any technical knowledge you can use this app easily without any complications.
The app is completely free. No need to pay a single penny in order to use it. You can find most of the premium apps that are available on Google play store here for free.
Get apps fast without delay. This is a wonderful feature from Blackmart app. You can download any app fast with a good internet connection.
They are very good at updating their database with new and upcoming apps. When you see any new app in Google play store you can also find it from Blackmart.
There is no limitation of use. Anyone can use this app because there is no language barrier or limit to use an app. Use any app you want without limit and enjoy the multilingual features. There are many language choices such as English, Spanish, German, Italian and many more.
Now we know about all features and specialties Blackmart app. you can get it for your PC too. No need to look for other apps that are complicated and difficult to find what you want. When you can download this Blackmart Alpha on your PC all your app downloading will become easy. No need to waste your time in searching apps you want on any other market place. Just open Blackmart app and enter your search term. Even it has the power to read your keyword and show all resulting app related to it.
Blackmart will work well with all windows versions. No errors or any interruptions reported by users of Blackmart. So, you can check your windows versions and make sure whether it matches with the given version in the list. It will work with Windows 7/8/8.1/9/10. Users with any of the above version can download the latest version of the app v1.1.4 on to their PC and get unlimited access to premium games and apps.
You can now find the app in your system downloads.
Now the application will start to install on your device.
1.)Will Blackmarket app run on rooted Android phone?
Yes, Blackmarket app will run on rooted device also. Usually, there is no need to root your device in order to download this app. while using this app make sure you updated your device OS to the latest version. We can say that this app will work well on rooted as well as unrooted device without troubles.
2.)Are there any Blackmart alternative apps and what are those Similar apps?
Aptoid-: This is another alternative to Blackmart Alpha. Look wise this app resembles Google play store and that makes it very popular. Download any app you want and share it with your friends also.
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3.)Is Blackmart Alpha illegal or legal?
There are many dangers associated with Black market app stores. When you download free apps from anywhere there will be contaminated advertisements or pop-ups in it. When you click on it this can damage your device security also. We cannot say that Google play store is 100% safe. There are free apps contaminated with infected contents. So, we can say that just like Black Market app stores there are dangers associated with Google play store. You can protect your device from contamination of malware with using paid apps or handling any contaminated apps carefully. Also protect your device with a better antivirus software which can help to protect from most of the attacks.
5.)Is it Legitimate to download Apps from Black mart?
We cannot say that all apps from Black market are genuine. There will be some malicious content when they offer some premium apps for free. When someone uses black market to get any premium apps the risks are inevitable. All you can do is to use it very carefully and be ready to take a risk. All apps are not contaminated, only some of them are dangerous and while you use make sure you know all dangers associated with it while using.
6.) Is blackmart ad free? Is there any pro version to black mart?
Blackmart is a free market place you can use instead of Google play store. This is a place that offers premium apps for free. When they offer something for free they make money by adding advertisements and pop-ups to it. When someone wants to insert any malicious content into an app they will add them to these ads and pop-ups. When users click on it their device get infected. Blackmart app gets its income from those advertisements. There is not a Pro version of this app as of now. We can expect such a feature from blackmart app developers shortly.
7.)What are the permissions required for black mart to work?
Allow receiving messages from cloud to device by accessing power to receive data on the internet.
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Blog from IRB Rugby 7s Wellington, New Zealand | Where is the Love?
In the capital city of a country obsessed with rugby there was one hot ticket in town this summer.The event?The IRB Rugby 7's Wellington leg.It was soon apparent this event was more about the Kiwi's passion for drinking and dressing-up than rugby (they take all three equally seriously).The two day tournament turns the Westpac Stadium in Wellington harbor into a huge fancy dress party that spills out into the city centre and continues into the small hours after the final whistle is blown.
On hearing this both the Wallace's and their now tenants in residency the Love's were keen to get some tickets and enjoy the spectacle.So popular were the tickets however that they were changing hands for hundreds of kiwi dollars on various internet auction sites.Although we love a party we love a good bargain more.The solution, get dressed up, watch the rugby on TV in the flat and then hit the town dressed up when the rugby finishes and pretend we were there.
The plan was hatched and after an hour or two in the Warehouse two Rambo's and two Rocky's or Million Dollar babies were sitting in the flat with a big, cheap, carry out in front of the telly.The Loves almost lost their nerve just before we had to get the bus into town but Mrs Wallace won the Rocky press up competition and the decision was made; we were hitting the town in fancy dress.
Much relief was taken when another set of fancy dressed revelers were also waiting at the bus stop and when we arrived in town we would have been more out of place if we never dressed up.A great night out was had with lots of scissor, paper , stones, press ups, crazy dancing, pole dancing, getting in a taxi, almost getting out a taxi to save $10 and then getting in again when we realised it was 1 pound each and as you may have gathered drinking.


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Could Plant Prefab Solve California's Housing Crisis?
David Shultz
David Shultz is a freelance writer who lives in Santa Barbara, California. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Outside and Nautilus, among other publications.
10:13 AM | August 03, 2021
Promising cheaper, greener homes, Rialto-based Plant Prefab is seeing demand soar, as housing prices are hitting new highs.
Last week, Plant Prefab opened its second factory, in Ontario, and on Tuesday announced that it raised an additional $30 million for a third highly automated factory. The homes are priced lower than new construction – a key selling point as the cost of housing skyrockets to levels not seen in decades.
Prefabricated housing construction has exploded in recent years, as L.A. has looked to the dwelling style as a way of diversifying its housing supply and tackling the housing crisis.
Plant Prefab says its forthcoming third factory will allow the company to cut waste by up to 30% while saving 10% to 25% on cost and reducing construction times by 20% to 50% compared to traditional building methods.
Prefab also claims their homes are 30% better than the average home built in California in 2020 under Title 24 energy efficiency standards. Both new plants, including the one that opened last week in Ontario, California, will simply allow the company to do more volume, too. As the 94-person company closes in on completing its 100th building, founder and CEO Steve Glenn says their focus will remain on urban settings where the customization options offered by Plant Prefab make it an attractive option for developers building where space is at a premium and often irregular in shape. But before Plant Prefab got its start six years ago, Glenn says the combination of high quality, sustainable, and custom prefabricated homes wasn't the norm.
"If a company existed and it had the right technology and processes, we could solve the problems of hundreds of thousands of individuals and affordable housing nonprofits who need a better way to build, particularly for cities, which is where most custom projects were built," he said.
Prefabricated construction offers a number of advantages that makes it appealing for builders who are trying to reduce waste, save money and lessen the environmental impacts. Building in a factory rather than onsite eliminates variables like weather, allowing builders to work all year round without concern for rain or snow. Factories also allow for much greater precision and easier recycling.
"When you see a site-built house, there are dumpsters filled with debris. Most of that debris can be recycled in a factory. Drywall is recycled, the wood is recycled, metal is sent back to the metal workers," said Sheri Koones, an expert on prefabrication and author of "Downsize: Living Large in a Small House."
Koones also points out that when you're building indoors you don't have to worry about closing the structure up quickly, which allows for more careful application of insulation and energy savings over the lifetime of the house. Items like windows and flooring can be purchased in bulk and delivery trucks only need to make one stop, which burns less fuel than visiting multiple sites.
"[Plant Prefab] have always been very environmentally friendly and they've always looked for innovative ways to make their houses green," she said.
For Glenn, who had abandoned his childhood dreams of architecture in college and entered into the world of tech—prior to Plant Prefab, he was CEO of PeopleLink and a VR imagineer at Disney — the return to architecture, albeit on the business end, is a welcome one. After all, he explains, if he can't be an architect himself, he can still work as a developer and hire talented architects and "let them do great things."
And that experience in software has proven plenty valuable.
"I'm a big fan of a lean startup approach," he said. "It reflects something that software engineers learned in the '80s, which is if you spend too much time on design up front, it turns out you don't really know enough about the problem."
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Government 1933 coin seizure upheld
Ten rare 1933 Saint-Gaudens $20 gold coins belong to the U.S. Treasury, not the family of a Philadelphia jeweler, a federal jury ruled July 20. The 1933 double eagles, worth millions dollars, have been at the center of a legal tug-of-war between the family of jeweler Israel Switt and the government.
Ten rare 1933 Saint-Gaudens $20 gold coins belong to the U.S. Treasury, not the family of a Philadelphia jeweler, a federal jury ruled July 20.
The 1933 double eagles, worth millions dollars, have been at the center of a legal tug-of-war between the family of jeweler Israel Switt and the government.
Switt's daughter, Joan Langbord, said she had no idea how the coins ended up in her father's bank deposit box, but they belong to the family.
The government argued that the coins were among 445,500 gold coins minted in 1933 that were supposed to have been destroyed, and that there was no legal way they could have left the Philadelphia Mint.
The U.S. Secret Service has suspected that Switt and a cashier at the Mint were involved in the removal of the 10 coins and others from the facility.
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"The verdict has vindicated the fact that the coins are national numismatic treasures that belong to all Americans," according to an official statement from the Mint.
"A decision on where the coins will be stored or displayed has not been made. ... The pieces will remain at the United states Bullion Depository at Fort Knox until such decisions are made."
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Family sues to get 1933 $20s back
Heirs of Philadelphia jeweler and coin dealer Israel Switt filed suit Dec. 5, claiming that the government stole 10 uncirculated 1933 $20 gold pieces from them.
New government legal tack could backfire
Litigation surrounding the 1933 double eagles of the Langbord family, whose pater familias Israel Switt has his pedigree on all of the known pieces that the government has seized, took a new twist Sept. 29.
Government sues itself in 1933 $20 dispute
Just when you thought that the Bleak House of coin litigations was percolating toward a trial date early next year, the contest over who owns 10 1933 $20 gold pieces took a strange turn.
Forfeiture of 1933 gold $20s sought
Trying a new tack, the U.S. government has brought a civil forfeiture suit seeking title to 10 1933 $20 gold pieces from the estate of Israel Switt.
Lucas wants to eliminate seizure of pre-1933 coins
Authored by Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Okla., the bill seeks to clarify the law regarding ownership of coinage minted before 1933.
Government can keep 1933 $20s
CAC offers to buy 1933 gold $20s
Certified Acceptance Corp. is offering to pay the U.S. government $20 million for the 10 highly publicized 1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagles recently found to be government property. The offer is "solid," and could even be increased following closer inspection of the coins, said John Albanese, founder and president of the New Jersey-based firm.
Is this end of road for 1933 $20s?
It ended with a unanimous verdict of a jury of their peers, ruling that 10 1933 double eagle gold pieces were illegally removed from the Philadelphia Mint. Joan Langbord, daughter of Israel Switt, and her two adult sons, heard the verdict in Philadelphia federal courthouse July 20 after the coins had been on the lam for almost 80 years.
By David L. Ganz
Langbord family responds to Fed claim
Joan Langbord's family responded June 19 to the Federal government's claim that 10 double eagles, all dated 1933, never legally entered circulation and thus could never have been legally held by her father, Philadelphia jeweler and part-time coin dealer Israel Switt.


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Such a wealthy town is nestled between Grand Canyon in Arizona and Death Valley in California. If you feel that your day is never complete without engaging in some outdoor activities, you may have to try out these places: Sloan Canyon, and Red Rock Canyon National Park. Alternatively, you can choose to experience that smashing feeling in Lake Mead.
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Home News Football Legend Diego Maradona Passes Away Aged 60
Football Legend Diego Maradona Passes Away Aged 60
Diego Maradona, one of the most decorated football players of all time, passed away today aged 60.
As per reports, the former Argentinian midfielder and manager suffered a heart attack at his home in Buenos Aires.
Maradona had undergone surgery for brain blood earlier in November, and reportedly, was to be 'treated for alcohol dependency'.
The Argentine Football Association issued a statement on social media saying: "We express our deepest sorrow for the death of our legend… You will always be in our hearts."
Meanwhile, Alberto Fernandez, the president of Argentina, has declared three days of national mourning.
The BBC quoted him as having said: "You took us to the top of the world. You made us immensely happy. You were the greatest of them all.
"Thank you for having existed, Diego. We're going to miss you all our lives."
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Articles containing the keyword 'moose damage'.
Risto Heikkilä, Kari Löyttyniemi. (1992). Growth response of young Scots pines to artificial shoot breaking simulating moose damage. Silva Fennica vol. 26 no. 1 article id 5469. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a15627
Keywords: Alces alces; Pinus sylvestris; stems; breakage; moose damage; height growth; diameter growth; timber quality
The main stem of young Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) trees was cut off halfway along the current leading shoot and the two previous years' leading shoots to simulate moose (Alces alces) damage. Trees of the same size were chosen as controls before treatments. The experiment was inspected ten years after artificial stem breakage. Removing the current leading shoot and the second shoot did not essentially affect the height and diameter growth of the trees. Removal down to the third shoot reduced the height as well as diameter growth. The average loss in growth was equivalent to less than one year's growth. When the stem was cut off at the second or third shoot, stem crookedness and the presence of knots resulted in stem defects that will subsequently reduce the sawtimber quality. A high proportion of the stem defects will obviously still be visible at the first thinning cutting. Removing injured trees as pulpwood and pruning the remaining parts of cut stems evidently improves the quality of pine stand with moose damage.
Kari Löyttyniemi, Raimo Hiltunen. (1978). Monoterpenes in Scots pine in relation to browsing preference by moose (Alces alces L.). Silva Fennica vol. 12 no. 2 article id 4992. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a14846
Keywords: moose; Alces alces; Scots pine; Pinus sylvestris; monoterpenes; moose damages
Monoterpene hydrocarbon contents of needles in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) plants both damaged and untouched by the moose (Alces alces L.) were compared in the study. The material was collected in an 8-year-old plantation in Central Finland. Needle samples were taken from the topmost shoot whorl of the plants in the middle of April, 1976. Only minor differences were found between the plant groups. Thus, terpenes in pine presumably play no important role in the browsing preference by moose.
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Ari Lääperi. (1990). Hoidettujen talvilaitumien vaikutus hirvituhoihin mäntytaimikoissa. Acta Forestalia Fennica no. 212 article id 7659. https://doi.org/10.14214/aff.7659
English title: Effect of winter feeding on moose damage to young Scots pine stands.
Original keywords: mänty; hirvituhot; männyntaimikot; talviruokinta
English keywords: Alces alces; moose damage; seedling stands; Pinus sylvestris; feeding; forest plantations
The establishment of moose (Alces alces L.) winter feeding sites, their utilization and their effect on damage to young Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) plantations was studied in Ruokolahti-Imatra area in Eastern Finland in 1987–89. During the period, the density in the area was about 3–5 moose/ 1,000 ha.
Six feeding sites were established by fertilization, offering mineral lics and the tops of aspen and Scot pine and by salting the tops of pine. The moose preferred the feeding site to control areas during both summer and winter. In winter browsing was very heavy, especially in those areas located in or close to traditional wintering areas. In winter no moose were seen in the summer habitats.
The extent of, and fluctuations in moose damage were studied in 47 Scots pine plantations in the immediate surroundings of the feeding sites (29 plantations), control areas (18 plantations) and also 68 randomly selected pine plantations. Before the experiment began in 1987 four plantations had been seriously damaged. During the study period only one plantation was seriously damaged. However, it could not be conclusively proved that damage to the pine plantations had been reduced as a result of the feeding sites. The results of the study can be put into practice elsewhere to create better living conditions for moose in their winter habitats. However, the food offered at the feeding site should be in the right proportion to the number of animals wintering in the area, so that the risk of damage to nearby plantations would be kept as small as possible.
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Hirvivahinkokomitea. (1960). Hirvivahinkokomitean mietintö. Silva Fennica no. 106 article id 4695. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a9134
English title: Report of committee on damage by moose.
Original keywords: hirvituhot; hirvivahingot; hirvivahinkokorvaukset; komiteanmietinnöt
English keywords: moose; moose damages; compensation; compensation for moose damage
The increase in moose (Alces alces) population of Finland in 2000th century has caused significant damages in agriculture and forestry. Amendment was made to the Game Law to compensate damage by moose to agricultural crops from state funds. It has been suggested already in 1936 that compensations should be paid for the damages caused to the forests as well. Finally, in 1956 the Government appointed a committee to study the quality and quantity of the damages caused by moose to the young stands. The committee carried out an inquiry about the extent of the damage in 1956–1957, in which 12,000 private forest holdings were studied.
According to the study, moose cause damage mainly to young Scots pine stands in Southwestern Finland and Western Finland, and the districts of Uusimaa-Häme, East Häme, South Karelia and East Savo. However, the number of forest holdings suffering from damage was relatively low, about 5.6% in the whole country in 1951–1956. The damage is concentrated on Scots pine-, aspen, and birch-dominated young stands. The study of the level of the damage showed, that only 14% of the pine and 17% of stands of other tree species should be reforested due to the damage.
The committee suggests that compensation is paid for those damages that require reforestation. Reforestation would be affected with the help of State relief funds under the provision of the Act on Forest Improvement. The owner would also receive a tax reduction for a lost growing season. In addition, attention to moose damages in the forests should be taken into account when moose hunting permissions are issued.
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Jean Améry: Charles Bovary, Country Doctor: Portrait of a Simple Man
Charles Bovary, Country Doctor: Portrait of a Simple Man
by Jean Améry (Charles Bovary, Landarzt: Porträt eines einfachen Mannes, 1978)
translated from the German by Adrian Nathan West (2018)
NYRB Classics (2018)
155 pp
From the moment I first read about him in the opening chapter of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary, the pathetic Charles Bovary has been one of my favorite characters in literature. The man, who becomes a doctor in spite of himself, is so awkward that he can barely speak when asked his name, so he blurts out "charbovari." There is so much packed up in that diminutive self-appellation. To me, though, it suggests an intense self-awareness, not bumbling mediocrity. To me, in that word, Charles Bovary becomes one of the richest and understated cuckolds in literature. That kind of self awareness suggests this pathetic man knew so much more than appears to be the case, though Flaubert does little more to bring charbovari's inner world to us.
Austrian essayist Jean Améry seemed to agree and wrote an entire novel-essay-critique devoted to Charles Bovary and Flaubert's unjust dismissal: Charles Bovary, Country Doctor: Portrait of a Simple Man. In it's blurb for the book, NYRB Classics said Améry had a "sympathy for failure" and, therefore, Charles (and that has me wondering why I have always felt an affinity for charbovari!). The book is a reconsideration . . . no, that's not strong enough. It is an exoneration of a Charles Bovary, and a condemnation of Flaubert, advanced in a variety of forms.
First, we get a piece of short fiction called "Threnody": Améry presents the chapter that follows the final chapter in Madame Bovary. Here we find Charles working through the solemnest of industries. Here's the mail he's received, each piece taking readers back to various acts of deception enacted against Charles (and Emma):
. . . I have the honor of submitting to you an invoice for the last six piano lessons of the unfortunately deceased Madame Bovary.
. . . I am compelled, along with my condolences, to submit an invoice for outstanding sums relating to the champagne breakfasts with pastry and sorbet enjoyed by Madame Bovary, with my sincerest respect, Madame Veuve Duchamp, Hôtel de Boulogne, Rouen.
. . . Madame la Veuve Dupuis has the honor of announcing the engagement of her son Léon, a notary in Yvetot, with Mademoiselle Léocadie Leboeuf of Bondeville.
I really could have read a whole novel about Charles trying to deal with the knowledge he tries to keep hidden from himself: that Emma was having an affair and committed suicide. Here we see his discomfort, and we can see that Améry also feels like there are depths to Charles's personality that Flaubert merely suggests.
Ah, but Améry doesn't leave it there. In a chapter entitled "The Reality of Gustave Flaubert," Améry engages in literary criticism to take Flaubert's lauded "realism" down a peg. Here's his premise as the chapter begins:
But how is one to rescue from the morass of enigma, where it lies in disarray, the reality of Charles Bovary, from whom everything — love, his beloved, his possessions, even his memory — is taken away, just as he comes to realize he has lived badly? And what does this even mean: the reality of a figure of art?
Soon Améry examines the portion of the novel in part three where Emma convinces Charles to let her take piano lessons in Rouen, meaning all the while to use this time to meet with her lover Léon. When Charles runs into her purported piano teacher, who doesn't know Emma, he asks her about it. Immediately defensive, Emma tells him there must be another teacher, and, if he's so insistent, she'll find the receipts when she's not so tired. There's no need for that, Charles admits. But Améry is not satisfied with this, or with the series of deceptions to follow.
No. That doesn't work, no one believes that, the novelist's invention is a bad one — this one, and so many more! That the country doctor failed to notice his wife's first playful flirtations with Léon, that he eagerly advised her to go out riding with the notorious ladykiller Rodolphe Boulanger, that he, a bourgeois, didn't worry more over the bills piling up, that nothing awakened suspicion in his heart — the reader can hardly accept all that. The masterpiece conceals from us what was real and determinate in the imagined life of poor Charles Bovary. How, then, shall we find some trace of what is hidden?
To be honest, it never occurred to me that Flaubert meant for me to think Charles harbored no suspicions. I always felt more there, but I may have been supplementing with my own fascination with charbovari. Améry, after all, says: "But no, there is nothing! Charles Bovary, country doctor, is the uncouth weakling his wife takes him for; and the morsel of compassion the author patronizingly offers him now and then is a pittance."
Later in Améry's books, Charles himself confronts his maker, in a beautiful rant I'll quote at length to show how Améry's sentences beat against the shore.
You denied me the right, Flaubert, my wicked, taciturn schoolmate, master of a tale that became the icon of realism, and yet you intervened peremptorily in my own field of competence. Thereby, and with unprecedented insolence, you shattered the contrat social with everyday reality and replaced it with an arrogant poetic reality of your own. That may have worked for your account of the blood and grandeur of Carthage — who gives a damn about Salammbô? — but it was a punishable offense to write in this way of a certain occurrence in a Norman village by the name of Ry or Yonville-l'Abbaye. You birthed me out of dust, as the Lord is alleged to have done with the first man. You let me lapse into guilt, because I longed for a belle who knew how to shine at the ball at Château de la Vaubyessard. Then you abandoned me, without sending me a savior or even a friendly bit of advice, for Homais cared for nothing but progress and honorary crosses, the Abbé wanted only to force me to my knees, where I already was in any case, first before her, then later on the burning country road between Argueil and Yonville. I contend that you have inflicted, Monsieur Flaubert, unnatural, unrealistic perversions upon me — and upon many others who populate our tale.
Wonderfully, though, Améry's book is not merely an attack. I was delighted to see a beautiful shape forming on the page: Charles's love for Emma, the woman who deceived him, while he knew it, and why he was willing to help her by deceiving himself. Améry's Charles Bovary, Country Doctor, it turns out, is a suitably rich companion to one of the greatest novels ever written. And, regardless of his feelings toward Flaubert, we know Améry has reverence for the novel, for Charles, and for Emma.
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ORLANDO, Fla.(AP) — British Open champion Francesco Molinari delivered another big moment on the 18th green at Bay Hill, without wearing a red shirt and leaving the flag stick in the cup. His 45-foot birdie putt capped off an 8-under 64 to come from five shots behind Sunday and win the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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The Italian CV-33 Light Tank Series
The Carden Loyd tankettes were a series of British pre-World War II tankettes, the most successful of which was the Mark VI, the only version built in significant numbers. It became a classic tankette design worldwide, was license-built by several countries and became the basis of several designs produced in several different countries.
One of these countries was Italy who The Italian CV-33 Light Tank Series:
In 1933, a new design was built jointly by the Fiat Company of Turin and the Ansaldo Company of Genoa. This vehicle was introduced as the Fiat-Ansaldo CV-33. About 300 CV-33s were built.
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Nokia XR20 Review
Wanni Arachchige Udara Madusanka Perera Wednesday, September 08, 2021 Android Mobile , Mobile Reviews , Nokia , Nokia Mobile , Reviews , Smartphone , Technology
Nokia has produced an uncommonly balanced rugged phone that's both easy to use and tough to damage, all at a reasonable price. The XR20 is far from perfect, but there are fewer compromises than you might expect.
Should I Buy The Nokia XR20?
Extremely resilient design
Battery life & wireless charging
5G support
Limited performance
60Hz refresh rate
No charging brick
The Nokia XR20 gets the balance just about right for an affordable rugged phone. It might be more expensive than the Motorola Defy, but it's a far less compromised phone to use day-to-day overall.
$549 (6+128GB)
Nokia might just have hit the 'affordable rugged phone' sweet spot with the Nokia XR20. It's a reasonably priced, super-tough phone that isn't awful to use.
That might sound like I'm damning it with faint praise, but I'm really not. Rugged phones are typically very good at the 'rugged' bit and not so good at the 'phone' bit, and with very good reason.
As a rugged phone manufacturer, the sheer investment required to make your smartphone atypically drop, heat, dust and water-resistant is surprisingly high. That means you have to cut corners with the internal specifications, at least if you want your rugged phone to come in at a price that hard-working people are willing to pay.
Case in point: the recent Motorola Defy. Built like a tank and competitively priced at £279, it nonetheless performs about as well as a normal phone worth less than half that amount. Its first line of defence against damage is that you don't want to use it much.
Nokia has elected to bump everything up a notch. At a slightly higher price of £399/€499, it retains its affordability. But a competent processor, display, and camera, as well as one or two unexpected luxuries, ensure that it just about passes muster as a modern smartphone.
I'll deal with the Nokia XR20's rugged credentials in the next section. What's most striking about it, though, is that it's relatively pleasant to handle.
At 10.6mm thick and 248g, it's no one's idea of a slim and pocketable modern smartphone. It's a tad slimmer than the Defy, but also 16g heavier. For further context, even the monstrosity that is the Xiaomi Mi 11 Ultra weighs a mere 234g.
Despite this, the Nokia XR20 doesn't feel like a war-ready tool. The colour of my Ultra Blue model (it also comes in Granite) serves to soften that military-industrial vibe, while the sides of the phone see solid, angled metal breaking through the tough plastic casing.
There's a little splash of colour on the top of the phone in the shape of a little red programmable 'emergency key'. I set this to turn on the phone's torch function, but you can opt to attribute any function to it.
Flip over to the bottom of the phone and you'll find a 3.5mm headphone jack, right in between a lanyard connection point and the USB-C port. All welcome, if not unexpected in this rugged smartphone category.
The left-hand edge contains its own bonus button, in the form of a textured Google Assistant button. I'm never convinced that such a thing is wholly necessary, but I suppose I could be convinced that some form of quick hands-free operation is useful in a gloved or dirty-handed scenario.
On the right-hand edge, you'll find the usual volume and power buttons, albeit with added tactile heft thanks to the robust metallic materials used. The power button is recessed in a little alcove, which helps steer your thumb into place for the built-in fingerprint sensor function. It works reliably, if not particularly swiftly, but that's more down to the device's performance shortfall.
The back of the phone sees the camera module protruding, which seems like a less sound decision than the Motorola Defy's recessed equivalent. But it is at least surrounded by a thick metal frame, and it remained scuff-free in my drop test.
The whole point of the Nokia XR20 is that it can take far more of a battering than a normal phone could take. To that end, it has been certified with a MIL-STD–810H rating.
That's actually a slightly more up to date testing standard than was employed for the Motorola Defy's MIL-STD–810G, though this shouldn't necessarily be seen as the Nokia XR20 being any tougher. It just received a more up to date, and thus thorough, going over.
Ultimately this rating means that it's been put through a similar assault course of thermal shocks, extreme temperature tests, tumble and vibration gauntlets and exposure to various fluids. All the stuff that ensures a device can cut it in an actual warzone.
In my own less militaristic testing, I dropped the Nokia XR20 onto a concrete slab from a height of 1.2m, just as I did with the Motorola Defy before it. The results were broadly similar, with the Nokia XR20 coming away with a slight dink on the plastic corner that bore the brunt of the impact and some very light scuffing on the rear cover.
Crucially, there was no structural damage, and the display remained completely unscathed. That latter point is partially due to the provision of Corning Gorilla Glass Victus, which is the high-grade glass material that's typically only used in top-end flagship phones.
Indeed, so confident is Nokia in its display strength, it's promised a 1-year free screen replacement. Not only that, but it provides an extended three-year warranty for the XR20.
The phone is IP68 certified too, so it'll stand up to full water immersion. It'll also stand up to hot liquids, which isn't something your average smartphone can boast.
I ran the same 'coffee spill' test that I exposed the Motorola Defy to, which involved pouring several large glugs of 60°C water straight from a temperature-controlled kettle onto the device. After a quick towel down, the XR20 ran perfectly.
Display & Speakers
As you may have guessed from the name, the Nokia XR20 is basically a rugged version of the Nokia X20, and you're essentially getting the same underlying screen. We found the X20's display to be "bright and detailed" in our review, and the same holds true here.
Once you get past that impressively robust Gorilla Glass Victus covering, you're looking at a reassuringly ordinary 6.67in IPS LCD with a 1080 x 2400 (Full HD+) resolution. It's not especially vibrant - this is no OLED panel - but it hits a level of bare minimum competence that the Motorola Defy's display largely fails to achieve.
The key spec here is that Full HD+ resolution, which ensures that all forms of content look nice and sharp, even thumbnail images and tiny web browser text. Still, it's not unique among rugged phones, with both the CAT S62 Pro and the Doogee S88 Pro going with the same resolution.
Another important factor here is a decent 550 nits of brightness, which ensures that the phone retains viewability outdoors. That's crucial in a phone built to be used in fresh (and perhaps not so fresh) air.
One spec that doesn't quite keep pace with modern non-rugged phones is the Nokia XR20 display's 60Hz refresh rate. It was disappointing not to get 120Hz or even 90Hz in the Nokia X20, and it's still a little disappointing here - though of course, stamina considerations play a more prominent part with such an outdoorsy device.
Even so, the media playback experience is surprisingly decent on the Nokia XR20. Accompanied by a pair of stereo speakers that get plenty loud, if not especially detailed, it makes viewing video content viable even with a fair amount of background hubbub.
We're all used to being underwhelmed by the performance of rugged phones, and the Nokia XR20 doesn't throw up any surprises. Again, this is the Nokia X20 at heart, so you get the very same Snapdragon 480 5G chip beating at its heart.
This is actually a relatively fresh provision from Qualcomm, built to a reasonably efficient 8nm production standard. But it's still modest when it comes to output, especially when backed by a mere 4- or 6GB of RAM rather than the X20's 6- or 8GB.
On the plus side, the Snapdragon 480 5G packs 5G connectivity (the clue's in the name). On the negative side, it's not going to be setting any speed records.
An average Geekbench 5 multi-core score of 1642 might top rugged rivals like the Motorola Defy (1401), the Doogee S88 Pro (1347), and the CAT S62 Pro (1310), but it gets nowhere near similarly priced non-rugged phones. The OnePlus Nord 2, to name the most recent high profile example, scored 2694.
It's a similar story when it comes to GPU performance, the Nokia XR20 tends to score 1- to 2fps faster than Motorola Defy across several of our GFXBench tests, and tops the Doogee S88 Pro and CAT S62 Pro in several areas, but it gets trounced by the Nord 2.
When it comes to gaming, PUBG Mobile defaults to HD graphics and a High frame rate, under which it runs well. Just as with the Nokia X20, unsurprisingly. But if you want to push things further for similar money, you're going to have to drop the ruggedisation and go with a Poco F3 or the Nord 2.
Nokia XR20 benchmarks
In general day to day use, the Nokia XR20 runs along just fine. But it lacks the smoothness and the responsiveness of even non-rugged phones selling for half the price. Part of that is down to the modest processor, and part is down to the 60Hz screen refresh rate.
This top model comes with 128GB of internal storage, rather than the relatively slight 64GB supplied with the entry model. There is a microSD slot provision if you want to expand that, though.
I've mentioned a few times that the Nokia XR20 is based on the Nokia X20, but somewhat curiously that doesn't apply to the cameras. Nokia has gone with a slightly different, simpler dual-sensor provision. You get a 48Mp wide sensor and a 13Mp ultra-wide, and that's your lot.
We're not at all upset at losing the Nokia X20's 2Mp macro and depth sensors, which were pretty useless in truth. It's a shame there's still no telephoto lens, though.
Together, this simplified system is capable of getting reasonable results. The main 48Mp sensor captures fairly balanced, natural-looking shots in good lighting, with auto HDR stepping in well to rescue potentially over or under-exposed shots.
The ultra-wide loses a certain amount of contrast, detail, and colour pop, with a more faded and soft look compared to the main sensor. But it's a lot better than many lower to mid-priced equivalents we've used.
Portrait mode works quite well to isolate the subject with an exaggerated bokeh effect, but the tone of the skin and the general level of exposure seems to suffer versus simply shooting with the default auto mode. After testing, I left the mode well alone.
Ditto the 8Mp selfie camera, though in this case, the tendency to over-expose in selfie-portrait mode seemed to help inject some much-needed life and pop into the otherwise dull regular shots.
Night mode at least avoids the lazy tendency to simply apply a fake brightening effect, but that does also mean that very low light shots look a little murky. There's no OIS (optical image stabilisation) to keep things crisp here.
Video is a bit of a write-off too, with the possibility of a mere 1080p at 60fps.
All in all, you can get a much better camera system if you're willing to forego that rugged build. The OnePlus Nord 2 packs in a flagship image sensor, while the Pixel 4a benefits from Google's image processing wizardry.
In the limited terms of a rugged phone, however, the Nokia XR20 camera gets just about respectable results.
Battery Life & Charging
The Nokia XR20 packs in a 4470mAh battery, which is a decent size, though far from huge. The Motorola Defy features a 5000mAh battery, by comparison.
Still, it's more than up to the task. You'll be able to get through two days on a single charge if you don't push things too hard with movies, games and the like. A PC Mark battery test score of 18 hours 48 minutes is truly excellent, and comfortably beats the Motorola Defy's 17 hours 27 minutes.
18W wired charging is supported, which really isn't all that fast for an ostensibly mid-range phone. Even the Motorola Defy packs in a 20W charger.
What's more, you don't get any charging brick supplied in the box of the Nokia XR20 - just a USB cable. Once I did hook up a suitably meaty charger, I was able to get it from 0 to 35% in half an hour. Not exactly speedy, but a smidgen faster than the Motorola Defy at least, courtesy of that smaller capacity.
Refreshingly, though, the Nokia XR20 does support wireless charging. This is surprising given that the Nokia X20 on which this phone is largely based doesn't include it.
One strength the Nokia XR20 shares with the Motorola Defy is its dogged adherence to a pure strand of Android, with few of the custom UI distractions produced by most other manufacturers.
Indeed, the Nokia XR20 technically wins out here, with Android 11 rather than Android 10 at its core. What's more, Nokia's commendable focus on legacy support means that you're guaranteed three years of OS upgrades and four years of monthly security updates.
There's a lot to be said for this Android One approach, with much of the heavy lifting done by Google's excellent suite of pre-installed apps. You don't get any confusing secondary web browsers, no gaudy theme stores, and no duplicate media apps.
You do get a few preinstalled third-party apps, however, such as Spotify, Amazon, ExpressVPN, and Nokia's own My Phone customer service app. But at least they're all stashed away in a single, separate folder.
The Nokia XR20 is available now in the UK and select European countries. It rolls out in the US on August 24.
It's priced at £399/€499, which is a full £100/€100 more than the Nokia X20 on which it's loosely based. This is for the 4/64GB entry model, but there's also a 6/128GB iteration out there for £449/€569.
You can only buy it from Nokia or Amazon at the moment.
That might sound expensive for a phone with entry-level specifications. As we've discussed, however, ruggedising a phone costs a lot of money - there's a similar price gap between the Motorola Defy and the similarly specced (but non-ruggedised) Moto G9 Play.
Indeed, the Nokia XR20 occupies something of a pricing sweet spot in between the aforementioned Motorola Defy and the more expensive CAT S62 Pro.
Check out our charts of the best rugged phones and best mid-range phones to see what other options you have.
As rugged phones go, the Nokia XR20 is one of the most balanced and broadly appealing we've used. It's tough in all the right places, but it's also reasonably painless to use.
Make no mistake, this isn't a particularly well-specced phone. But it has a sufficiently bright and sharp display, and its camera isn't a total write-off. You even get surprise little luxuries like wireless charging and stereo speakers.
The design, while hardly slinky or downright attractive, isn't a total eye-sore, with appealingly industrial exposed metal sides and a pleasantly non-utilitarian shade of blue. There's also get the security of an extended warranty, a year's free screen replacement scheme, and an admirably long software update commitment from Nokia.
Not that the company has hit a home run here. Performance is fairly mediocre, and we would have liked to see a little more oomph in the CPU department. Elsewhere, a slightly higher screen refresh rate would go a long way to making the XR20 feel a little more current, while the advances made by affordable 'normal' phones make us think there's still room for improvement in the camera department.
But if you're in the market for a genuinely tough phone that won't break the bank, and that can stand up to home life as well as extreme environments, this is just about as good as it gets right now.
6.67in, FHD+, LCD, 60Hz, flat display
Gorilla Glass Victus (front)
Side-mounted fingerprint sensor
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 5G
4/6GB LPDDR4 RAM
64/128GB storage, microSDXC slot
48Mp, f/1.8 main camera
13Mp, f/2.4 ultrawide camera
Up to 1080p @ 30fps rear video
8Mp, f/2.0 front-facing camera
Dual-SIM
MIL SPEC 810H, IP68
Ultra Blue, Granite
Nokia XR20 Review Reviewed by Wanni Arachchige Udara Madusanka Perera on Wednesday, September 08, 2021 Rating: 5