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Knicks And American Politics
By Andrej Mrevlje | November 1, 2015 8:20 am
This is how NBA and politics works together: on Thanksgiving in 2006, Hillary Clinton Joined the NBA players who donated 10. 000 turkeys to the poor of Harlem in New York City. While the basketball players donated turkeys, Hillary Clinton gave a short speech! Photo: Andrej Mrevlje
A few years ago, I went to see an NBA game for the first time. It was late in the season, on the same day that the New York Knicks got a new head coach by the name of Mike Woodson. Jeremy Lin, the playmaker from Taiwan, was now the new star of the team, playing his best basketball ever. After the Knicks' superstar, Carmelo Anthony, got injured, the coach had been forced to change the team's tactics. This change favored Lin. As a result, the Knicks started to play faster and more unified basketball. They were more fun to watch, and they were winning.
These, in brief, were the changes that brought me to the temple of NBA basketball. I was trying to see if I could become a Knicks fan. I was never really interested in baseball – you can only love it if you grew up with it, I am told. So after I moved to New York, where there's no serious soccer competition to watch, basketball was a logical choice.
The moment I got under the dome of the magnificent Madison Square Garden, filled with thousands of people, I was surprised by the lack of tension and passion among the fans. It seemed to me that they were sitting and watching the game without much participation. They seemed to be busy with a myriad of things that distracted them from the game.
In Europe, if you go to a stadium, it's to watch the game and to support your team – to suffer and celebrate with the players. It's like going to church – it's one dimensional, linear. But in Madison Square Garden – one of the temples that every NBA fan wants to visit – they weren't just selling basketball. They were selling food, t-shirts and hats; they were playing music, showing videos, advertising… Even the cheering was orchestrated, sometimes blended with commercial messages. It was after this, my first live NBA game (I had only watched them on TV before then), that I got it: in the U.S., you don't watch a game, you buy it. Similar to the popcorn you "must" buy when you go to the movies, only to understand later that movie is there to sell the popcorn.
So my first live Knicks game was revealing. It was an experience that went beyond general fascination with New York, beyond a cultural consumption and appreciation for the obvious verve of the city. It was perhaps my first step towards understanding what American exceptionalism represents in everyday life.
It also helped me to understand the way politics is conceived and consumed in America. While it is universally accepted that politicians have to "sell" themselves to the voters – political marketing was invented by Clem Whitaker and Leone Baxter in the mid-20th century – the U.S. has changed its political elections into an art unto their own.
Nowhere in the world does the election campaign last as long as it does in the U.S. This time in particular, the 2016 campaign started right after the previous elections ended and before President Obama could even swear in his second term. As if the media was bored with newly re-elected president, they started a guessing game about candidates for the next elections, while the presumed candidates acted accordingly, posturing and looking to improve their starting positions. In this way, right after the 2012 elections, Florida Senator Marco Rubio became the candidate frontrunner for the Republicans. Amongst Democrats, this role was assigned to Hillary Rodham Clinton, a presidential candidate in 2008 and a former secretary of state, senator and first lady.
Why so early? Is it because presidential elections are so profitable that the media needs to roll them as a permanent show, regardless to the political season? Was it because of a simple assumption that Marco Rubio, a man of Cuban origins, could be the next frontrunner due to a potential to attract the Latino vote, an area where Republicans have been lagging? Was this enough to start a snowball of speculations about the next Republican nominee?
But before they were put on display, the candidates got time enough to do some plastic surgery – to refresh their political looks in order to adapt to what public opinion (spun by polling results) predicted to be a successful mix. And the whole dynamic among the mediocre candidates (and some evident "losers") called for even more political pandering. Niche candidates, with no political vision, but with a plain calculation of the number of electoral colleges, presented themselves just to consolidate their local political position. Not even looking for money – just a simple home run for more local power. Politicians played this game until the very last call from Donald Trump – that rude, arrogant, disruptive candidate who got sucked into the race because of the mediocrity of the other participants. So when we finally arrived at the start of the race, there were 17 Republican candidates. Two months later there are 15 left, and they still seem to be underestimating Trump, who is getting ready to swallow them one by one. Unless, according to some political speculations, based on recent polls, his candidacy will precipitate in few months from now. Why? Firstly, never in the history of the U.S. presidential elections has an outside candidate lasted for the whole period of the primaries. And secondly, as analyst Nate Silver predicted a month ago, none of this autumn fruits – the candidate frontrunners – will endure through the tough primaries during the next winter. This is what history and statistics are saying.
For what it's worth, let me add that the destiny of Donald Trump, and partly even Ben Carson, are the fruit of indecision and polarization within the Republican party. Once the GOP tightens their ranks, Trump should fall off the tree like an autumn leaf. But before that, he can continue to eliminate weaker standing candidates who are still in search of a more efficient strategy to seduce higher numbers of Republicans. On the Democratic side, the liberal media has spent endless words about Hillary Clinton's "natural right" to become the first female president of the U.S. When she announced that she would not take part in Obama's administration during his second term, Hillary, according the media pundits, confirmed that she was going to run in 2016.
Was she really? She did say it in her own way: she denied it, hoping to make herself more desirable. Her style and approach seems to match the rhythm of Len Deighton trilogy of spy novels, Berlin Game, Mexico Set and London Match. Hillary's initial game of pretending that she may not run was perfect: she set up the the campaign's monstrously efficient machine – similar to the one Obama had – and now she is ready to run for the final match. It is funny how nobody seems to notice that she has been trying to get back to the the White House since the day she and her husband, President Clinton, left it "financially broken," as she loves to say. Perhaps, to be more polite, we can say that she actually was getting ready for the White House for almost as long as Mitt Romney, who was crushed by Obama in 2012. Why are none of us counting up the number of years when she was getting ready – with much audacity – to assault the White House? Or why does nobody calculate the wealth that the Clinton family possesses? Was Romney the only rich candidate to run for the White House? And since the game is set for Hillary, it is no wonder that the mainstream media in the U.S. bought it when Hillary Clinton was declared the winner of the first TV debate among the Democratic candidates. The winner of what? What did she prove? That she stood up? That, according to silent majority of Democrats, she will be able to defeat Donald Trump if the Republican Party nominates him? I can agree, but this has nothing to do with her overall capacity to run this country in the way it needs to be led.
But before I explain, let me say that in a normal country, a person like Donald Trump would not even be running at all. For me, the fact that America might get a Slovenian first lady isn't exciting, either. I think this world is too complex to afford to be governed by an unpredictable, authoritarian and simple-minded person like Donald Trump. It is too expensive. America cannot have her own Silvio Berlusconi for the next four to eight years. Not even for a week!
Meanwhile, during the Democratic debate, we heard Bernie Sanders saying out loud, to the millions of Americans watching their TVs, that in order to save itself, America needs a political revolution. We have not heard the world "revolution" in political speeches during the last six years. It is as if it was banned from the country's political vocabulary. Even I, who do not pass for a conservative, was alarmed when I heard Bernie Sanders say it. But then I thought, "He said it, and now 'revolution' is back in the American vocabulary." That is to say, political revolution – the necessity to reform and unlock the stagnant, rigid and corrupt system that is becoming increasingly authoritarian, similar to any other country that we all consider non-democratic. I am convinced, like many others, that Bernie Sanders cannot make it to the White House. But I respect his human honesty and concern. The same way as I am glad that in journalism there are people like Nate Silver, who still wonder and doubt that the game is set for the final match for Hillary Clinton, saying that she won nothing in the debate.
I am not saying that Sanders and Silver are the only ones who think out of the box. Far from that.
Nevertheless, the presidential elections in the U.S. are a tough kind of game. But in the end, if you have some political experience, good looks and oral skills – and you manage to collect, let's say, $1 billion – then you have pretty good chance to buy yourself a ticket to that house of power, where they fly you around in not one, but three choppers. But by the time an American president gets elected, after an excruciating two-year-long campaign, two and a half months of transition team work, during which the president elect has to select and nominate about 7,000 government officials and go through a very long inaugural ceremony… I guess by that time, every new president must already be tired. And while "the most powerful man on earth" is trying to do his job as the president – rubbing shoulders with Congress, receiving and shaking hands with foreign statesmen, or pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys – he also has to start a new campaign for the midterm elections. And he can never be careful enough about what he's saying and doing if he (or she) wants to run for a second term. Being president of the U.S. must be an awful job, and I do not get why people want it.
Elections in Great Britain – or even France – seem to be much more simple. On the whole, European election campaigns last a few months at most. In Great Britain, they can form a new government within hours after the votes are counted. All other countries have no need to spend billions of dollars, pounds or euros in order to elect a new prime minister, chancellor or president. And during European elections, none of the money to finance the candidates can come out of rich citizens' pockets or from corporations. Of course, that does not mean that European politics are corruption-free. But even if you look at a notoriously corrupt country like Italy, its politicians are still liable to the law, and sooner or later, they are likely end up in court. Not in America. Not even the Koch brothers or the unions that finance the candidates' campaigns, for that matter. Or the president of U.S., who can thank generous donors by appointing them as U.S. ambassadors around the globe.
But why is it that after two long years of election campaigns, with endless discussions and debates before the vote, the country is still undecided, the Congress bickering and in permanent stalemate, and the government in shutdown? Where is this dysfunctionality coming from?
In his long essay, "How Can America Rise Again," James Fallows, a writer for the Atlantic Monthly, says that:
We could hope to change the basic nature of our democracy, so it fits the times as our other institutions do. But this is about as likely as an enlightened coup. For a few hours on Election Day 2004, it seemed that America had a chance to correct the anachronism of its Electoral College. When exit polls showed John Kerry ahead in Ohio, there was a chance that for the second election in a row, a candidate might lose the popular vote but still become president. (A swing of 60,000 votes in Ohio would have put George W. Bush in Al Gore's position from four years earlier, as the popular-vote winner who had to go home.) With each party burned, in sequence, we might have agreed on a reform.
Fallows wrote this five years ago, after he returned from China, where he sojourned for four years. As a very attentive social writer, he observed and compared the differences between China and America. In his article, he discusses at length the possibility of constitutional and political reform and comes up with an interesting observation, which is clearly not part of the American mindset.
"I have seen enough of the world outside America to be sure that eventually a collapsing public life brings the private sector down with it," Fallows writes. "If we want to maintain the virtues of private America, we must at least try on the public front too."
Fallows' observation is radical compared to mainstream American politics. Or let's put it this way: Fallows did not care about being politically correct. He simply said what he thought when he saw his home country after a few years' absence. America needs to change its thinking, he said. Similar to Sanders, but coming from a completely different background.
How did America come to this point? Perhaps now that the U.S. is facing elections again, it would be good to reread George Packer. In his book, The Unwinding: An Inner Story Of The New America, he describes the undercurrents of American life in last few decades. Packer is not easy to follow – his thoughts are complex and subtle.But he can be very concrete and precise in capturing moments that profoundly change American social life. In "Coming Apart," an essay for the New Yorker, Packer analyzes the impact that 9/11 had on American society.
And he starts with then-President George Bush:
No one appeared more surprised on September 11th, more caught off guard, than President Bush. The look of startled fear on his face neither reflected nor inspired the quiet strength and resolve that he kept asserting as the country's response. In reaction to his own unreadiness, Bush immediately overreached for an answer. In his memoir, "Decision Points," Bush describes his thinking as he absorbed the news in the Presidential limousine, on Route 41 in Florida: "The first plane could have been an accident. The second was definitely an attack. The third was a declaration of war." In the President's mind, 9/11 was elevated to an act of war by the number of planes. Later that day, at Offutt Air Force Base, in Nebraska, he further refined his interpretation, telling his National Security Council by videoconference, "We are at war against terror."
Those were fateful words. Defining the enemy by its tactic was a strange conceptual diversion that immediately made the focus too narrow (what about the ideology behind the terror?) and too broad (were we at war with all terrorists and their supporters everywhere?). The President could have said, "We are at war against Al Qaeda," but he didn't.
Later on, Packer quotes Walter Russell Mead, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who, in 2004, wrote – quite mistakenly – that the post-9/11 period and Bush's war on terror was an opportunity for revival, for another American golden age: "Much of the background noise of the next generation will be the keen and eloquent wailing of the educated classes in the United States. Mead writes that America's future belongs to the "Jacksonians": lower-middle-class white Americans who are patriotic, religious, insular, self-reliant, ready to take the fight ruthlessly to the enemy abroad, and hostile to élites at home, their passions best articulated by George W. Bush in his "dead or alive" mode."
Lower-middle-class white Americans sound so much like the Tea Party, which no doubt will once again have the decisive role in choosing the Republican candidate. Which means that America will remain polarized and stagnant.
This is where America stands today. President Obama's eight years of war against his own shadows were not enough to change anything on the long to-do list, if the U.S. still wants to lead the world. The only person who is talking about these kind of changes is Bernie Sanders, a white senator from Vermont, a 73 years old man. He has nothing to win nor lose.
An my Knicks? They at least have a complete new team this year. Everyone but Carmelo Anthony, who is still the king of the past and the man of the old game. But if nothing else, the most paid and powerful king of the declining Knicks is surrounded by young talent, and he will have to play for the team.
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FISH-i Africa support of Operation Jodari, a partnership between Tanzanian authorities and international conservation organisation Sea Shepherd, has revealed the appalling treatment of crews aboard fishing vessels in the Western Indian Ocean.
The Ocean Warrior, Sea Shepherd's custom-built civilian offshore patrol vessel, has enabled authorities to inspect fishing vessels operating in its EEZ, well beyond the usual reach of Tanzania's patrol. "We have seen some really shocking treatment of fishing crew during the Operation Jodari inspections" commented JD Kotze, FISH-i Africa investigator and adviser for the Multi-Agency Task Team on Operation Jodari.
Twelve Tanzanian crewmembers from at least three fishing vessels were liberated from the TAI HONG NO 1, a Chinese flagged longliner. The crew all complained about bad treatment and abuse. They were refused water and food on board and were living in a small, unventilated storage hut with sleeping bunks for two crewmembers, the rest of the 12 were sleeping on the floor.
One of the vessels reportedly transhipped crew to the TAI HONG NO 1 and another Chinese flagged vessel the JIN SHENG NO 2. "When the inspection took place the vessel was cleared, but reports from the crew and observer were sufficient to grant a fine for mistreatment and obstruction," commented Assistant Inspector Juma Said Mhada of Tanzania's Multi-Agency Task Team.
Stop Illegal Fishing calls on the coastal States of the Western Indian Ocean to assess their legal framework in terms of labour conditions for crew on fishing vessels operating in their EEZs. Becoming a member of the International Labor Organization (ILO) Work in Fishing Convention (No 188) to safeguard the working conditions for crew onboard fishing vessels would provide a significant first step to improve this situation. The Convention helps prevent unacceptable forms of work for all fishers, especially migrant fishers. It provides for regulation of the recruitment process and investigation of complaints by fishers. This will help prevent forced labour, trafficking and other abuses. States ratifying Convention No. 188 commit to exercising control over fishing vessels, through inspection, reporting, monitoring, complaint procedures, penalties and corrective measures, and may then also inspect foreign fishing vessels visiting their ports and take appropriate action.


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Home Analysis Match Analysis Life's a pitch as Barcelona get all three points at the Estadio...
Life's a pitch as Barcelona get all three points at the Estadio José Zorrilla
Emma Gabriel-Garcia
Let's get this out of the way first. The pitch at Estadio José Zorrilla was a disgrace. It looked like a minefield. A pitch relayed on Thursday to be played on Saturday evening? It shouldn't have been allowed to happen. Real Valladolid deserve a severe punishment for it. There were times in the first half I could see Sergi Roberto or Jordi Alba running down the wing and disappearing into the Earth's core never to be seen again. Both teams are lucky to escape with no serious injuries.
But let's get to the actual game and the elephant in the room. Luis Suarez. I'm going to fire off this hot take right now. This has to be his last season at FC Barcelona. Luis Suarez is no longer fit for purpose. Quite literally judging by the first two games of the season. FC Barcelona need a new number 9. I admire so much about him when he is firing on all cylinders, the snarling attitude and most of all the fact he is an absolutely deadly finisher. The man knows how to score goals. Last season 25 goals and an impressive 12 assists in La Liga. In Europe, though it's a completely different story. 1 goal in the Champions League in 12 matches. He hasn't scored away from home in the competition for 3 years. That's a problem.
Against Valladolid, it looked like Suarez had been robbed of any semblance of pace, touch and timing. Even in the brief moment he came to life his goal was correctly given offside by the magnificent VAR. Valverde's single-minded stubbornness to leave him labouring on the pitch for the whole 90 mins just to substitute him in injury time is still completely baffling, as were a few of his decisions on the night. FCB sitting back and playing for a 0-1 win, that negative mindset is deeply concerning.
For all the talk of bringing in Pogba or another CM, it seems so glaring shortsighted to what the real issue is, signing a new number 9. Now I know after the Griezmann (or do we call him LeBron now?) saga maybe we have had our fingers burnt but it has to be a priority. There is enough evidence to suggest Suarez is just a slow starter again, last season he had only scored 3 league goals by the time we had got to November. Valverde, Bartomeu and the board better hope so because FCB are going to be in tremendous trouble if that isn't the case if Alcacer does move on loan to the Bundesliga, that's not leaving a lot of backup and after a summer of having the weight of a team on his shoulders that might be too much, even for someone with the experience and who is as mercurial as Lionel Messi.
As for the game itself, I'm not sure there is a lot to be said about the performance. The pitch obviously was a huge factor, as were some of the questionable decisions from the coach tactics wise in the second half substituting Dembele who was one of the only bright spots and the most potent threat on the field for Vidal still sits uneasily. Ousmane Dembele played with such maturity and the understanding he seems to be forging with Sergi Roberto could be as important as the Alba/Messi relationship this season. Sometimes you have to tough out the wins on the battlefield, which is exactly what the José Zorrilla playing surface looked like.
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I had to write about my enthusiasm to celebrate one year on since chemotherapy ended! Last year, on the 21st June 2012, I was finishing off the last of the 6 month ABVD chemotherapy process. The last one was exciting because I had my PIC line taken out and also it was a very quick procedure as all the chemotherapy had turned up on time and I shot through my 4 types of chemo to finish the cycle!
Now one year on, I can reflect on how lucky I am, how much I have changed but also how slow it has been when returning to the strength I used to posses. The year after chemo can be a massive struggle thanks to the limitations placed on your body after such heavy treatment. It's also hard to relate to people because the trauma of losing a sense of self, the toxins, pain etc – it's just not that easy to share with everyone.
I had a great opportunity to rest in Ibiza (second home) at my grandmother's after chemo. Although initially stressful, it ended up being 5 beautiful weeks of sunshine and recuperation. I then left for Geneva to take up a nanny job. I'm not sure what went through my mind taking up a job that would require a lot of energy and also being away from home after such an intense 7 months, but the choices we make are often led by something other than the heart. Either way I completed the 3 months out there, and returned to London where I moved in with my boyfriend.
It's interesting, I feel I have been running on a treadmill since returning to London. Not because of stress, but because I am ready to let go of all the unnecessary baggage and finally relax into being me. I feel when you make such a choice, life will present you with the 'same old same old' problems so you can see how you have transformed the way you REACT to them. Its become obvious to me that it's not about the environment changing and problems magically disappearing, it's about how you are internally shifting beliefs, thoughts and perceptions of the world so you react differently to what happens around you.
For example, I have not shifted the 2 stone I put on after chemotherapy. My hair is crazy, curly and short, I live in a flat full of issues (including dead rats…) and I am still banging my head against the invisible wall so I can let go of old habits. However, over these last 6 months in 2013, I have shifted the way I react to the same problems. I don't make myself horribly wrong for being over-weight, I don't feel immense guilt anymore or try to run away from the now. It's like the emotional charge has reduced so I can finally slip into my body and being me.
Some of the things I have done since finishing chemo and feel have had a profound impact on me include, Potentiation, Chi Gung, A Laughing Buddha Retreat, EFT, continuing working with Phil and being honest with myself. Ultimately all of these external forces of help or support have been down to me getting to know myself once more and remembering my power. Life is about empowering yourself authentically and living a life through your heart.
Trust your gut, your instincts, that inner knowing that all will be well. Listen to that rhythm deep within, the heart breathing and warmth of your inner light. Even if you don't know how to, intend to.
If you're presently going through chemo, feel free to get in touch. Always happy to hear stories, share insights and listen.
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How Facebook's Zucked-up IPO just killed the tech bubble
It was supposed to be the mother of all tech IPOs. Instead of fueling an explosion of dot-com-style madness, Facebook's tepid IPO has kiboshed the nascent tech bubble, at least for now.
Paul Sloan
May 25, 2012 1:43 PM PDT
After ringing the ceremonial Nasdaq bell remotely from Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters, CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrates with his employees. Facebook
You didn't really want to start partying again like it was 1999, did you? Good thing, too. Because you aren't going to get the chance -- not just yet, at least.
Before last Friday, many thought that Facebook's much-hyped IPO might trigger a reprise of the Internet mania unleashed by Netscape's 1995 public offering, when "companies" -- some with little more than a dot-com suffix and marketing spiel -- were able to lure investors en masse.
And just as in the run-up to the great tech bust, some saw history repeating itself, what with animal spirits convincing venture investors to award $1.5 billion valuations to cash-burning startups with TBD business models. It sure looked like a tech bubble was forming.
Then Facebook happened. More specifically, Facebook went public and all the expectation -- and, for many, hope -- that the industry was entering the next phase of the boom/bubble came to a screeching halt.
"Traders on Wall Street and main street were hoping for a return of a 1999 bubble," said venture capitalist George Zachary of Charles River Ventures. "And startup founders and investors who aren't rich and want money to rain down on them feel spooked that it won't happen now because Facebook didn't spike upwards."
They're likely right. Big and small investors alike got burned with Facebook, which is now trading around $31 a share, about 16 percent off its offering price. Government investigators are trying to determine if any rules were broken when the underwriters reportedly warned their big customers that Facebook's business was worsening. And lawsuits are multiplying.
The press, meantime, is giving plenty of attention to individual investors angry over Facebook's opening day, with brokers such as Scottrade ducking blame and pointing fingers at the Nasdaq exchange. Mark Cuban, in his post-mortem about the Facebook IPO, warns hyperbolically that we can "say goodbye to the individual investor on Wall Street."
Given the fallout, the next big consumer Internet company gunning to go public -- especially a social play -- is going to be a hard sell all around. Fewer people trust the system. At the very least, who's going to trust Morgan Stanley's word?
Already there are hints of the Facebook backlash visible in other planned tech IPOs. Corsair, a small but profitable maker of components for PC games, yesterday postponed its offering, citing "weak market conditions" -- which some analysts interpreted as fear that a Facebook backlash would punish its debut. ("Our board of directors decided to postpone due to weak equity market conditions," a spokesman for Corsair told me. "I'll have to leave it to financial analysts to comment on the causes for the weak equity market.) Sure smells like the Facebook effect.
Plenty of smart people have argued that Silicon Valley has been in an early stage bubble for a while now. (Here, for instance, is my interview on the subject with Facebook founding president Sean Parker.) That's largely because an army of angel investors has been making hundreds of small bets -- which amounts to some big money in aggregate.
Recently, though, the bubble talk has extended to bigger private companies landing fat valuations. A sampling: new social darling Pinterest (recently valued at $1.5 billion), Instagram ($500 million a week before Facebook bought it for twice that), and Spotify, which a day before Facebook's IPO was reportedly raising $220 million at a $4 billion valuation. And let's not even talk about Twitter.
Driving such optimism has been the seemingly revitalized IPO market -- LinkedIn, Yelp, Groupon, and Zynga, among others -- as well as the recently passed JOBS Act, which makes it easier for smaller startups to go public. Even though some recent IPOs, particularly those of Zynga and Groupon, didn't fare well, Facebook was supposed to be different. Big time. With its gigantic customer base and household name status, Facebook was going to turn on the IPO faucet.
How long the Facebook effect might close the IPO market is a bit of a guessing game. None of the hot private companies has immediate plans to go public. And as far as half-baked companies hoping to going public amid a return to 1990s mania -- well, that's just not going to happen.
"Public investors have just been burned too many times on early stage companies," said Jay Ritter, a University of Florida finance professor and IPO expert. "We just don't have a bubble going on after companies go public." In other words, it turns out investors want to see a strong business model, from Facebook on down.
More immediately, though, you can bet that VCs will look long and hard before valuing private companies above, say, $500 million. Even with the early stage companies, some VCs are hopeful the Facebook aftershock tempers the bidding wars.
"There's so much money chasing early stage companies these days that you end up with outright stupidity," said Jeff Clavier, the founder and managing partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most active seed stage investment firms in Silicon Valley. "I hope we have that reality check."
In some ways, the early stage excitement also will be tied to Facebook. If Facebook's stock does well -- or even simply starts to climb instead of cratering -- in coming months, a lot of fresh Facebook millionaires will cash out. Some will bolt to do their own startups. But some will take another popular career path for the young and rich: They'll become full-time angel investors, pouring more money into companies trying to become the next Facebook.
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import org.inventivetalent.npclib.entity.living.insentient.creature.ageable.animal.EntityHorse;

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Avenged Sevenfold Help Main Characters 'Carry On' in 'Call of Duty: Black Ops II'
December 1st, 2012 Metalkult
Mary Ouellette, SheWillShootYou.com Avenged Sevenfold are huge video game fans, so it was a no-brainer for the band when they were approached to do something special for the newly-released 'Call of Duty: Black Ops II' game. Not only did they contribute the song ' Carry On ' to the soundtrack, the band — in their animated form — turn up at the end to perform the track with 'Black Ops" two main characters. Singer M. Shadows told USA Today , "They said they wanted the song to be uplifting and they wanted it to add some levity to the game." He adds, "[The game has] a very dark ending. They want you to have a certain feeling inside and they really wanted to have a feeling to uplift people at the end of the game and make you laugh." The levity comes from the fact that the game's longtime adversaries, Raul Menendez and Sgt. Frank Woods, manage to put aside their differences to join the band during the performance. Shadows explains, "'Carry On' was more like these guys coming together at the end and being buddies after they have pretty much killed each others' families. I'm proud of it and I think it's fun and it's actually just really cool to be in a 'Call of Duty' game." Of 'Carry On,' the vocalist says, "It was all about making a song that was up-tempo, something that had some cool little chord changes and key changes in there that gives the song a little bit of a life and we made it so the characters can rock out." Shadows, an avid gamer, admits that having 'Call of Duty: Black Ops II' out is a bit of a distraction, but he's fully committed to wrapping up the band's next studio album . He explains, "I write about eight hours a day, five days a week and then play games the rest of the night and hang out with my son. Fans don't need to be worried that I am just playing 'Call of Duty' [all the time]." [button href="http://loudwire.com/avenged-sevenfold-m-shadows-squashes-rumor-the-rev-cameo-call-of-duty-black-ops-2/" title="Next: M. Shadows Discusses The Rev 'Call of Duty' Cameo Rumor" align="center"]
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Hospitality awards finalists
(PR.co.nz) Nelson's Grand Mercure Monaco Resort has, for the second time this year, been named as a finalist in prestigious industry awards.
In July the resort was named as a finalist in four categories of the international H M Awards 2010 for hotel management excellence, including a Major Award nomination for Clare Davies in the New Zealand General Manager category. Those awards will be announced at a gala dinner in Sydney on September 3, 2010.
This week the Monaco Resort was selected as a finalist in the Hospitality Association of New Zealand (HANZ) Awards for Excellence in the Best Accommodation Hotel category. The Hospitality Association Awards for Excellence are judged on a range of business-focussed criteria – such as marketing strategies, human resourcing practices, profitability, operational policies, and customer service.
Nelson's Mint Dining Room has been selected as a finalist for Best Beef Dish and Best Lamb Dish and The Honest Lawyer has been selected as finalist in the Best Lamb Dish category.
Hospitality Association of New Zealand chief executive Bruce Robertson said: "The business nature of these awards sets them apart from other more consumer-driven awards. In many categories, entrants must submit business plans and financial analysis of their operations, each of which is independently verified.
"These finalists epitomise the crème-de-la-crème of New Zealand's hospitality industry across all its guises – and were selected after a comprehensive and thorough judging process in which every venue was visited personally by members of the judging panel.
"The standard and quality among these finalists sets them apart from their competitors in the marketplace. They are a proud reflection of where the cutting edge of New Zealand's hospitality industry is moving – delivering consumers service standards which are the equal of anywhere in the world.
"It is particularly encouraging to see a substantial number of finalists coming from smaller regional centres around New Zealand, such as Nelson – showing that great hospitality is not just confined to the major cities, but is thriving in the provinces too."
Mrs Davies said it was extremely encouraging for both herself and the team at Monaco to again be recognised by their industry peers.
"The HM nominations were a real thrill and this HANZ nomination really reaffirms what I already believed – that I have a great team at Monaco and we're delivering the sort of quality experience I want the resort to be known for. There are some really top quality hotels in New Zealand, so being singled out for a second time this year is absolutely fantastic. I guess it's easy to feel people aren't noticing what happens in provincial towns, but my team has stood up and been noticed and I'm really proud of that."
Winners of the HANZ Awards will be announced at a gala dinner taking place in conjunction with the Hospitality Association's annual conference in Auckland on September 30.
Media Release on 27 August 2010 from Barbara Dunn Media & Communications.
Submitted August 27th, 2010
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Cleats are used to tie off a line (halyards, reef lines, etc.), wherever needed.
Spar Cleats are designed for attachment to Spars, but also used on Deck, generally having both a narrow base attaching with 2 screws, and a hole in the base so the line can be run through it and knotted, preventing the line from getting away.
Rig-Rite stocks a large selection of Spar Cleats. Common varieties are listed below.
Spar Cleats recommended for new installations are indicated by an * after the Part Number.
Other Spar Cleats are also available for replacement, matching or where hole spacing is critical. Depending on the kind of spars you have, See also, Isomat Spar Cleats, or Z-Spar Cleats.
Bronze Cleats are listed separately, See Bronze Cleats.
If you require Spar Cleats not listed, please forward a sketch or photo of your Cleat with measurements, hole spacing (to centers), full details of the part, boat model and year.
See also: Jam Cleats, Deck Cleats, and Cleats Main Page.
Cast Aluminum Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 5/16" diameter. Black Epoxy coated Cleat is 3 1/4" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 5/32" (#8) FH screws on 7/8" centers. *Recommended for new installations.
Cast Aluminum Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 5/16" diameter. Black Anodized Cleat is 3 1/4" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 5/32" (#8) FH screws on 7/8" centers. As K-1617, above, but with a Black Anodized finish.
Cast Aluminum Spar Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 3/8" diameter. Black Epoxy coated Cleat is 4" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 3/16" (#10) FH screws on 1 3/16" centers. *Recommended for new installations.
Cast Aluminum Spar Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 1/2" diameter. Black, or Clear Anodized Cleat is 5" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 7/32" (#12) FH screws on 1 1/4" centers.
Cast Aluminum Spar Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 1/2" diameter. Black Epoxy coated Cleat is 5" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 7/32" (#12) FH screws on 1 1/2" centers. *Recommended for new installations.
Extruded MetalMast Aluminum Spar Cleat has specially milled base to offset cleat at 10° on a curved Spar surface. Low-profile design has a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 7/16" diameter, and has a 7/16" hole in base. Anodized Cleat is 5" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 1/4" FH screws on 1" centers.
Original Wilcox-Crittenden Cast Marinium Spar Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 3/8" diameter. Cleat is 5 1/8" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 1/4" FH screws on 1 1/4" centers. As used on hundreds of different Sail and Power Boats. - Limited Availability. 4-8"
Open Base Aluminum Cleat is suitable for use with line up to 1/2" diameter. Clear anodized Cleat is 5" long x (maximum) 15/16" wide x 1 1/8" high (at center), and fastens with (2) 1/4" FH screws on 1 1/8" centers. Made in Germany.
Solid Base Aluminum Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 7/16" diameter. Clear anodized Cleat is 5" long x (maximum) 11/16" wide, and fastens with (2) 1/4" FH screws on 1 1/8" centers. Made in Germany.
Cast Aluminum Spar Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 5/8" diameter. Black, or Clear Anodized Cleat is 6" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 1/4" FH screws on 1 1/2" centers. *Recommended for new installations.
Cast Aluminum Spar Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 5/8" diameter. Black Anodized Cleat is 6" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 1/4" FH screws on 1 3/4" centers. sasch7?
Original Wilcox-Crittenden Cast Marinium Spar Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 7/16" diameter. Cleat is 6" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 1/4" FH screws on 1 5/8" centers. As used on hundreds of different Sail and Power Boats. - Limited Availability.
Cast Aluminum Spar Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 5/8" diameter. Black Anodized Cleat is 7" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 5/16" FH screws on 2 1/16" centers.
Cast Aluminum Spar Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 5/8" diameter. Black, or Clear Anodized Cleat is 8" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 5/16" FH screws on 2" centers. *Recommended for new installations.
Cast Aluminum Spar Cleat is a low-profile design with a narrow base suitable for use with line up to 3/4" diameter. Anodized Cleat is 10" long, and fastens to spar with (2) 3/8" FH screws on 2 1/2" centers. This item is no longer available and is shown here for identification only.
We are traditionalists, and prefer the stronger metal (alloy) Cleats for most all applications. However, some applications, including some Carbon Spars, are often better served by non-metallic Cleats. The Cleats listed below are made of Marelon, a sturdy fiberglass reinforced nylon, with high impact resistance, slight flexibility, and low cost.
Molded Marelon Cleat has a narrow base and is suitable for use with line up to 1/2" diameter. Black plastic Cleat is 6 1/2" long x (maximum) 3/4" wide x 1 5/16" high, and fastens to spar with (2) 1/4" FH screws on 1 11/16" centers.
Molded Marelon Cleat has a narrow base and is suitable for use with line up to 5/8" diameter. Black plastic Cleat is 8" long x (maximum) 15/16" wide x 1 5/8" high, and fastens to spar with (2) 1/4" FH screws on 1 15/16" centers.
Aluminum Downhaul Cleat mounts in luff groove of Mast Sections with 1/2" (or larger) Boltrope Groove. Unit consists of K-1617-1 3 1/4" Cleat mounted on a 3 1/2" length of 1/2" OD anodized Aluminum tube. Tube slides into luff groove, screws are tightened to lock Cleat in desired position. Long tube with off-center cleat prevents Gooseneck Slide from hitting Cleat.
Aluminum Downhaul Cleat mounts in luff groove of Mast Sections with 1/2" (or larger) Boltrope Groove. Unit consists of K-10324 4" Spar Cleat mounted on a 3 1/2" length of 1/2" OD anodized Aluminum tube. Tube slides into luff groove, screws are tightened to lock Cleat in desired position. Long tube with off-center cleat prevents Gooseneck Slide from hitting Cleat.
Anodized Aluminum Cleat Backing Plate is suitable for use with Cleats with up to 3/8" fasteners and up to 2 3/8" hole centers. Backing Plate is 3 1/2" long x 1" wide x 1/8" thick, and has (2) slots (3/8" x 1") on 1 5/8" centers. Suitable for use with many Spar and Jam Cleats, most Deck Cleats will require two (2) pieces.


The joint NC3Rs and Society of Biology symposium held in London on Wednesday brought together researchers from disparate fields to share their work in replacing, refining and reducing the use of animals in research.
The day kicked off with a focus on maximising the information we can get from mouse models. Jacqui White described the work of the International Mouse Phenotyping Consortium who have created a systematic approach to describe the phenotypes of knockout mice. Detecting and describing changes in mice missing a gene is difficult and can be subjective, so it is hoped that their system will reduce variation in the reported descriptions. They are aiming to describe 20,000 mouse genes by 2021 and create an easy-to-use database for researchers to access.
Sara Wells from MRC Harwell spoke on efficient strategies in mice breeding, which has become hugely important since the advent of genetic engineering. She also highlighted the problem of genetic drift in mice populations, with 114 random mutations being introduced naturally with each generation. While in most cases these will have little effect on the mice, it is something that researchers must consider and mitigate where possible.
Concluding the first session, Mark Lythgoe described his work using high-resolution MRI to study mice, avoiding the need for histology and reducing the number of mice required. The technique is even sensitive enough to observe a hole the width of a human hair in the heart of mice embryos.
The second half of the day covered minimising the use of mouse models by replacing them with alternative models and techniques. These ranged from using slime moulds to study the activity of epilepsy drugs to using zebrafish larvae to understand inflammation. One of the highlights of the session was Philip Maini, director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology, who translated between the language used by biologists and mathematicians ("when a cell divides it becomes two, but to mathematicians when you divide one it becomes a half"). He stressed the importance of feedback between in vivo experiments and mathematical models, with each informing and improving the other. As an example, he highlighted his work on mathematical models of neural crest cell movement. The simulations identified that there must be different types of cells involved, which was then confirmed by experiment and the data from the experiment was fed back into simulations to gain further insights.
Describing the challenges of working with human tissue, Gareth Sanger from Queen Mary University of London finished off the day with his work on the motilin hormone. He showed that this particular hormone is missing in mice and so it is worth working on human tissue despite the variation in the lifestyles and ages of the patients that the samples come from. Human tissue has advantages, like larger samples and greater relevance to the clinic, but getting hold of tissue requires a lot of coordination from getting patients' consent to the surgeons preserving the sample, approval from the pathologist and reaching the lab while it is still fresh.
While many of the cases presented are only suited to specific studies and would be difficult to be applied more widely, technological improvements are making it easier to replace and reduce the use of animals in more and more situations. The research posters presented at the symposium highlighted some of these, including the creation of more realistic cell cultures of human heart, lung and skin tissues. There are great range of approaches that are being developed and as these alternatives become more sophisticated scientists will be able reduce the need for animals in research, which we can all look forward to.


KeepTrack started a long time ago.. in those days there were no in app purchases and so to support the app I have created a free regular version and a paid pro version which added more functionality.
With the introduction of in app purchases I have decided to cancel the pro version and introduce pro features as in app items so users would be able to pick whatever they wanted instead of buying the whole package.
With the introduction of cloud storage I have limited the amount of entries and added a subscription with the intention of supporting the server costs.
This situation has led to a confused pricing model of both in app items and a subscription, it also limited the number of entries which some users did not like. Still, I needed some way of supporting this project so a new pricing model is now in place.
The new pricing model offers no in app purchases, only two paid subscription plans. The basic (and free) plan removes the limit on entries but added a limit on parameter count. I believe the majority of users will feel comfortable with this limitation as it means a casual user can use the app with no limits.
The pro plan increases that limit and adds all previous in app items (widget, multi value, goals) and the ultimate plan removes all limits and will contain additional future features.
Important: Any user who has previously bought an in app feature still has that feature as it was a purchase for life, also previous subscribers will get the ultimate plan functionality with no additional cost.
Version 6.0 also introduces a couple of major enhancements: the entries list has been improved with a new look and more options for you to control. We have also added more options for you to choose on your card display and these options were also added to the widget.
Nice update, especially the additional card display options!


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Dundonald Tor Bank former principal on Motor Neurone Disease diagnosis that stole his voice
Colm Davis, 60, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in May 2016 and had to retire from his role as principal of Tor Bank School in October 2017
Colm Davis and his wife Victoria
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A former principal of a Northern Ireland special school who lost his voice to Motor Neurone Disease has an empowering message for other sufferers.
Colm Davis, who was the head teacher at Tor Bank School until his ill health forced him to retire in October 2017, was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease in May 2016.
It took two years for the dad-of-three to be formally diagnosed after he first noticed tremors in his arms.
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The North Belfast man lost his voice during Christmas 2016 and in March last year was fitted with a feeding peg tube to help with his eating.
"My hands are getting progressively weaker and I'm walking slowly like a 90-year-old man. I'm still driving but I don't know for how much longer," he said.
"I have remained positive throughout my diagnosis and continue to lobby for those with MND and those with kids with Special Needs."
In a message to other dealing with a MND diagnosis, Colm, who was awarded an OBE in June 2017 for services to special education, said positivity was key.
Colm, his wife Victoria, daughter Victoria, daughter Amy and son Colm jnr
"My message is to stay positive and enjoy every day as if it's your last," he said.
"The worst thing you can do is to waken up looking for signs of deterioration. Waken up bright and breezy."
Colm, who spent 36 years in education with only three days sick leave, said the diagnosis was devastating for him, his wife Victoria, and his three children Victoria, Amy and Colm Jnr. He admitted his first thoughts were 'why me?' but then realised "you can't be negative about it and being positive is the only way to survive".
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MND is a rare, progressive and terminal neurological condition that causes the degeneration of the motor system, the cells and nerves in the brain and spinal cord which control the muscles in our bodies. This results in weakness and wasting of the muscles.
The 60-year-old said he had tried to work on after his diagnosis but his voice was already failing and eating was becoming more difficult due to muscle wastage in the throat and he made the difficult decision to retire.
Colm had downloaded his voice in June 2016 and it is now integrated into an app called Predictable on his phone and iPad.
"I recently turned 60 and I've had a life fully of joy and challenges," he said.
"I have worked in a fantastically rewarding job, having worked with special needs kids and now am lucky enough to continuously challenge the establishments over pressing and challenging issues around MND. The MND Committee are all a committed bunch of people who work beyond their volunteer remit.
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"I have three fantastic grown up kids, Victoria who lives and works in London, Amy who got married last year in Sitges and lives and works in Barcelona and Colm jnr who is at QUB studying psychology. I also have a beautiful and loving wife who is fully supportive of my condition although she has to work.
"Being part of the MND Committee is very rewarding. It gives me the opportunity to spend time with others who understand and have experiences of MND. There are many challenges for people out there and life is not simple for people with MND. Every day that you waken up, you're looking for signs of deterioration.
"Disappointingly everything in life (according to NHS) is means tested and they don't provide grants to enable wet rooms to be built and communication devices to be purchased. MNDA NI subsidises these up to £2,500.
"According to health, being means tested, I'm not entitled to any home adjustments or a carers allowance and that sickens me, a man who has paid taxes all my working life. I'm not bitter though, just thankful my lump sum from teaching was able to pay for home improvements to 'future proof' my house in case I end up in a wheel chair."
Talking about how life has changed, Colm said one of the most challenging aspects was becoming dependent on others.
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As well as giving up his career, he has had to give up the gym and said he is tired "all the time" and walks very slowly.
"My hands are getting weaker and I don't know what'll do if I can't type and communicate with the world outside using social media. I've lost two stone in weight too," he said.
"People are struggling to understand the nature of the disease. They say I look well. When I go to a meeting or to the shop, people assume that I'm deaf too and some of them start signing. It's frustrating not to be able to communicate normally."
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Calling on Belfast Live readers, Colm said it was vital people support the Motor Neurone Disease Association NI. He said through supporting them, they could put pressure on the Government to find a cure while raising the awareness of MND.
He added: "It's hard to believe that no cure has been sought for over 100 years since the first person has been diagnosed. Money raised will go to research as well as directly to support MND sufferers."
Belfast-headquartered tech company Neueda has launched a year-long fundraising programme to support Motor Neurone Disease Association Northern Ireland as its official charity of the year.
MNDA NI supports people with MND and also provides valuable assistance to the families and carers of those living with MND.
Colm was awarded an OBE in June 2017 for services to special education
Stephen Thompson of Motor Neurone Disease Association NI said: "MND affects people in different ways, no two people have exactly the same symptoms or experience of MND.
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"It not only affects the person with the disease, but also those close to them. Our aim is to provide as much help, advice and support as we can to people living with MND, their families and carers. In doing so, we provide trained volunteer visits, host group support meetings, help with specialist equipment, materials and information – and deliver educational opportunities for healthcare professionals.
"Our branch is run by volunteers. Having the support of a major local employer like Neueda is crucial in helping us raise the funds we need to continue our service. We look forward to working with the team at Neueda, who have already shown a great deal of enthusiasm for fundraising."
Steven Creighton, CFO at Neueda, added: "We invited our employees to nominate which charity we should support in 2019. MNDA NI was proposed by a staff member who sadly lost a friend to MND recently. We are especially pleased to support the invaluable work that MNDA NI provides to those affected in Northern Ireland.
"There are a number of fundraising initiatives planned throughout the year ahead. As well as raising as much money as possible, we hope our efforts will help raise awareness of MND."
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Costa Titch Shares Highly Anticipated Visuals for 'Nkalakatha Remix' Featuring Riky Rick and AKA
Watch Costa Titch's music video for 'Nkalakatha Remix' featuring Riky Rick and AKA.
Costa Titch caught the game's attention with his single "Nkalakatha." The idea of a trap version of a kwaito classic was always going to be bizarre at first. But Costa Titch's song is an undeniable banger that inspires mosh pits at shows.
By now, if you haven't been living under a rock, you've heard the song's remix which features two of the country's biggest rappers AKA and Riky Rick.
After weeks of teasing, the up-and-coming rapper from Mpumalanga released the visuals for the remix. As expected, the energy levels on the video are high. Costa Titch and his guests are flanked by a gang of young people who gyrate to the thumping bass. The video was filmed by Argentina Fargo Films in two locations Sandhurst and Klipfontein. It boasts a natural street aesthetic.
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Costa Titch's background as a dancer bleeds through in the video as he busts several choreographed moves with his group of dancers—you don't see that much choreographed dancing in South African hip-hop videos in 2020.
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Q: How to test OpenLayers app with Selenium? I know this is and oldie, and I apologize for that. But I still haven't found a solution to this.
I have recently tried to test my OpenLayers-based app with Selenium. But when I click on the map, it doesn't detect the click in Selenium. I have searched all over the Internet. Some people say it is a bug from Selenium, other claim to have found a workaround.
I have tried all these solutions and I am getting no results. The clicks still don't work.
http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/Testing-with-selenium-IDE-td5015680.html
Selenium IDE testing on maps(Open Layers)
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gis.openlayers.user/18125
Could you please explain it better? Or maybe show an example?
Thanks
PS: I am new to Selenium, so it might be a bit more difficult for me to understand it.

A: I don't know if this is the best solution, but meanwhile I have started using Selenium WebDriver, more specifically, the Java version.
I have watched this video about automated tests and it helped a lot for getting on the right track. The video shows some examples of the use of Selenium WebDriver (the C# version, but it is similar to the Java version).
I have installed the ChromeDriver but you can also do it fully in Firefox.
I use JUnit for the tests.
In Selenium IDE, you "record" the tests and then you replay them.
Here, in Selenium WebDriver, you fully write the tests, without recording anything.
For example, you write code for the following steps:
1) Open the web page of my OpenLayers (or other) app.
WebDriver driver = new FirefoxDriver();
driver.get("http://localhost/myOpenLayersApp/index.php");

2) Click on the button that opens page X
driver.findElement(By.id("Button-Go-to-page-X")).click();

3) Checks if you have indeed navigated to page X
boolean check = driver.findElement(By.id("Header-X"))
                    .getText()
                    .equals("This is page X.");
Assert.assertTrue(check);

This was a very simple example of how to use Selenium WebDriver. At least, this is how I use it.
If you have more questions, please feel free to ask. :)
Note: Watch the video if you are new to this. It is a very good lesson about automated testing.

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