From the beginning, hip-hop has always had its dynamic producer/emcee duos, artists whose names have become inseparable over the years. Pete Rock and CL Smooth. Eric B. and Rakim. Kweli and Hi-Tek. Perhaps one of the most interesting – and unlikely – pairings of the past decade has been that of Nicolay and Phonte as The Foreign Exchange. Born Matthijs Rook, Nicolay grew up playing in bands in the Netherlands and wasn't introduced to hip-hop until later in his life. Phonte, meanwhile, grew up in North Carolina and went on to found one of the most beloved hip-hop groups of the early 2000s, Little Brother. Through sheer fate, the two connected on the Okayplayer message boards and began collaborating on what was initially no more than a side project, 2004's Connected.
Then, something amazing happened. The album found a following, enough for Nicolay to take a leap of faith and move from the Netherlands to Wilmington, North Carolina to pursue music full time. Now, nearly ten years, four albums, and a Grammy nomination deep, it's clear Nicolay's leap of faith paid off. Through constantly changing their sound and releasing their music independently, The Foreign Exchange have managed to build an impressive fan base and critical success. Their latest work, the funk and soul-infused Love in Flying Colors, has continued in that vein, and is garnering some great reviews. We caught up with Nicolay to talk about his latest album, going the independent route, his early hip-hop influences, and much more. Read the full interview below.
TCUS: Let's start with your background. What can you tell me about Utrecht?
Nicolay: Something that always astounds a lot of American tourists is that it's thousands of years old. It's actually built on an outpost of the Roman Empire, so it's a very historic city. It's not a big city like Amsterdam; it's kind of like a little brother – no pun intended – so a lot of people miss out on it when they go travelling to Holland. For obvious reasons, Amsterdam is usually on the agenda, but people should really check out my hometown too. There's a lot of awesome history and a lot of culture.
TCUS: What kind of music was in the household when you were growing up?
Nicolay: When I was growing up, it was really all over the place. I have a very eclectic music taste, and I think that's from the music that was played in the household [when I was growing up]. It was never really my dad [who introduced me to music]; he loved music, but not in a way that he would own anything or even know too much about anything. [On the other hand,] my mom was more of a sophisticated music listener. She would play a lot of Stevie Wonder, a lot of Neil Young, The Band, Nina Simone, a lot of classical music… it [was] really a wild variety of stuff, and I guess [that introduced me] to a lot of different things. I suppose you can [trace] that back to my music at this point.
By the time they start to figure out my style, I have already switched my style up. Every single time.
TCUS: When did hip-hop enter the equation?
Nicolay: It's funny. I get asked that question every now and then, and the answer isn't necessarily a great answer, but I think that like most white people around the world, I got introduced by way of the Beastie Boys. It was them and the first De La Soul album, 3 Feet High and Rising – those were the ones that opened the door for me. From the late eighties on, I really started appreciating hip-hop as my primary music of choice at the time. I think it more or less reached its zenith in the early nineties where, even in Europe, MTV would air Yo! MTV Raps.
I think it was particularly around that time where hip-hop became my music, whereas the music that I listened to before was either my mom's or my friends' music. Hip-hop and Prince. Prince, on the other side of things, was another dude that I considered [my own music]. My mom doesn't like Prince; she always looked at him with a side eye. She wouldn't necessarily deny his genius, but she didn't like all that crazy s—t.
TCUS: Speaking of Prince, you've mentioned his music as what made you want to become a musician. Why is that?
Nicolay: I saw the effect that he had on women, man. You know what I mean? There was this sort of weird thing about him, where obviously he was very in touch with his feminine side, and as a teenager growing up, I was fascinated by that – slightly scared, too. At that age, it's like "what the f—k is this?!" But just seeing the effect that he had on women, and how women were really into [his music, made me want to do it.] I mean, my first actual band was a Prince cover band. Well, it wasn't a cover band, but we played Prince stuff. Just hearing his albums literally made me pick up an instrument.
TCUS: What was it that got you into production?
Nicolay: I've always been coming up with musical ideas and songs, and production came into the picture just as a way to make demos for people to listen to and to figure out what to play. It started with me just messing around on a four-track tape recorder, where I would record some drums, and then do some keyboards, and then a little after that, I got a computer and started figuring out that you can do a lot of that stuff with a computer. That's really how [production] came into the picture.
TCUS: Fast forward to 2004, and you release Connected with Phonte as The Foreign Exchange. I read an interview where you referred to this album as a watershed moment, saying, "there's before Connected and there's after Connected." What was your life like before that album came out?
Nicolay: It really was a life-changing moment, and I was hoping it would be, but at the same time, never expecting it to be. I was working, essentially. I was working at an internet help desk, and I wasn't really enjoying the 9-to-5 experience at all, but at the same time, I had more or less made my peace with the fact that music is a [nearly] impossible way to make a living. I played in bands a lot of the time and it wasn't easy to make a buck, especially in Holland. I had more or less resigned myself to the fact that music would be a hobby for me. I was working and using every spare minute of free time to make music.
When I was recording Connected with Phonte, it was an interesting situation. The way that we connected over the internet [was one thing], but it was actually the time difference that made it really interesting. I'd be at my job a lot of the times, and he'd still be working, and so it was really difficult. At the same time, I was very fortunate, because the people at my job kinda looked the other way [when it came to music]. They knew that I was really pursuing music, and that I was here and there, even sometimes during company time – not making music, but making connections and whatever. To their credit, they always looked the other way as long as it was possible.
I think honestly, if Connected hadn't really popped and I had stayed there longer, ultimately, they would have had to let me go at some point. I was never really giving it my all [at the job], but they were all into what I was doing, so in a strange way, they kinda supported that by not giving me s—t about it. To this day, I think that was really dope. I think a lot of bosses and managers wouldn't have put up with that. But my life was pretty ordinary until that moment.
TCUS: So that moment happens, and eventually, you eventually make the move from Netherlands to North Carolina. What was that like? Was there any culture shock?
Nicolay: On a certain level, I suppose there was a little bit of that, but looking back, it wasn't really that big of a deal to me. When I sniffed at opportunity and music became a real thing, in terms of "okay, this might be a career," [it didn't faze me to move across the ocean]. I was relatively late with it, too. This was at the end of my twenties when it all came into play – actually, Connected came out right after my 30th birthday. So for me, all of a sudden I saw that there was a window, and if I played my cards right, I [felt] I could definitely make a career out of it – or at least [do it] for a couple of years.
I saw my opportunity and I just jumped, you know? I quit my job and jumped into the deep end, without really, fully being financially comfortable, at all. Connected was a big success critically, and it sold very well for underground hip-hop standards, but it definitely didn't make us rich by any standards. It was always gonna be a situation where I knew that I would have to really stay working, day in and day out, [to make it happen]. Looking back, it's kinda crazy [to think about], but I really did.
TCUS: Talking about that leap of faith and jumping into the deep end, it's been almost ten years since Connected now. Did you ever imagine that you'd be four albums deep with Phonte by now?
Nicolay: No, no. The short answer is no. I know that [Phonte] didn't necessarily think so either. I think that for us, at the time, The Foreign Exchange was a side project – albeit a project that was very dear to both of us. At first, that was pretty much what was going to be the setup. Initially, the record was going to be the record, and I don't think either one of us looked beyond that. Phonte was very much focused on Little Brother at the time, and they were reaching their peak around that same time, with signing with Atlantic and all that stuff, so that was definitely his first priority.
I was really trying to find my own lane after Connected, and [figure out] what I could do outside the context of the group. After making a name with the group, it was important to me to also make my mark with my own voice, and so I focused on some of that. At this point, four albums in, it's really crazy that not only have we stayed making albums, but [now], The Foreign Exchange is [sort of] the main thing in both of our lives that everything revolves around, whereas in the beginning, it was the quote-unquote side project.
TCUS: Let's talk about the new album, Love in Flying Colors, which has received a lot of really great reviews. You've called the Foreign Exchange records snapshots of moments in time. If that's the case, what's the concept behind Love in Flying Colors?
Nicolay: It has a lot to do with the previous record, specifically. Where Authenticity was definitely a very dark album, both musically and lyrically – it was pretty much signalling Phonte's divorce, so a lot of that energy found its way into that – this time around, [we wanted] to put something down that we could enjoy and was a lot more optimistic and uptempo – something that would signal the light at the end of the tunnel. You just came out of a bad situation and there's this moment where you start to feel the uptick again. There's that turning moment where you've been through some s—t, but you're back on it. It's optimism, but it's optimism with realism. It's not like kids falling in love; this is people falling in love that have been through falling out of love.
TCUS: One thing I've always found interesting is the relationship between the producer and singer/emcee when it comes to writing the song and choosing the theme of the song. A lot of times, I think people get the impression that while the producer obviously lays the groundwork, the songwriter then chooses the direction the song will go. You've said before that as a producer, you can almost guide the subject matter by what you do on the beat. How do you manage that?
Nicolay: That's the part of the chemistry that is hard to define between the two of us. Obviously, I'm not adding words to the mix, so it's very much a situation where I'll lay down a mood. I'll lay down something that, for me, is a certain mood, and I try to even refer to that mood with the title that I give a [song] idea. I might record a track and some words will come into my mind which reflect how the song makes me feel. It can be some really random stuff, but I'm giving Phonte two things: the track and the title. Sometimes the title is meaningful; sometimes it's total BS.
It's interesting to see, because over time there have been examples where Phonte actually took the title [I gave him] and kept it, and the song that he wrote actually has that title. For instance, on Love in Flying Colours, "If I Knew Then" was the title that I gave the track. I don't know why it came to me, but that's just what it made me feel like. So it's always interesting to me; there's always a couple of tracks on every project where he keeps the title and writes something around that.
So I guess in a sort of subconscious way, I have some tools at my disposal to guide the subject matter, but overall, it's really Phonte's take on everything, and how he hears the track, that will ultimately guide what he writes to it. There's times where I'm pleasantly surprised at what he came up with, because maybe I heard it a totally different way, but nine out of ten times, what he comes up with is some sort of what I was hoping to hear.
TCUS: Speaking of the chemistry between you and Phonte, I read another interesting interview with you where you mentioned that you felt like creating music when you're not in the same room as an artist can actually come out with a better result. Why do you feel that is?
Nicolay: Inhibitions. I've noticed this [many times]. I've done a lot of stuff with bands and artists; I've been in studio settings where there's the nice control room with the big couch and the entourage hanging out, and it does nothing for me. I've noticed people even sort of freeze up and not be fully able to truly tap into their deepest expression. Only the greatest artists can do that on the spot and tap into that raw creative power. I've noticed, for me and for [Phonte], it's pretty much the same thing. When I really want to go there, I cannot stand anybody around me. I really wouldn't want to censor myself, based on the fact that there's somebody over my shoulder that might have a certain opinion about what I'm doing.
So over time, what really started as the only way that [Phonte and I] could do it – which was having us in two separate rooms – became this thing where I felt like, "wow! I'm actually able to express myself a hundred percent." When I'm done, I'll send it to [Phonte], and it's like I'm [leaving it] to God's hands. Whatever [Phonte] thinks of it, it is what it is, but I literally put it all out there, and I've really grown to enjoy that process.
TCUS: So the end result is more personal for both of you, then.
Nicolay: I really think so, man. Like I said, you don't have those inhibitions that you would have when somebody's looking at you. It's the same thing as dancing; it takes a certain kind of letting go to really get to that point, and that's hard when there's certain people around you – especially people whose opinions matter to you, in whatever kind of way. I don't like to compromise on that. When I send a track to Phonte, I always send him something that I feel like at least I was able to make the idea come across.
TCUS: I want to get away from the album for just a moment and talk about your career as a whole, and opting to go the independent route with Phonte. What are the biggest lessons you've learned from being an independent artist?
Nicolay: I think the biggest thing that I've learned is that true independence takes sacrifice. It's not this whole romantic situation, like, "I'm doing this all myself; I'm independent." [You have to decide] if you're ready to put actual blood, sweat and tears down. It comes with a lot of hard work and sacrifice. There's doors that stay closed for you, just based on the fact that there isn't a label behind you, and you need to be realistic about that.
You need to be realistic about what you think you can achieve, because being independent means that you're going to have to deal with frustrations every now and then, all those unanswered emails and calls. As long as you're ready for all of that, if you believe enough in it, ultimately, I think there's nobody that could sell my music the way that I can, because I know what I can do with it. I don't have to explain that to a label. Ultimately, to me, it holds nothing but advantages, but it's definitely a very difficult road to take.
TCUS: What are your thoughts on the major label structure today? Is it still a relevant route or do you see releasing music independently as the way of the future?
Nicolay: It depends. I think there's still only one way to become a top star. If you want to become the next Kanye West, you're still going to need that full-on push that a major label [provides]. You will not get there without a major label. There are notorious exceptions, obviously, but it still takes money and connections. I think, more and more, you see that [for] people that make music that you can call alternative – whatever that alternative is – [going independent] works out for a lot of people. Over the past few years, we've seen that people who are independent – people like us – can still make the Billboard charts. It doesn't mean that you're this guy selling CDs out of the back of your trunk; it can be a considerable operation. But again, there is a glass ceiling that you will not break through.
TCUS: Getting back to the album, what kind of tour do you have planned?
Nicolay: Well, we're actually not very sure yet. We have three shows [the week of October 21-25], and those shows are going to be the tryouts of the tour where we're going to learn a lot of the songs and test them out in front of an audience. You really don't know how it's going to go until you perform in front of a live audience and you find out what works and what doesn't. We've had some personnel changes in the band; we just completed some early rehearsals with the band, and I'm really excited about that. After those shows, we'll know what the tour is going to be like, but we're hoping to go everywhere that we can.
TCUS: How about you personally? What else are you working on right now?
Nicolay: At this point, we're trying to map out the next year in terms of our releases. For a while now, I've been wanting to release the followup to my City Lights album; the last one I did was in '09. That's something I really want to do next year, so more than likely I'll do that. I've been working on that off and on over the last two years or so, so that's something that I'm looking forward to doing in the immediate future.
TCUS: That's all from me, any last words?
Nicolay: [Going back to] what we were talking about with being independent, I would really like for The Foreign Exchange to be not only a group that gets credit musically, but can also show other artists that [doing it independently] can be done. Stuff like the Grammy nomination, that was all just based off of the appreciation of the music; it didn't have anything to do with us playing the game or anything like that. If there's something [in our approach] that inspires somebody else to try it their way and be different, then that's all we really want.
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Q: Fair bandwidth repartition between multiple users I have a debian server at home using my personal internet connection (50 mbps up). I've set up a simple SFTP service with OpenSSH to share big files (10 Gb+) with multiple users.
Here's my problem : regarding bandwidth repartition, it's the jungle. I have users with standard ADSL connection, others with optic fiber connection, etc. Each user has a different download speed, and usually the largest download bandwidth wins.
I'd like to know if it's possible to divide my upload bandwidth "almost equally" between the users.
Ideally, each user would be able to download a file up to 50/n mbps (where n is the number of users connected).
Thank you very much for your help.

A: Since you're using Debian Linux, you can do it quite simple. You can use this script for "fair" repartition on the bandwidth:
#Put here your Internet-interface instead of eth1
ext_iface=eth1
eiface_addr=192.169.158.150

###############Remove shaper rules###############################3
iptables -t mangle --flush

tc qdisc del dev $ext_iface root 2> /dev/null > /dev/null

iptables -t mangle -D POSTROUTING -o $ext_iface -j shape-in 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
iptables -t mangle -F shape-in 2> /dev/null > /dev/null
iptables -t mangle -X shape-in 2> /dev/null > /dev/null

##############Adding shaper rules###################################
tc qdisc add dev $ext_iface root handle 1:0 htb default 10
tc class add dev $ext_iface parent 1:0 classid 1:1 htb rate 100mbit ceil 100mbit

tc class add dev $ext_iface parent 1:1 classid 1:5 htb rate 100mbit ceil 100mbit prio 0
tc class add dev $ext_iface parent 1:1 classid 1:10 htb rate 48mbit ceil 48mbit prio 0

tc qdisc add dev $ext_iface parent 1:5 handle 5: pfifo limit 5
tc qdisc add dev $ext_iface parent 1:10 handle 10: pfifo limit 10

iptables -t mangle -N shape-in
iptables -t mangle -I POSTROUTING -o $ext_iface -j shape-in

#Priority for pings
iptables -t mangle -A shape-in -p icmp -j MARK --set-mark 5

#Priority for Server Access
iptables -t mangle -A shape-in -s $eiface_addr -j MARK --set-mark 5

#Othet packets (user\'s internet traffic)
iptables -t mangle -A shape-in -m mark --mark 0 -j MARK --set-mark 10

tc filter add dev $ext_iface parent 1:0 prio 0 protocol ip handle 5 fw flowid 1:5
tc filter add dev $ext_iface parent 1:0 prio 1 protocol ip handle 10 fw flowid 1:10

Note that the users will get 48/n channel and there is two Mbs left for a reserve.

A: What, exactly, is the problem you are having? Are the slower downloaders being starved out completely whenever someone with a fiber line is downloading? Unless that's the case, you should probably just let your server's TCP/IP stack deal with your clients' varying download speeds as best it can. Everyone should eventually get their chunk of your upload.
Also, I believe your notion of 50/n mbps per user as "fair" is misguided. For example, say you have only two users connected, one on fiber capable of 50 mbps download, and the other on dialup at 56 kbps. Do you really want to limit the fiber downloader to just 25 mbps, and basically waste the remaining 25 mbps on the dialup user?
If I were in your position, I wouldn't bother trying to impose this particular notion of "fairness". If you did, it wouldn't be long before users would figure out a way to grab a bigger chunk of your upload bandwidth anyway, by, for example, opening additional connections.

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Q: The properties of total variation metric The questions was asked by me on Math StackExchange, but no answer appears, so I ask for help again.
Let $(X, d)$ be a complete (Hausdorff, separable, local compact and other nice properties you want) metric space and $\mathcal{M}$ be the space of local finite full supported Borel probability measures on $X$ (with Borel sigma-algebra  $\mathcal{B}$). Then the total variation metric can be defined by $d_{TV}:= \sup_\limits{A}|\mu(A)- \nu(A)|$ where $A$ runs over  $\mathcal{B}$ and $\mu \in\mathcal{M}, \nu\in \mathcal{M}$.
Questions:

*

*Is $d_{TV}$ a complete metric on  $\mathcal{M}$? Is $(\mathcal{M}, d_{TV})$ a Hausdorff/separable space?

*When the subset $\mathcal{N}$ ($\subset \mathcal{M}$) is pre-compact?

*Let $(X,d)=([0, 1], | |)$, where $| |$ is the Euclidean metric, then if it has sequence $\{\mu_i\}$ such that $\{\mu_i\}$ weak converge to $\mu$, but not $d_{TV}$-converge to  $\mu$? Here $\mu_i, \mu \in \mathcal{M} $.
How about the questions when  $(X, d)$ is a Riemannian manifold  or require the meassures are Radon measures?

A: Answer to Question 3: Yes, there is such a sequence. E.g., for all $n=0,1,\dots$ and all Borel $B\subseteq[0,1]$, let
$$\mu_n(B):=\frac12\int_B(2+\sin2\pi nx)\,dx.$$
Then $\mu_n$ converges to $\mu_0$ weakly but not in total variation. (Also, $\mu_n$ is full supported for each $n$.)
Concerning Question 1: In general, $d_{TV}$ is not a complete metric on $\mathcal M$. Indeed, for all $n=0,1,\dots$ and all Borel $B\subseteq X:=[0,1]$, let
$$\mu_n(B):=(2-1/n)|B\cap[0,1/2]|+(1/n)|B\cap[1/2,1]|,$$
where $|\cdot|$ is the Lebesgue measure,
and
$$\mu(B):=2|B\cap[0,1/2]|.$$
Then $\mu_n\in\mathcal M$ for all $n$, $d_{TV}(\mu_n,\mu_k)\to0$ as $n,k\to\infty$, but $\mu_n\to\mu$ in total variation as $n\to\infty$ and $\mu\notin\mathcal M$.
Also concerning Question 1: The metric space $(\mathcal{M}, d_{TV})$ is Hausdorff, as any metric space.
The metric space $(\mathcal{M}, d_{TV})$ is not separable in general. Indeed, for all $x\in X:=[0,1]$ and all Borel $B\subseteq[0,1]$, let
$$\mu_x(B):=\tfrac12\,|B|+\tfrac12\,1_B(x).$$
Then the subset $\{\mu_x\colon x\in[0,1]\}$ of $\mathcal{M}$ is uncountable and $d_{TV}(\mu_x,\mu_y)=1/2$ for any distinct $x$ and $y$ in $[0,1]$. So, $(\mathcal{M}, d_{TV})$ is not separable (cf. e.g. the first paragraph in  this answer).
Concerning Question 2: $\mathcal N$ will be pre-compact if and only if $\mathcal N$ is totally bounded and closed in $d_{TV}$ as a subset of the set of all probability measures on $X$.
NB: Try to avoid asking multiple questions in one post.


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Q: Resize hover_mask together with image I have an events website, if you hover the mouse over an image at a browser width of 880px and below, the hover_mask does not resize with the image, it looks bad. This is a snippet of the problematic code but here's the full css css_file and a sample webpage webpage_sample The css problem code is the last two
.view .mask, .view .content {} and .view a.info, .view a.info2, .view a.info3 {}
Please look at my full css code, it's not big and help. I'm trying to get the hover mask to resize in uniform with the image up to browser width of 600px which is the website min-width. Thanks!

@media only screen and (max-width: 880px){

   .view {
      width: 94%;
      height: 94%;}

   .view img {
      width: 94%;
      height: 94%;}

   .view .mask, .view .content {
      width: 94%;
      height: 94%;
      position: absolute;
      overflow: hidden;
      top: 0;
      left: 0;}

   .view a.info, .view a.info2, .view a.info3 {
      display: inline-block;
      text-decoration: none;
      margin:15px;
      text-indent:-9999px;
      width:50px;
      height:50px;}
}

A: First, you need to fix an <link> (line 24) tag that has an html instead of a css in your  ,
second make this changes to your html (remove ) and edit img_mask2.css,
Update: img {position absolute: top:50%; left: 50%; transform: translate(-50%, -50%);
third, clean up you code (it's quite a mess), upload and it's all done!

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  margin-bottom: 46px;
  border: 0px solid #fff;
  overflow: hidden;
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  width: 100%; height: 100%;
  overflow:visible;
  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.7);
  box-sizing:border-box;
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}
.third-effect:hover .mask { opacity: 1; }
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  display: inline-block;
  text-decoration: none;
  margin:15px;
  text-indent:-9999px;
  width:50px;
  height:50px;
}
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  position: relative;
  top: 110px;
  opacity: 0;
  transition: opacity 0.3s 0s ease-in-out;
}
.third-effect:hover a.socialink {
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}
@media only screen and (max-width: 880px){
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}
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The site may use some Al Jazeera resources, but aims to produce content completely separate from the networks, part of the reason why it's called AJ+, and not something like Al Jazeera Online.
Al Jazeera America has had a rough start since launching in August, despite huge financial backing from the government of Qatar and hiring on big names from other news networks. The New York Post recently reported that Al Jazeera America has averaged just 13,000 viewers a day since its launch, though some in the media industry (including our Capital New York colleague Alex Weprin) note that the Post is just looking at one way of measuring viewers.
Regardless of the poor ratings, Al Jazeera executives have indicated they're not so concerned about ratings, telling the New York Times in October that Fox News and MSNBC had similarly low ratings when they first launched.
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Dr. Jianguo Zhao is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Colorado State University. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Michigan State University in 2015; his M.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology, P. R. China in 2007 and B.E. in 2005. His research interests include biologically inspired robotics, mechanism design, dynamic systems, mechatronics, 3D printing, and vision-based control. His research on meso-scale jumping robots has been reported by many media including Popular Science, Discovery News, PHYS.org, IEEE Spectrum, and others. He has won several rewards including finalist for the best student paper in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS,2014), the outstanding research award from Michigan State University (2011 & 2013), and the second place in ASME mechanism & robot design competition (2012). He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the IEEE Robotics & Automation Society, and the IEEE Control Systems Society.
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The Best Butter book. See a Problem? We'd love your help. Translated from the French by Robin Chancellor . Details (if other): Cancel. Thanks for telling us about the problem.
THE BEST BUTTER Hardcover – 1955. by. Jean Dutourd (Author).
The Best Butter (French: Au bon beurre) is a 1952 novel by the French writer Jean Dutourd. It was published in the United Kingdom as The Milky Way. It tells the story of a Paris dairy shop during the German occupation, and how the politically uninterested manager adapts to the situation and collaborates whenever he finds it favorable. The novel satirizes the French attitude toward the occupation.
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Jean Dutourd, Paris (Paris, France). See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Page created – 11 January 2009. The book was published through éditions Gallimard on 10 September 1952. It was published in English in 1955, translated by Robin Chancellor
The Best Butter (French: Au bon beurre) is a 1952 novel by the French writer Jean Dutourd. It was published in English in 1955, translated by Robin Chancellor. The American title is The Best Butter and the British title is The Milky Wa. .
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Q: How random values considering the smallest and largest value of a specific column How do I generate random values considering the smallest and largest value of column AB to insert into column CB. So it can be any value in the range from the lowest value to the highest value.
df<-structure(list(AB = c(23,252.23,111,2345.2,123.4), CB = c("", "", "", "", "")), row.names = c(NA, 5L), class = "data.frame")

> df
       AB CB
1   23.00
2  252.23
3  111.00
4 2345.20
5  123.40

A: We may get the range of 'AB' and sample with replace = TRUE to fill the 'CB' column
df$CB <- sample(seq(min(df$AB), max(df$AB), by = 0.01),
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this is bbc news, the headlines: president obama has given his farewell address to the nation. in a farewell speech to supporters in chicago. mr obama listed achievements including economic growth, the nuclear deal with iran and legalising same—sex marriage. but he also warned of continuing threats to us democracy, including inequality and racism. mr obama praised the armed forces for, in his words, taking out tens of thousands of terrorists, including osama bin laden. donald trump has complained of a political witch hunt against him after unconfirmed reports emerged in the us media that russian intelligence had gathered compromising information about him. the claims are unsubstantiated. ajury in the united states has sentenced to death a white supremacist who killed nine black worshippers in a south carolina church. dylann roof was convicted last month of more than thirty charges including hate crimes. now for the latest financial news with sally bundock
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emissions scandal in the united states. details in just emissions scandal in the united states. details injust a moment. in the last few hours we've heard president obama's farewell speech with just over a week left in charge of the world's biggest economy. later today his successor donald trump will give a long—awaited press conference, his first since winning the white house in november. and there are still questions about how he will separate himself from his vast business interests. in his latest disclosure, the president—elect revealed interests in 144 companies. these have had dealings in least 25 countries in asia, europe, africa, south america and north america. democratic party politicians are amongst those to express concerns this could influence his policies towards some of those countries. he derives much of his income from developing real estate and operating golf courses in the us, britain, ireland and the united arab emirates. but he also makes money licensing the trump name to property developers around the world.
some of those projects have been engulfed in controversy. however, it should be noted that as president he is legally allowed to continue to run his businesses. but previous presidents have put their businesses into blind trusts to prevent conflict of interests or the perception of them. i'm outside a0 wall st in front of a building that is managed by the trump 0rganisation, effectively making mrtrump the trump 0rganisation, effectively making mr trump the landlord. trouble is, several of the tenants inside this building are being investigated by government regulators, and if they're found guilty of any wrongdoing, they could stop operating, which means they would no longer be paying rent to mr trump. but as president, mr trump could push for more lenient
sentences or could push for more lenient sentences oi' make could push for more lenient sentences or make the charges go away, effectively ensuring he continues to make money. if we make oui' continues to make money. if we make our way further uptown, we find ourselves at deutsche bank, one of mr trump's biggest lenders. the german bank continued to work with him even as several of his businesses went bankrupt. deutsche bank is also facing billions of dollars in fines from the us government, stemming from the financial crisis. regulators could rule with a softer touch given the bank's history with the president—elect. we need to make one more stop on our new york tour. i've shown you two examples of potential conflicts but move overjust a few blocks and you end up at ground zero for the trump business empire, with the potential conflicts of interest multiplied many times over. the company's multiplied many times over. the compa ny's massive global multiplied many times over. the company's massive global holdings and international ties mean opportunities for corruption go far
beyond new york city. foreign countries could question how their treatment of the president—elect's business interests will impact diplomatic relations. this is truly unprecedented territory for an american president. democrats are proposing legislation that would force mr trump proposing legislation that would force mrtrump and proposing legislation that would force mr trump and his family to sell any assets that could pose any conflicts. but without republican support it is unlikely to pass. samira hussain, bbc news, new york. with me is allyson stewart—allen, chief executive of international marketing partners who help companies develop in overseas markets and in the us in particular. nice to see you. we've outlined some of the issues, it is what everyone wa nts to of the issues, it is what everyone wants to know in the press conference, what he will do about his business empire. what do you think he will say? i think he's going to be a bit vague because he was asked in the campaign about his tax returns and there wasn't a concrete a nswer tax returns and there wasn't a concrete answer given. legally he can continue to run his businesses,
but perception is everything and when you are trying to engender the trust of the american people from day one, as a new president, you probably want to go into that office not on the back foot but from a position of strength with a mandate that people say... you have our mandate and our vote, we trust you and trust is the key word here. he's going to have to do something more than just going to have to do something more thanjust a going to have to do something more than just a token gesture. it's not just about him but about his daughter and his son—in—law and the various family members who have been involved in running his businesses with him for years. they would also have to step back? if you want to be... if you want to get the perception that you're doing things by the book and ethically then a conflict of interest means that you are... you don't have your own family members in the next. by having your family members
family members in the next. by having yourfamily members in family members in the next. by having your family members in the mix your obviously compromised, you have an interest. —— members in the mix. it's about not having an interest fundamentally. what are you advising companies that approach you about dealing with the us from here on in? of course it's difficult to know what a trump presidency will be like when it comes to trade and protectionism, all those issues. absolutely. in the case of my clients, i'm recommending it is business as usual until we know whether there will be import tariffs, what taxation regime we are looking at once he's in. the ambiguity is high and therefore companies can't sit and wait. they still need to go for the opportunities that the us afford them and during this time that we are still trying to figure out where he's coming from, used to have to go after and build your business in the country, so it shouldn't put people off or stop them. we will watch this
space and i will talk to you about it in the future. thank you for coming in this morning. so that's what's ahead for donald trump but what about the rest of the world? the world bank is predicting 2017 is going to be a difficult year for achieving one of its main aims of cutting extreme poverty. but it expects the global economy to grow by two point 7% mainly thanks to improvements in emerging markets such as brazil and russia. india is also expected to do well. but what about the world's two biggest economies, china and the united states, where the new president's policies remain unclear. we know one thing, it could be one way or another, some kind of tax reduction on the corporate income side and personal income side as well. if we just simply focus on those tax cuts, that will translate into high growth in the united states as well as higher growth in the global economy. having said that
there are many caveats, china is going to continue its slowdown, we expect growth to be around 6.5%. authorities have done a remarkable job taking this economy, growing at de double—digit rates to the rates we see now. let's cross to our asia business correspondent karishma vaswani. tell us more about the world bank report. as you were saying and as we heard from the world bank a few minutes ago, the key focus in this pa rt minutes ago, the key focus in this part of the world is china, the second largest economy and the world bank says it will make that gradual slowdown to 6.5% this year, keeping in line with the broad estimates we have seen from the chinese government. the government expects the economy to slow down to around 6.7% this year. the king and the rest of asia, the world bank says emerging economies will do better than last year, pointing to above a% for the region excluding china. ——
looking at. that's better than what we saw in 2016. that's largely on the back of commodity prices, we seen a the back of commodity prices, we seen a pickup there over the last few months. that is helping emerging market economies like indonesia and malaysia. thanks very much indeed, karishma vaswani, in our bureau in singapore. that is it from wbr. prosecutors in the us have charged three uk based former currency traders with trying to rig foreign exchange rates, they worked at morgan, citigroup and barclays. you can see more on that online and you can see more on that online and you can read about volkswagen's advisory board said to me today to sign of an agreement with the us department of justice and customs. as soon as we get news on that we will update you. thanks for watching and i will see you ina thanks for watching and i will see you in a moment to review the press. senior doctors are warning that a shortage of resources might leave
the nhs in england unable to cope with this winter's demand. in a letter to theresa may, the royal college of physicians said patient care was under threat. and charities working with elderly and disabled people are calling for a long—term solution to funding for health and social care. 0ur health correspondent robert pigott. the royal college of physicians said ambulances queueing outside hospitals were visual testament to the crisis in the nhs. the royal college, which represents 33,000 specialist hospital doctors, said patients based lengthening waits on lists, on trolleys, in accident and emergency departments and at home. it blamed a shortage of qualified staff, stretched too thin lead to meet the increasing demands. our members fear that people's lives are at risk because they can't get round to see the patients that aren't yet
in the emergency department or indeed are waiting for results to come back. members and fellows have been writing in and our council members specifically have said to me this is the worst they have ever seen. this is the worst they have ever seen. most urgent, said the doctors, is investment in social care to prevent medically fit patients being trapped in hospitals. in their own letter to the prime minister, 75 charities and individuals working in health and social care said there must be a long—term cross—party solution to what they called the crisis in funding. led by the cherokee independent age, they said: the department of health said it had invested £10 billion to develop health services and relieve pressure on hospitals. and, since last year, had recruited 3000 extra nurses and 1600 more doctors. robert pigott,
bbc news. i'm adnan nawaz. the top stories this hour: president obama has given his farewell address to the nation. in a farewell speech to supporters in chicago, mr obama listed achievements including economic growth, the nuclear deal with iran and legalising same—sex marriage. but he also warned of continuing threats to us democracy, including inequality and racism. mr obama praised the armed forces for, in his words, taking out tens of thousands of terrorists, including osama bin laden. donald trump has complained of a political witch hunt against him after unconfirmed reports emerged in the us media that russian intelligence had gathered compromising information about him. the claims are unsubstantiated. ajury in the united states has sentenced to death a white supremacist who killed nine black worshippers in a south carolina church.
dylann roof was convicted last month of more than thirty charges us president barack obama has given his farewell speech in chicago, where he reflected on his time in office. he said, "by almost every measure, america is a better, stronger place" than it was eight years ago. the times reports uk labour leaderjeremy corbyn has backed a plan to limit pay at companies with government contracts and has proposed increasing income tax for higher earners. the ft says deutsche bank is turning to social media feeds such as twitter to find promising millennials who could be persuaded to consider a career in finance. the gulf news carries the decision by fifa to expand the world cup to a8 teams by 2026. president gianni infantino sais, "we have to shape the world cup of the 21st century." and finally, do you suffer noisy conversations from office colleagues you wish you could somehow switch off? well the newly invented hushme could be your salvation. resembling a pair of headphones the device covers a persons mouth and cancels out all noise while letting the wearer to continue to talk and listen on the phone. we can't do that on the tv. u nfortu nately, if we
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It is important that static stretches be performed before any dynamic stretches in your warm-up. Dynamic stretching can often result in overstretching, which damages the muscles (see section Overstretching). Performing static stretches first will help reduce this risk of injury.
Some good static stretches for these various muscles may be found in most books about stretching. See section References on Stretching. Unfortunately, not everyone has the time to stretch all these muscles before a workout. If you are one such person, you should at least take the time to stretch all the muscles that will be heavily used during your workout.
leg-raises, and arm-swings in all directions (see section Dynamic Stretching). According to Kurz, you should do "as many sets as it takes to reach your maximum range of motion in any given direction", but do not work your muscles to the point of fatigue. Remember — this is just a warm-up, the real workout comes later.
The last part of your warm-up should be devoted to performing movements that are a "watered-down" version of the movements that you will be performing during your athletic activity. HFLTA says that the last phase of a warm-up should consist of the same movements that will be used during the athletic event but at a reduced intensity. Such sport-specific activity is beneficial because it improves coordination, balance, strength, and response time, and may reduce the risk of injury.
Ideally, you should start your warm-down with about 10-20 minutes of sport-specific activity (perhaps only a little more intense than in your warm-up). In reality however, you may not always have 10-20 minutes to spare at the end of your workout. You should, however, attempt to perform at least 5 minutes of sport-specific activity in this case. The sport-specific activity should immediately be followed by stretching: First perform some light dynamic stretches until your heart rate slows down to its normal rate, then perform some static stretches. Sport-specific activity, followed by stretching, can reduce cramping, tightening, and soreness in fatigued muscles and will make you feel better.
According to HFLTA, "light warm-down exercise immediately following maximal exertion is a better way of clearing lactic acid from the blood than complete rest." Furthermore, if you are still sore the next day, a light warm-up or warm-down is a good way to reduce lingering muscle tightness and soreness even when not performed immediately after a workout. See section Pain and Discomfort.


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Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell, from Manhattan Valley, Morningside Heights and the Upper West Side joined residents for a conversation about his values, experience, and vision for the office of Public Advocate.
O'Donnell wrote and passed the Marriage Equality Act, and would support the Public Advocate being granted subpoena power.
He emphatically does not want to run for Mayor.
Assemblyperson Danny O'Donnell visited Solidarity Space on January 10th, and spoke about his views on and ideas for the office of Public Advocate. Kadia Goba and Ross Barkan moderated the talk, focusing on affordable housing and Assemblyperson O'Donnell's tactic of downzoning in order to get concessions from developers. The audience asked questions about education, climate change, justice reform, and more.
Unfortunately, both Solidarity Space's and Radio Free Bay Ridge's mics cut out near the end of the talk, but we have about 48 minutes of audio covering most of the session, ending with a dialog about Community Boards.
During the hour-long discussion, Danny spoke about his life, both as a gay man growing up in NYC and as a politician. Often humorous, Danny didn't shy away from taking shots at Mayor DeBlasio, and Governor Cuomo, vowing to be independent from both. He was adamant that he was not seeking the Public Advocate as a spring-board to Mayor.
The talk often dealt with affordable housing, returning many times to Danny's downzoning strategy. It theoretically works by reducing the zoning density of an area and only raising it for specific developers if they agree to community board demands such as affordable housing. The tactic has met with mixed success, as pointed out by Kadia and Ross, the moderators.
Danny also answered questions about ethics reform. As a lawyer, Danny had multiple criminal justice reform ideas. Like many Public Advocate candidates, he wants to see the office's power expanded. His proposal is to give the Public Advocate subpoena power.
Supporting climate initiatives was also a big talking point, such as green roofs, solar panels, the Harbor Ring project, and the Climate and Community Protection Act.
We have already posted audio from Jumaane Williams and Rafael Espinal, with more to come soon! Be sure to be notified of their newest forums on their events page.
This episode was recorded at Solidarity Space, a community space in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. Recording is by Solidarity Space and Rachel Brody. Post-production and editing are by Daniel Hetteix.


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The glass objects are the result of an exploration of the symmetry and exquisiteness of Ernst Hackel drawings.
Together with several artists from different professional fields, Studio Arntzen was invited to work in the workshop of the Glass museum in Leerdam, using the material glass and the subject "Ernst Haeckel". Around 1900, this German zoologist brought people closer to the deep-sea world with his beautiful scientific illustrations.
I recognize this wonder in the work of Ernst Haeckel, and I admire his precision in every detail of his scientific illustrations. The glass objects that I made are the result of an exploration into the symmetry and exquisiteness of his drawings. I chose to digitalize his illustrations and I decided to display them within the glass objects. Through the use of spherical and cylindrical effects I played with the natural optical magnification of the glass. With the goal being to challenge viewers to think about how observation can change what we see.


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Q: find parent node in treeview Im using treeview in asp.net
how can i check if parent contains childnodes in treeview selected node changed event.

A: In case you want to look if the parent of the selected node contains other children nodes, it is safe to say
bool ContainsOtherChildren = treeView1.SelectedNode.Parnet.ChildNodes.Count > 1;

since you know that it already has at least one child node (the selected one)
I would however make another check if there is indeed a parent such as
if(treeView1.SelectedNode.Parent != null)
{
   ContainsOtherChildren = treeView1.SelectedNode.Parnet.ChildNodes.Count > 1;
}

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Check All the child pointer values, whether is it NULL or not.
If all child pointer value is NULL , you can ensure  that the parent does not have any child.


Dead pixel is an area on the Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) monitor which is not performing as expected. Usually the problem that leads to dead pixels is that the liquid flowing through the display is not flowing through that pixel properly. In this article, we will take a look at how to identify the dead pixels and then try to make those pixels into working condition.
IsMyLcdOK is a nifty portable software which does what its name implies. It helps you find all the dead pixels on the LCD monitor. Although it's just 25 KB in size but it checks the LCD quite effectively. Basically, it will make all the screen of one color so that you can spot the dead pixel.
Just run the utility and press the desired number for painting the screen with corresponding color. Make sure that you have gone through all the colors to confirm all the dead pixels.
Once you have identified the dead pixels, follow the steps below to remove the dead pixels.
This should remove the dead pixel and the fluid will start flowing in all the pixels of the LCD screen. Run IsMyLcdOK again and check if the dead pixels are gone.
There are several alternatives to IsMyLcdOK which can be used for the same test. If you don't want to download anything, you can simply visit this web page and follow the instructions there to check for dead pixels. Undead Pixel is another program that not only locates the dead pixels but tries to fix them too.
I hope these tips will help you keep your LCD in a good health. Please share your experiences with us in the comments below.


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Touring Harvest Moon Brewery
February 24, 2017 October 25, 2012 by Central Montana
Harvest Moon Brewery is located in the small town of Belt, MT. They were the area's first new brewery in a long time. Many years ago there was a brewery in Great Falls but it has been closed for quite some time.
The first brew developed at Harvest Moon was Beltian White…note that it is Beltian, not Belgian, since it is named after the town (Belt) where the brewery is located.
Following Beltian White which is a pale ale, a much darker brew labeled Pigs Ass Porter was brewed. The last few years have seen a new version of Great Falls Select, an IPA and Charlie Russell Red developed.
In addition to new varieties, Harvest Moon also began bottling and canning their beer.
I toured the production line and I decided it was a plumber's dream. Tubes go from the vats along the ceiling, down into different equipment…it could be a nightmare if something goes wrong!
They have quite an investment in their bottling and canning equipment and have expanded their facility several times to accommodate everything.
A tasting room is open to the public and while we were getting ready for our tour another couple on vacation in Montana stopped in and asked to join us. Sure, we said!
Our tour guide told us that the town of Belt sits on top of the Madison Aquifer which means superb water for their brew. The community is also surrounded by grain growers – both wheat and barley – and the brewery purchases as many local grains as possible.
When the brewing process is complete the leftover grains are called spent mash. That mash goes to a local pig farmer to feed his hogs and that's where the name for Pigs Ass Porter came from.
When I left Harvest Moon I had a great appreciation for all that goes in to the brewing process before that ale comes out of the tap.
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Q: Fourier transformation of bump functions Suppose we have  $\Omega\subset \mathbb{R} $ open and we are looking at the space $ C_c^\infty(\Omega):=\{\varphi\in C^\infty(\Omega) \ | \ \text{supp($\varphi$) is a compact subset of $\Omega$}\} $. Now let $\varphi\in C_c^\infty(\Omega)$. Is the Fouriertransformation $(\mathcal{F}\varphi)(\xi) $ in general an $L^1 $-function?

A: Any $f \in C^{\infty}_c(\Omega)$ can be completed to be $f \in C^{\infty}_c(\mathbb R)$ by just setting it to zero outside of $\Omega$, so the Fourier transform makes sense. Then $C^{\infty}_c(\mathbb R)$ is a subset of a more general space of Schwartz functions. This class of functions has the nice property that the Fourier transform of a Schwartz function is a Schwartz function. In particular all Schwartz functions are $L^1$ so the result you want does hold.
If you want to prove this yourself, a hint is that the Fourier transform exchanges decay and regularity. So to prove $\mathcal F f \in L^1$, you need to use smoothness of $f$ to show $\mathcal Ff$ has sufficient decay.


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Q: How to catch or handle CUDA kernel launch errors I use the checkCudaErrors helper function from the CUDA Toolkit Samples.  See "helper_cuda.h".  I am perplexed as to why the launch error from this example is not caught by checkCudaErrors.  The error is too many threads are launched (2048).
From Debug (linux gdb), the console prints (stderr in red) "warning: Cuda API error detected: cudaLaunch returned (0x9)".
Whereas when I execute either the Release or Debug builds from a Bash shell, no error is printed by checkCudaErrors.
Why is this?
My expectation is the error would be caught and printed at the D2H memcpy call immediately proceeding the launch.  Is this incorrect?
Minimal reproducible example:
#include <cuda.h>
#include "helper_cuda.h"

__global__ void BusyIncrementKernel( const size_t increments, float * result){
    float tmp = 0;
    for ( size_t i = 0; i < increments; ++i ){ tmp += 1; }
    const int j = threadIdx.x + blockIdx.x*blockDim.x;
    if ( j == 0 ){ *result = tmp; }
}

int main( int argc, char * argv[] ){
    unsigned int blockDim = 2048;
    dim3 block{ blockDim, 1, 1};
    dim3 grid{ 1, 1, 1};
    float * dResult;
    checkCudaErrors( cudaMalloc( &dResult, sizeof(float) ));
    BusyIncrementKernel<<< grid, block >>>( 10000000, dResult );
    float result;
    checkCudaErrors( cudaMemcpy( &result, dResult, sizeof(float), cudaMemcpyDeviceToHost ));
    checkCudaErrors( cudaFree( dResult ));
    checkCudaErrors( cudaDeviceSynchronize() );
    fprintf( stderr,"result: %f\n", result );
    return 0;
}

A: This answer by talonmies specifically states kernel launches require a slightly different pattern to handle.  The CUDA API documentation 3.2.9. on Error Checking explains this.
This answer by Robert Crovella indicates there are two error types, that differ in how the API reports (returns) them*.
My results are; the only way to catch kernel launch errors is with cudaPeekAtLastError() or cudaGetLastError() after the launch call.  These are the only API functions that returned the launch error code.  Other subsequent API calls did not return the launch error code, nor did they clear it; it could be obtained later by cudaPeekAtLastError or cudaGetLastError.

A: CUDA kernel launches do not return an error code for the launch. To catch the error, you need to perform some explicit error checking after the launch, and before any additional API calls:
checkCudaErrors( cudaPeekAtLastError() );
checkCudaErrors( cudaDeviceSynchronize() );

The first call should catch at least any launch errors, and by the second call  errors during kernel execution will have been caught as well (see also this answer). Since you haven't done this, you don't see the error until the next API call at the earliest.


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Nylands landskapsvapen är det heraldiska vapnet för det finländska landskapet Nyland. Det framställer en gyllene båt mellan två silverströmmar i blått fält. Skölden kröns av en grevekrona.

Vapnet fastställdes för det historiska landskapet Nyland inför Gustav Vasas begravning 1560. Samma vapen användes av Nylands län 1831-1997. När de moderna landskapen skapades på 1990-talet övertogs vapnet oförändrat av det nya landskapet med samma namn, trots att det då bara utgjorde en del av det historiska landskapet. Östra Nyland, som var ett eget landskap 1998-2010, använde ett eget nyskapat vapen. De båda nyländska landskap slogs ihop igen 2011.

Vapnets blasonering finns på Finlands båda officiella språk, på svenska: I blått fält en med roder försedd båt av guld mellan två medelst vågskuror bildade bjälkar av silver. Skölden krönes med grevskapets krona, och på finska: Sinisessä kentässä kaksi aaltokoroista hopeahirttä ja niiden välissä peräsimellä varustettu kultainen vene. Kruunu: kreivikunnan kruunu.

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Galleri över landskapsvapen i Finland

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Landskapsvapen i Finland
Heraldiska vapen med fartyg
Heraldiska vapen med bjälkar

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