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Now I'll walk you through the sequence. This is a great short sequence for stretching leg muscles and opening the hips before or after a long hike. As always, you should start in a relaxed position (either seated or standing) and practice proper Yoga breathing until your mind is calm, focused and present. You can actually use the beginning of the Sun Salutation sequence to get into position and I often do two or three sequences of Sun Salutation before attempting the Dragon Pose:
- When ready, bring your palms together at your chest, thumbs resting against your sternum (Mountain Pose). Exhale.
- Inhale and raise your arms stretched above your head, shoulders back and pelvis forward (slight backward bend in your spine) (Forward Salute Pose).
- Exhale and bend your knees slightly, bending at the waist and keeping your back straight, lower your hands to touch the mat on either side of your feet (Forward Fold Position).
- Inhale and move your right foot back, knee touching the floor (Lunge). – (THIS IS OUR STARTING POSITION).
- Make sure your left knee is aligned with the big toe of your left foot and your knee is directly above the ankle. Point your right foot so that your right knee and the top of your right foot are resting on the ground (you may need additional padding under your knee).
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- Inhale and lift your torso bringing the back straight and chest out, shoulders back. You can either rest your hands at your side, or rest your hands on your left thigh using them to help support the position and take some of the strain off your left knee and quad. To deepen the position even more, you can raise your hands above your head (similar to Warrior I Pose), fingers toward the sky, while keeping your back straight, chest out and shoulders back. Once finding your position, hold for 10-15 breaths.
- Exhale and lower your torso to your left thigh and bring your hands to the ground supporting your body.
- Inhale and slide your right knee forward slightly then curl your toes under your foot.
- Exhale and straighten both legs, raising your tailbone, rolling your weight to your toes and the ball of your foot then push your right heel to the ground.
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- When ready, Exhale and bring your left foot back to join your right foot in Down-ward Dog, pushing your tailbone to the sky and feeling the stretch.
- Inhale and swing your right leg into lunge position and repeat the sequence with the other leg.
There are more variations to the Dragon that I will discuss in a future post. For now, enjoy the freedom gained from this liberating stretch and don't forget to Breathe!
Here are further variations on the Dragon I found at YinYoga.com. I especially like Winged Dragon and Fire-Breathing Dragon for a good hip stretch.
Alternative Dragons:
- The first alternative pose is a simple low lunge called Baby Dragon, as shown in the picture at the top of the page. If you like, you can rest your hands on blocks.
- The next option is to rest the arms or hands on the front thigh and lift the chest, increasing the weight over the hips. This is called Dragon Flying High.
- A deeper option, Dragon Flying Low, is to place both hands inside the front foot and walk hands forward, lowering the hips. For more depth, come down on the elbows or rest them on a bolster or block.
- In Twisted Dragon, one hand pushes the front knee to the side, while the chest rotates to the sky.
- In Winged Dragon, with hands on the floor, wing out the knee a few times, rolling onto the outside edge of that foot and then stay there with the knee low. You could come down on the elbows or rest them on a block or bolster.
- Overstepping Dragon exercises the ankle. From Baby Dragon, allow the front knee to come far forward and/or slide the heel backward, until the heel is just about to lift off the ground.
- Dragon Splits offers the deepest stretch for hip flexors. Straighten both legs into the splits. Support the front hip with a bolster under the buttock for balance and to release weight; this relaxes the muscles. Sit up tall or fold forward for different sensations.
- For Fire-Breathing Dragon, in any of the above variations, tuck the back toe under and lift the knee up, lengthening the leg. This puts more weight into the hips, increasing the stretch.


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Early Seneca and Champe rocks, Nelson and Judy Gap developer and East Coast hardman and pioneer Dr. Howard Thomas Doyle Jr., Ph. D., passed away at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Nov. 27, 2006. He was 64 years old.
Born and raised in Jersey City, Dr. Doyle lived in Maryland for many years, spending weekends and holidays producing and repeating hard climbs throughout Germany Valley and the East Coast before moving to Utah eight years ago. He was a professor at the University of the District of Columbia in Washington, D.C., before retiring.
Dr. Doyle achieved his bachelors degree from the University of Maryland in 1966, then his masters degree from Montclair State College in 1969 and his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 1971. He was a world traveler and an avid rock climber and skier. Many of the early hard routes at Seneca (many of which remain testpieces of nerve and skill to this day) were the work or inspiration of Howard Doyle and his contemporaries, freeing the old aid lines and setting new standards and modest grades.
Long-time East Coast hardman Eddie Begoon remembered Doyle as "the man who consolidated the idea of hard rock climbing at Seneca and all over the East Coast", as well as crossing the globe in search of good rock and deep powder. Next time you thumb through a Seneca Rocks guide, count the number of times you find his name, and think of the number of times you've climbed his harder routes.
Howard's memory for detail on climbs years in the past was uncanny; if questioned about a route in passing, with a moment's thought he could produce complete descriptions of gear, holds, and the FA conditions.
Howard Doyle was a big man. I only met him once, but I remember the solid mass of the man, even in his older years. Even then, faded and weathered, he had a presence, a strength.
As I have explored Seneca over the years since, tracing her routes and faces, and wandering the East Coast through other trad areas and lost corners, I have come to understand, in a very small way, just how large the spirit inside him was.
Howard was part of a cadre of true hardmen and women, doing what they did for the sheer love of it, with little glory or recognition. Their examples are still inspiring milestones on the Path.
There are not many like Howard Doyle, in any age. He will be missed.
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Thanks for taking time to type this up. It was good to read about a pioneer in places that I climb.
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I saw the news on supertopo. I was lucky to have climbed with Howard a few times, but I've spent a climbing career climbing many of his routes. Super solid climber with great staying power.
I remember after climbing with Howard, we talked about how we both trained endurance, for climbing at Seneca. He could safely lead Hard FA's onsight, with great gear placing skills, and the ability to hang in there for as long as it took. Just a great climbing style. If someone asked me to explain the difference bewteen sport and trad, my answer would be watch Howard Doyle climb. Thats how you climb trad.
Climbing has changed so much since Howard started putting up lines, much for the worse, ahh but his beautiful lines remain. I guess I will have to pick out one of his 5.10 r/x routes and pay my respects.
Good job with the write up roninthorne.
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I appreciate your kindness... the supertopo write-up was very, very good. I got the news from Eddie Begoon while climbing at Franklin. I knew there was nothing on rc.com, yet, and that Howard was too important a pioneer to pass without recognition.
Thanks, again, Doctor Doyle, for all your gifts across all the years.
Thank you, Howard... climb on.
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I was at a party in DC or Maryalsn and Howard Doyle tells me this story about being shot at when climbing at a V cliff down River from Seneca, " I heard this ping pring ping in a circle around us". He sounded like he would be a great partner.
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I only recently learned about Howies death. Its so sad that someone who seemed so healthy and kept himself is such good shape (his PhD was in an area related to physical fitness) died so young. This is a little long but I wanted to include some tales about Howie that you may not know.
Howie and I were good friends in the early 70s. We climbed, skied and got together at each others places. The first time I went to Howies house was after stopping at Travs after climbing at Carderock. I didnt know how to get to his house, so I was doing my best to keep up with Howies car going down the Clara Barton Parkway (then George Washington Parkway, Maryland side), when the federal police by the waterworks pulled us over and ticketed both of us. At a party, Howie showed me one of his party drinksdrink ½ a beer, refill the can with any available cheap wine, drink againI only tried it once. I took Howie and a few others for an overnight in my sailboat. Howie and Lotus were among a few close friends at Stevies and my wedding 30 years ago.
I first met Howie at Carderrock in 1970 or 71. Im not exactly sure of the year, but he had just started climbing. I think he had done some climbing; perhaps a climbing class, maybe from Bob Norris, but Im not sure. I had a rope up (I dont remember who I was climbing with) and here was this big guy who looked very interested. One thing led to another and he was soon tied on to my rope. A few weeks later I took Howie and his then wife, Cathy, on their first trip to Seneca. We started on Breakneck. Howie was a natural. Cathy, who had been a gymnast, was also quite good. This started several years of climbing together at Seneca and the Gunks. Consider that Howie weighed about 185 then and I was 125. Did I mention we used body belaysat least until Howie insisted I get a sticht plate. Fortunately, he never bombed on me on a lead, but I caught him a number of times on top rope. Howies climbing ability eventually far exceeded mine and he started climbing with better climbers such as Lotus, Herb Laeger and Eve.
One day Howie and I were working a boulder problem on a wall perpendicular to the The Aid Box along the Potomac River. Neither one of us got more than ½ way. Then on one try Howie grabbed a flake part way up the climb and with his weight ripped it off the wall. That was the handhold that got me over that spot. That was as high as I could get after that. Howie could reach higher and therefore climb higher. Although we didnt solve the boulder problem that day I seem to recall that Howie and another climber solved it on a later try.
On one trip to Seneca Howie and I started out on a cool, but promising, morning to climb Tonys Nightmare. It was mild enough that we both wore t-shirts. Howie led. Before I got on the first pitch the temperature had dropped and the wind picked up. By the time I was coming out of the chimney it had become quite cold. I saw Howie shivering on belay. I suggested we bail to get some warm clothing. But Howie said as he shook I-I-It d-d-doesnt b-b-bother me i-i-if it d-d-doesnt b-b-bother y-y-you..
Howie wasnt a club joiner. For example, he never joined the Mountaineering Section of the PATC, although he occasionally showed up and gave at least one slide show there (climbing in Europe). He did, however, go on a ski club sponsored, Thanksgiving weekend, car-pool ski trip to Mt. Sutton, Canada. I knew Howie had skied quite a bit at Hunter Mt., New York And when he was in grad-school in Utah he skied the backcountry of what is now Snowbird by climbing over the ridge from Alta. Before the Sutton trip we called ahead and were assured there was snow on the whole mountain. Sutton is a 12 hour drive from DC. He and I were to take turns driving. There were two other riders who were not going to drive. Howie turned up for the trip with a painful lower back from teaching a rowing exercise in one of his classes. He told me this happened every time he taught that exercise. (Something about a muscular imbalanceIn Howie??) Because of his sore back he couldnt drive much and I had to do most of the driving. To top it off, when we got to Sutton the only slope with snow was the T-bar. It was probably just as good, since his sore bake made it difficult for him to turn in one direction. We returned to DC early. The next year Howie again had the problem after the rowing exercise, but he told me someone had shown him a yoga exercise that helped quite a lot.
One year Howie and I had decided to go to Seneca during the Petersburg White Water weekend to climb and watch the races. However, one of his friends acquired two tickets to the Explorers Club annual dinner in New York and invited Howie along. So the deal was that I would drive Howies wife, Cathy to Seneca on Friday night. Howie and his friend would go to New York for the dinner and then drive to Seneca as soon as it was over. (Howie later mentioned that there was a lot of one-upmanship at the meetinga speaker might say, There were 63 villagers on the island when I was there six months ago . And someone else might mumble, I was there two weeks ago and there were only 58 . Anyway, the next morning there was no sign of Howie. In fact, he didnt show up until mid-afternoon. It seems that Howie went to sleep while his friend was driving from New York. When he woke up they were almost in North Carolina and had to turn around and drive all the way back. You can guess how peeved Howie was about that.
The last time I saw Howie was at Carderock. I had finished climbing for the day and was just leaving when Howie and a friend arrived. We talked for a few minutes until Howie said, We have to go work-out. We planned to get together, but never did before he moved to Salt Lake. Im sorry I didnt have the chance to see him again.
In my mind Im sure that wherever Howie is hes doing the hardest, most exposed trad in the region, onsight.
Joe Ney
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It is with deep regret that we post this announcement.
Paul Duval, a Needles pioneer, icon and friend to us all, died yesterday in a climbing accident at the Moonlight Ridge area. The accident involved mistaking the mark near the end of a rope for the mark at the center of the rope and resulted in rappelling off the short end.
Our condolences to his family and loved ones.
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I read an article in a The Nation a few weeks ago (yes, I read The Nation as well as a variety of other publications on the left and the right) that discussed the great works Hugo Chavez was conducting for the Latin immigrants (legal and illegal) in the five boroughs of New York City–subsidizing gas and heating oil for those who were too poor to afford prices offered by the capitalist American establishment. The program which is a few years old at this point, has tagged Chavez with the title "The Oil Pimp" by many. The author of The Nation article was practically on his knees licking the bootstraps of the recently ordained all-powerful dictator for his altruistic endeavor, only offering a minute amount of trepidation near the end—cautiously hopeful that Chavez is doing the same for the poor in Venezuela.
Does anyone really believe he'll relinquish his dictatorial power when the agreed upon 18 month period is up? Doubtful. I have a feeling we'll be looking at a new 'dictator for life' in the vein of Idi Amin, the once brutal dictator of Uganda during the early 1970's. He's closing in on that title and has even made comments to that end. But father knows best, especially when it's in
your his best interest.
But Chavez is a hero to the generally uniformed masses of the left who advocate and sympathize with Hugo's democratic socialism as a blueprint for the way the United States should conduct itself socially and politically, nationally and internationally. Many Americans (generally the Birkenstock-sporting crowd, not to generalize) who take the opportunity to visit Venezuela come back to the U.S. with a new vim and vigor ardor for the work Chavez is doing in his country, and something worthy of emulation here.
A typical response from this story… "It's just amazing being here. There is so much vibe and passion, there is truly a sense of revolution," Lucy Dale, 20, a university student from Chicago on a 17-day trip, said last week. "I want to return to do volunteer work."
Chavez sounds like a leader who is actually advancing positive reforms and programs that are helping many people in his country who are in significant need of assistance. It appears that he is winning many hearts and minds to his causes and politics, not only in Venezuela but here in the United States as well. While there's obviously nothing wrong with gratifying those who are your political base, or those who one is urging to nudge to their worldview—all politicians kiss babies after all—it is also apparent that Chavez is promoting and instituting policies that bring into question his current and future motives as dictator.
The visiting pseudo U.S. ambassadors mentioned above are obviously possessing of a naiveté indicative of leftwing college students; contrary to popular academic opinion, carrying peace banners and shouting "Impeach Bush now" does not make one informed. These students probably knew little as to Chavez's rise to power and the apparent crime and corruption that was his tools to get where is now. The Chavez recall vote that occurred in 2004 was rampant with accusations of fraud and vote tampering, despite the presence of the Carter Center (no surprise there.)
Still, when one demonstrates little ability for independent and original thought, it's a gentle slope to traverse to become enamored of a charismatic leader and the promises they make and the conviction with which the leader makes them. Adolf Hitler, a staunch social leftist, managed a similar maneuver to Chavez's educational reforms. In 1933, Hitler instituted a sweeping and universally popular labor reform by granting annual paid vacations to the working class of Germany, a new concept at that time and one that lured many German citizens over to his manner of thinking.
Hitler did it under the guise of liberal socialist reforms for the common man, creating a stronger bond of brotherhood to the peoples of the Deutschland—he did it for the common good and the betterment of society.
The below piece from Dr. Pat Santy (also known as Dr. Sanity from her blog) presents and excellent argument concerning social leftism and the failed (and sometimes disastrous) promises often made in the name of social reform. While Hugo Chavez may not be as infamous as was Hitler, there was a point in time when Der Fuhrer was nothing more than a struggling college student.
Leszak Kolakowski, a Polish philosopher expelled from the Communist Party in 1968 for his heretical views makes the following keen observation about the morality of socialism (from My Correct Views on Everything, reviewed in The Weekly Standard) :
Socialism as a social or moral philosophy was based on the ideal of human brotherhood, which can never be implemented by institutional means. There has never been, and ther will never be, an institutional means of making people brothers. Fraternity under compulsion is the most malignant idea devised in modern times; it is the perfect path to totaltarian tyranny.
The social engineers of the left, motivated as they are by their creative utopian aspirations–expressed by the desire to impose (forcibly, if necessary) universal peace, social justice and brotherhood upon humanity–are completely oblivious to the malignant side of their own natures. Both they and the capitalist entrepreneurs of the right who they despise so vehemently are both driven by the darker human emotions: envy, greed and a need to dominate others.
However, there remains an extremely crucial difference between them.
The do-gooder leftist in all the various ideological incarnations–the antiwar crowd, the environmental crowd, the communists, socialists, and assorted collectivists–offers the rationale that he does what he does for the "common good" and for "social justice", "peace" and "brotherhood". His high-minded, self-righteous rhetoric justifies (to him anyway) imposing his will and beliefs on others for their own good; and he will not hesitate to use whatever coercive capablity he has at hand to get others to do what he wants and what he says.
The capitalist, on the other hand, is overtly out to pursue his own selfish profit, and understands he must use persuasion. That is, he must convince people that his ideas and the products of his mind are better than all the rest so that they will be willing to part with their hard-earned money to possess them. His desire for power over others is manifested in an indirect manner because people must wnat what he has to offer and believe that they will benefit from an interaction with him.
There is no parallel social limitations on the behavior of the leftist. This tyrant wannabe does not feel the need to convince others of the veracity or even the effectiveness of his ideas; nor does he accept defeat when others are not interested or resist their implementation. He knows in his heart what is best for everyone, and he will use coercion if necessary. He will not allow options; nor will he permit others do do what they think is right for themselves. Their feelings or concerns are a matter of complete indifference to him. Only his own matter.
The leftist's desire for power is direct and absolute; and this is a direct consequence of his utopian ideology.
And there is no area of your life which will escape his intrusive psychopathology, because he justifies it by saying he is really doing it for your sake.
The clever leftist always manages to hide these darker motivations–the envy, greed, and desire for power–and pretend they don't even exist–even to himself. He tells himself he does not possess such dark motives; that his motives are pure and uncontaminated by the kind of self-serving goals the selfish capitalists pursue. The banal platitudes and silly slogans he chants during his protest marches make him feel oh so good about himself; and experiencing too much knowledge and insight about his inner state would make him extremely uncomfortable; perhaps even causing him to question some of his basic assumptions about himself or his beliefs.
This is the essence of the "dilemma of the utopians". They see themselves as so pure and righteous; so correct and virtuous; how is it possible that their beautiful utopian dreams always turn into such horrible human nightmares?
You can then count on the true leftist believer to close his eyes not only to his own internal reality, but also to the external reality that proves the uselessness of his beliefs in the real world. Few on the left have ever acknowledged the nightmare of the Soviet gulag; or Lenin's purges; or China's crackdowns. Few have ever even accepted the incredible human cost their ideologies have taken on humanity; the death the suffering and misery. Even today, they actively support all the future Stalin's (like the thug Chavez) in their grabs for unparalleled power. Chavez, of course, follows the pure utopian aspirations of the typical leftist and is only allowing himself to become "dictator for life" because he wants to help his people. [See here about the rise of neo-fascism in Latin America and here about the neo-marxist fascists of the left]
Uh-huh. Right.
The mindless minions of the left jubilantly celebrate Chavez' "courage" in taking power to do what they believe is "just "and "helps the poor". They cheer on his thuggish oppression because they believe their ends justify any means. Every obscenity is tolerable– as long as you rant about the evil capitalists and their "exploitation" and "oppression"; or say you are only taking control of everyone's lives for the sake of "social justice".
When you consider the historical –and catastrophic — human consequences that have ensued whenever their perfect utopias are implemented, it is little wonder that they will ignore, deny and distort any information that exposes the underlying envy and rage that drive their sociopathic selflessness. Their precious self-esteem would surely plummet, and their self-esteem must be preserved at all costs.
While societies that operate under the rule of law have all the necessary checks and balances that prevent the capitalist from cheating or robbing his clients and hold him to account if he does; civilization has been fooled repeatedly throughout history by the virtuous, self-righteous, anti-capitalist robbers and cheaters of the left who simply disguise their robbery and fraud behind the stated purity of their motives (see here, for the most recent example).
Many on the left believe their agenda is driven by a piety that only they, in their heightened awareness, are capable of. Their motives are pure, they say. Disagree with them and you are evil. They are true believers, and as such, they are entitled to make decisions for others, on behalf of others and despite others. They love their fellow man, they say. They hate injustice, they say. They are true believers in the highest calling of mankind.
Well, the Nazis were true believers, too. There were communists that were true believers and they have the blood of 50 million people on their hands. The North Vietnamese killed 2-3 million after we left Vietnam. Castro and Che slaughtered hundreds of thousands between them. African communists have shed the blood of millions.
All of the aforementioned were true believers. All of them believed they were serving the best interests of mankind.
Being a 'true believer' is no mark or guarantee of moral or ethical superiority.
That applies to all 'true believers' of every political, religious or ethical stripe. When you are not open to new ideas, thoughts or challenges, you are no better than ther legions of evil 'true believers' that preceded you. This latest crop of 'true believers' are intellectual pygmies, the 'useful idiots' and apparatchiks of our time, afraid of debate and most of all, afraid of accountability.
They are the true enablers of evil. They deliberately choose blindness and deafness, so as to affirm their 'righteousness.' They see themselves as charged with a mission- to blind and render deaf others, so that their status might be validated. Without their distortions,evil would be held to account. Instead, evil is allowed to flourish.
They are no more than the fertilizer for evil, violence and death.
Today's left promises wealth and happiness and justice and brotherhood. What they have always delivered is poverty and misery; injustice and death. It will be no different this time around.
Every time I hear the left voicing their utopian aspirations and dreaming their totalitarian dreams, I think about all the victims that will suffer from their selfless virtue. I can't help remembering the words of Mal Reynolds in the movie Serenity, after discovering an entire planet's population has been wiped out as a result of the same kind of selfless utopian motivations:
"Somebody has to speak for these people….Sure as I know anything, I know this, they will try again. Maybe on another world, maybe on this very ground swept clean. A year from now, they'll swing back to the belief…that they can make people…better.
And I do not hold to that."
Neither do I.


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Suri on Friedman, 'Rethinking Anti-Americanism: The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations'
Max P. Friedman. Rethinking Anti-Americanism: The History of an Exceptional Concept in American Foreign Relations. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press, 2012. . $32.99 (paper), ISBN 978-0-521-68342-5; $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-521-86491-6.
Reviewed by Jeremi Suri (The University of Texas at Austin) Published on H-Diplo (June, 2013) Commissioned by Seth Offenbach
The Myths and Realities of Anti-Americanism
On May 23, 2013, President Barack Obama delivered the most important foreign policy speech of his presidency. Speaking at the National Defense University in Washington DC, he argued that the United States had to redefine its military posture in more focused and limited terms, abandoning what he called the "boundless 'global war on terror'" begun by his predecessor.[1] President Obama admitted that the United States could not bear the costs of fighting numerous open-ended wars. He also explained that Washington's misguided military deployments, especially in Iraq, multiplied the threats to the nation.
Even as he deflated exaggerated fears of terrorism, Obama repeated the frequent argument that terrorists threaten the United States because of their own pathologies. He did not blame "anti-Americanism" explicitly, but he echoed the common claim that angry men and women seek to hurt the United States because they resent its wealth, freedom, and openness. The terrorists subscribe to what Obama described as a resentful, irrational, and violent worldview that defines itself at war with American society: "we have to recognize that these threats don't arise in a vacuum. Most, though not all, of the terrorism we faced is fueled by a common ideology--a belief by some extremists that Islam is in conflict with the United States and the West, and that violence against Western targets, including civilians, is justified in pursuit of a larger cause. Of course, this ideology is based on a lie, for the United States is not at war with Islam."[2]
Max Paul Friedman's sophisticated and deeply researched new book charts the long pedigree for these common contemporary judgments about the "anti-American" quality of those who oppose and sometimes attack the United States. Friedman writes that the "anti-American" label for critics "dates back at least to 1767." Drawing on the correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and others, he argues that the "initial, neutral definition of being opposed to America or Americans, comparable to anti-French or anti-Russian sentiment, evolved to acquire a deeper, dual meaning: domestically, the term carried the implication of disloyalty and betrayal, used to delegitimize opponents of war and expansion; internationally, it implied an irrational, often culturally based, hatred of democracy. These associations have clung to the word right up to our own time, giving it a special rhetorical power that enables the concept of anti-Americanism to cause two kinds of damage: stifling dissent at home while distorting Americans' perceptions of the motives and intentions of foreign critics" (p. 21).
Leading American policymakers and thinkers in the nineteenth century, according to Friedman, defined a binary world of American justice, democracy, and capitalism combating a world filled with degenerate, tyrannical, and militaristic regimes. This binary, enshrined as "an enduring--and misleading--analytical category," set a pattern for American politics during the twentieth century, in Friedman's account (p. 51). It encouraged widespread dismissal of European progressives, like George Bernard Shaw, and Latin American nationalists, like José Martí, who pursued a politics of freedom that departed consciously from the American model. These figures and others, Friedman shows, lacked credibility within many parts of the United States because their opponents ostracized them with the label of being "anti-American." American readers developed a caricatured view of what Shaw and Martí, later Jean-Paul Sartre and Fidel Castro, aimed to achieve. Friedman argues that this intellectual prejudice crippled American policymakers from understanding nationalism, social democracy, and other progressive ideas. Instead of learning to work with local activists who pursued goals compatible with American interests, the binary world of alleged allies and "anti-Americans" encouraged policymakers to side with the dictators who praised Washington, but failed to implement democratic programs.
Friedman is particularly strong in his application of this insight to early twentieth-century American policies in Mexico. He condemns Washington's support for authoritarians who undermined possibilities for more grassroots democracy and development: "The point is that anti-Americanism as a concept contributes nothing to understanding the relations between Mexico and the United States. On the contrary, it takes a universal phenomenon--hostility generated by friction between neighboring countries--and turns it into a particular phenomenon, a peculiarly Latin kind of irrationality given to outbursts that, it is implied, should be treated like children's tantrums. This ascribes a monopoly on reason to Americans, who claim the right to judge Mexican behavior as illegitimate, especially when that behavior involves Mexican objections to American actions" (p. 66).
This powerful analytical point connects chapters in Rethinking Anti-Americanism on the Cold War in Europe and Latin America. Friedman also includes a detailed chapter on U.S. relations with France under President Charles de Gaulle. He shows quite persuasively how De Gaulle jealously guarded French national interests by seeking more independence from the United States and new initiatives in North Africa, Eastern Europe, and Southeast Asia. De Gaulle also promoted aggressive rhetoric to instill pride and self-confidence in his citizens after decades of war and relative decline. Friedman argues that American citizens and policymakers failed to appreciate the rational and reasonable motives for De Gaulle's actions because of an obsession with his alleged anti-Americanism. His actions were somehow immoral because they insulted American claims to self-righteousness. More controversial, Friedman claims that the United States suffered in Vietnam and other regions of the world because of a stubborn dismissal of French advice, despite its relevance for American decision making.[3]
For the Cold War as a whole, Friedman criticizes American policymakers for reinforcing rather than breaking down assumptions about a bipolar world of pro- and anti-American hostility. Containment, in this account, reinforced divisions and denied possibilities for geopolitical compromise. Friedman takes particular aim at President Dwight Eisenhower's Psychological Strategy Board and its successor, the Operations Coordinating Board, for spreading propaganda that overemphasized "anti-Americanism" and denied what the author sees as the reality of the Cold War: Soviet insecurity and conflict over geopolitical interests in Europe, Asia, and other regions.[4] For Friedman, Washington's obsession with anti-Americanism encouraged a global manifestation of what he condemns in early twentieth-century U.S.-Mexican relations: excessive intervention, misdirected support of pro-American authoritarians, and a dismissal of the real material issues (including insecurity and inequality) that caused conflict. In a thoughtful chapter on the domestic and international protests of the late Cold War, Friedman extends this argument to show how the "anti-American" label diminished the influence of patriotic and innovative critics--especially peace and ecological activists.
The epilogue of Rethinking Anti-Americanism brings us back full circle, applying Friedman's analysis to the "Global War on Terror" and its contemporary manifestations. Friedman is clear in his condemnation of terrorists who target civilians; he offers no apology for such immoral violence. He does, however, criticize Americans for failing to interrogate the roots of popular support for terrorism in the Middle East and other regions. Contrary to both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, Friedman sees little cause in ideology or deep hatred of the United States. He argues that there are, in fact, strong reservoirs of respect and admiration for American society in various regions, including the Middle East. Instead, Friedman finds opposition to the United States rooted in interventionist military and economic policies emanating from Washington and targeted at oil-rich states. Citizens in the Middle East feel victimized, according to this account, and they oppose U.S. government policies because they believe that these policies reinforce inequality and injustice throughout the region.
The tragedy that Friedman uncovers is that the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, aimed at combating terrorism, only reinforced opposition to the United States. This was true in the Middle East and throughout most of the rest of the world, Friedman shows. American military activities and bombastic rhetoric reinforced the worst stereotypes of U.S. bullying. The war in Iraq also created a new generation of displaced citizens in the region, blaming the United States for their suffering condition. Friedman argues that there is no "clash of civilizations," but a rejection of misdirected American power: "even people who strongly disfavor the United States are objecting not to American society or values but to its actions as perceived abroad" (p. 233).
Rethinking Anti-Americanism closes with a plea for citizens and policymakers to abandon long-held assumptions about "anti-Americanism." Friedman wants the United States to pursue its national interests, but with a clear-eyed recognition of the rational interests that move people in other societies to oppose American actions. Instead of condemnation and dismissal, he calls for a serious grappling with non-American perspectives, and a substantive effort, through diplomacy, to find compromises that accept differences, rather than seek to eliminate them: "Finding solutions to common problems will remain difficult as long as a substantial portion of the American public continues to view critical discussion of basic issues in policy and social organization as anti-American" (p. 238).
Friedman's book builds on the important work of Alan McPherson (Yankee No! Anti-Americanism in U.S.-Latin American Relations [2003]) and Peter J. Katzenstein and Robert O. Keohane (edited collection Anti-Americanisms in World Politics [2007]), among others. Unlike these scholars, however, Friedman focuses his lens on American misperceptions, misjudgments, and misdirected policies. He gives Americans the primary agency in defining the meanings and implications of "anti-Americanism." Friedman offers rich details on the behavior of foreign societies, particularly in Western Europe and Latin America, but primarily to show that foreign activities do not explain assumptions about "anti-Americanism." He unveils the concept as a self-serving American myth, not an accurate or useful category for comprehending the world. Friedman defines "anti-Americanism" by looking in the American historical mirror, and he hopes to replace distorted reflections with a clearer, more "cosmopolitan" and "multilateralist" window on the world (p. 240).
Is this possible? Can Americans jettison their long-standing assumptions about the threats of degenerate "anti-Americanism" abroad and at home? Is that fully desirable? Would American policy really improve if citizens assumed all political differences were rational and subjected to compromise among divergent interests, rather than existential conflicts of identity? Are we really sure that those who seek to harm the United States are motivated by the material interests that Friedman emphasizes?
Friedman is very convincing about the historical and contemporary excesses of anti-Americanism as an analytical category. He shows persuasively that it has distorted American policies and contributed to consistent misjudgments about critics and supporters. The United States would have been better served to recognize that many Communist sympathizers in the Cold War were not inherently anti-American, and many pro-American dictators were destructive to our most deeply held values. When U.S. policymakers have escaped anti-American assumptions about figures like Mao Zedong, and pro-American assumptions attached to authoritarians like Hosni Mubarak, they have been most successful. These moments have been much too rare.
At the same time, anti-American attitudes appear to be rooted in deeper foreign cultural and historical soil than Friedman is willing to admit in this excellent book. The author is responding to the exaggerated use of the concept by Americans, but he goes too far in deconstructing the concept as "myth," "hyperbole," and "fairy tale" (pp. 3, 35, 18). Friedman contends that hatred of the United States "remains a marginal position" in explaining the motives and behavior of foreign actors (p. 17), but he does not contend with the abundant contrary evidence. Although the vast majority of foreign critics are not driven by a hatred of the United States, many dangerous groups are organized and focused on that end as a value--sometimes a mission--in itself. Many government leaders also exploit resentment of American wealth and power to mobilize citizens and distract them from domestic failings. One might argue that even these extreme attitudes are a response to past American behavior, but they are now so separated from the daily actions of the U.S. government--and they offer such a selective reading of those daily actions--that they stand alone. Many international scholars with research credentials comparable to Friedman have made this point. Their work deserves serious attention when discussing anti-Americanism as a historical phenomenon.[5]
Attacks on America as a symbol, a culture, and a country have a large network of institutions and groups behind them, especially in the Middle East. As "moderate" figures have frequently learned, it is very hard to undo these anti-American attitudes and the institutions built around them. Whether justified or not, anti-American violence has become valorized in numerous communities. American observers should not exaggerate this observation, but they cannot ignore it either. Anti-Americanism has become a central organizing ideology for many diverse groups, including Al Qaeda, the Taliban, and Hezbollah, as well as militant Jewish settler organizations, ultra-Orthodox sects, and some Christian missionaries. All of these groups define themselves as standing against the consumerism and pluralism of American influences. Opposing the United States gives them a sense of identity by identifying a clear "other." It gives them a coherent reason for being. These groups and their sympathizers see the United States as a radical threat to their inherited way of life. They have proven deadly in their embrace of violence directed at American representatives and perceived supporters.[6]
Friedman advocates a change in American attitudes and policies. This is worthwhile and appropriate. It is also not sufficient, especially for those charged with making foreign policy. U.S. military withdrawal from the Middle East would not end Iranian and other regional attacks on American "heathens." U.S. military withdrawal from the Korean peninsula would not convince the North Korean leadership to end its denunciations and attacks on American interests. These societies and their supporters have too much invested in proclaiming their systems at war with the United States. This is a war over cultural assumptions about legitimacy and political forms of authority, as well as the material interests that Friedman emphasizes. Addressing the material conflicts alone will not eliminate the broader threats and dangers.
Culture, ideology, and identity are not determinative, but they matter enormously to politics and foreign policy. They influence and frequently distort American perceptions, as Friedman documents. They also do the same for foreign views of the United States. Friedman's book dismisses this crucial second part of the story. That neglect leaves the reader of his excellent book with a still distorted view of international relations. One cannot understand America's foreign conflicts by dissecting American prejudices and misperceptions alone. The misuses of anti-Americanism run at least two ways.
As he seeks to restrain the excesses of the "Global War on Terror," President Obama is grappling with precisely these issues. He is trying to educate American citizens about the need for skillful multilateral diplomacy that recognizes legitimate differences in interests and perceptions among societies. At the same time, he cannot neglect the evidence of small but significant groups of actors--state and non-state--who have adopted what the president correctly calls an "ideology" encouraging harm to American civilians. The president must formulate a foreign policy that neither exaggerates nor neglects the threats to the United States.
Scholars are not policymakers, but they should strive for the same balance in their work. During its history, the United States has contributed to perceptions of "anti-Americanism," but it has also exercised legitimate power to defend itself against those who have wished it harm. Friedman has done valuable scholarly work to address the first part of this story. The next task is to integrate his insights with the broader motivations of America's critics and friends abroad.
[1]. President Barack Obama (speech presented at the National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington DC, May 23, 2013), http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/05/23/remarks-president-national-defense-university.
[2]. Ibid.
[3]. The relationship between France and the United States in Vietnam, and the failure of American leaders to learn from the French experience, has received extensive treatment from historians. See, among others, Fredrik Logevall, Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America's Vietnam (New York: Random House, 2012); and Mark Atwood Lawrence, Assuming the Burden: Europe and the American Commitment to War in Vietnam (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005).
[4]. For the best account of Eisenhower's Psychological Strategy Board and the Operations Coordinating Board, see Kenneth Osgood, Total Cold War: Eisenhower's Secret Propaganda Battle at Home and Abroad (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2006).
[5]. There is a large scholarly literature on the cultural, religious, and political sources of anti-Americanism, and its separation from specific policies and reactions to those policies. These works, among others, treat anti-Americanism as a phenomenon that is not explained entirely, or even largely, in material terms: Gilles Kepel, Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003); Olivier Roy, Globalized Islam: The Search for a New Ummah (New York: Columbia University Press, 2006); Andrei Lankov, The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia (New York: Oxford University Press, 2013); McPherson, Yankee No!; and Katzenstein and Keohane, eds., Anti-Americanisms in World Politics.
[6]. Marc Lynch's excellent recent book covers many of these issues in a thoughtful and careful way: The Arab Uprising: The Unfinished Revolutions of the New Middle East (New York: Public Affairs, 2012).
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North Korea may be just one to two months away from following through on its threat to restart a plutonium reactor that can produce fissile material for nuclear bombs, a US research institute said yesterday.
But the North's ability to put the five megawatt reactor back to work will depend on the availability of fresh fuel rods to power it, and that remains uncertain.
The US-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies is basing its conclusions on analysis of commercial satellite images, the latest taken on May 22.
North Korea announced it plans to restart the reactor at Nyongbyon in early April, amid a litany of threats toward the US and South Korea after it faced tougher international censure over its latest nuclear and rocket tests. The reactor was shuttered in 2007 under the terms of a disarmament agreement.
The threats have subsided in recent weeks, and under pressure from ally China, North Korea has said it is willing to restart international negotiations but has not recommitted to a previous goal of abandoning atomic weapons. It's among the issues expected to be taken up by President Barack Obama and China's leader Xi Jinping when they hold a summit in California late this week.
"North Korea may not be testing long-range missiles or nuclear weapons right now but its WMD program is moving ahead," said former State Department official Joel Wit, who is editor of the institute's web site, 38 North. The abbreviation WMD stands for weapons of mass destruction.
"The purpose of restarting the five megawatt reactor is crystal clear: the production of more plutonium for more bombs," Wit said.
An analysis being published by 38 North says a new system to provide cooling for the reactor appears almost finished, and two underground water tanks are now in place next to a building that would hold spent fuel. External activity suggests that work is continuing inside the reactor building.
North Korea is believed to have a supply of fuel rods, but many of them may need adapting for use in the reactor, making it uncertain whether the North is indeed in a position to restart the reactor.
Once the reactor is up and running, it is capable of producing six kilograms of plutonium a year, enough for one or two bombs.
Analysts now put the North's arsenal at four to eight plutonium bombs. They also suspect it is making fuel for uranium bombs, but they don't know how much.


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Wednesday's rain causes doubleheader Thursday
BOSTON -- With nothing but rain in the forecast, the Red Sox-Rays game for Wednesday night was postponed and rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader on Thursday.
Fans who had tickets for Wednesday's game can use them for Game 1, slated for 1:05 p.m. ET on Thursday.
Dustin Pedroia bobbleheads will be given away to all fans who attend Game 1.
Game 2 will be played at the originally scheduled time of 7:10 p.m. ET.
The Red Sox will go with Jake Peavy in Game 1. Lefty Felix Doubront, who has been inconsistent and who was supposed to start Wednesday night, will start the nightcap.
"Personal preference of maybe a little bit more known commodity as far as dependability and getting deeper into the [first] game," Red Sox manager John Farrell said. "Not to say it's always a guarantee, but that's what you go by, knowing you've got a guy that can hopefully keep a bullpen from getting overexposed early and look to have guys fresh for Game 2."
The Red Sox are eligible to add a 26th roster spot for Game 2. Presumably, that will be a pitcher.
The decision to postpone Wednesday's game was made more than three hours before the scheduled first pitch.
According to the Red Sox professional weather service, Telvent DTN, the forecast called for a sustained period of rain throughout the afternoon and evening, with temperatures in the low 40s and wind gusts as high as 25 mph.
If nothing else, the first month of the season -- which for Boston is now over -- included a lot of inclement weather for the Red Sox.
"Man, mother nature, what's going on?" Red Sox DH David Ortiz said. "It will go away. Probably about a week before we get back into that baseball weather. [When] the weather heats up, Papi heats up."


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If one compares the two diagrams, one sees that fewer code depends on the data module, but it is also clear that still a lot of them do. Another issue that had not properly addressed yet, is that a lot of modules still depend on the extra module, which aggregates everything that had not been assigned elsewhere.
This diagram also helped me use the Ant <parallel> task to allow compiling CDK modules in parallel, instead of sequentially. Multicore machines can take advantage of that, and reduce the overall computation time. Full parallelism is not possible, and it is well visualized by the above diagram that there basically 12 sequential compilation steps in which one or more modules can be compiled. Further clean up of the module dependencies, will reduce this number, and further reduce the computation time on multicore machines.
Now, graph analysis could pinpoint the most troublesome nodes, but it would not surprise me that extra would be amongst them. But the following items are worth looking at too:
- why does qsar have to depend on charges?
- why does sdg (the 2D layout code) depends on io code?
- can isomorphism and formula be made independent of data?
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"The thing that made Friday interesting was the spontaneity," Axelrod said. "If you slip into a kind of convention, then conventionality will overtake the freshness of that."Yes, the Prez would get unfresh. That is: tired. And we need him to be doing things that are not done in front of cameras. American politics is already too much of a show. That's why we ended up with Obama as President in the first place!
Anyway, there's this petition, "Demand Question Time." David Corn, Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief, says:
"None of us are naive and believe that implementing Question Time will cure what ails our country and our political process. We do realize that if QT does become a Washington routine, politicians and their aides will do what they can to game it to their advantage. But even though there are problems with the presidential debates — which have been taken over by the political parties and a corporate-sponsored commission — those events still have value. If you want more Question Time — even if only for its entertainment value — you can saddle up with dozens (and maybe it will turn into hundreds, thousands, and millions) of your fellow Americans in calling on our elected representatives to show us their best stuff on a regular basis."That's an endorsement? It has some value. Bleh.


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A distance-learning course is an excellent opportunity to gain an education or further education from home or from the office. In a distance-learning course, the learner does not have to be present at the relevant educational institution.
A distance-learning course can be completed either mostly or entirely from home or from the office. The student is sent all of the documents she/he needs accesses them on the internet. Then she/he can decide when and where to complete the study tasks and how much time to invest in the studies.
But even in a distance-learning course the student is not left to her/his own devices. The student receives guidance from lecturers, tutors and distance-educators throughout the course. These people are ready to answer questions and provide valuable assistance. In addition, in many courses students are supported in a so-called online campus.
Once the student has completed the assignments, the student sends these to the educational institution for checking and marking. This gets rid of long journey times and costs for the student.
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Of course, not every course of study can be completed via distance-learning. Courses which require equipment generally do not offer an opportunity for distance-learning. Medicine is an example of a course of study of this sort. This demanding course requires the attendance of the student and cannot therefore be completed from home. However, many courses which are based primarily on acquiring a lot of theoretical knowledge or intellectual abilities can be completed through distance-learning. In these cases it is not significant whether this is a first course of study or an advanced course.


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Btw, Buddhism acknowledges no distinction between heart in the sense of feeling and mind in the sense of intellect. {Buddhism's traditional claim that mind is 'seated' in the heart may still be supported via the subtle-body/ch'i physiology of classical Indian/Chinese medicine; there are ample references for this.} Maybe you originally ingested the heart-v.-mind paradigm from romantic fiction or feminist literature rather than 'New Age', although I can see that a full immersion in western popular culture is enough to make anyone struggle to see things through any other lens. However:Tanmart22 wrote:your mind and heart are one cohesive unit. And becoming better acquainted with this state was sort of the point of me starting this thread, but maybe I am asking the wrong crowd. Maybe it is more along the lines of spirituality or humanity, all though to me these are core pillars of Buddhism.
You also made a lot of claims about heart rate which Buddhism doesn't normally concern itself with, but I'd be interested to hear proof that it really is slower when we're bored or depressed than it is when we're dreaming, as you claimed it isviniketa wrote:there is very much a "bridge" between heart and mind, it exists whether we "work on it" or not, but working on it is one approach to meditation. It is very important in the practice of yoga
I didn't understand what you also said about 'the visual parts of your mind' - I was under the impression that our species' over-reliance on this this sense was a problem, and a lot of my 'spiritual path'/getting-my-head-together has supported that theory both before and after the event, even when visual sensations were tied to feelings {Actually, they used to bury feelings inside them - Not good.} Also, the electricity that scientists have confirmed as fundamental to the mind-brain complex vanishes at death, and Tibetan/Vajrayana Buddhism specifically teaches that only a 'subtle continuum' of mind survives that event. Again, you've clearly heard or read certain teachings elsewhere and now take them for granted. Maybe 'the flow of electricity' is stabilised by meditation (I would imagine the pulse is normally stabilised at any rate), but this isn't Buddhist meditation's goal, and I've certainly never heard that we should grow to understand what such changes may or may not do to our bodies. If successful, I understand that Buddhist meditation will bring about a 'more engaged state', but Buddhist practice aims higher than merely tweaking at existing patterns; I will leave this to those better-qualified than myself to explain.
FYI, 'New Age' and Buddhism are two separate religions, hence -perhaps- the disjuncture between your assumptions and, well, ours.


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NHL 2K7 keeps the excitement and action racing with innovative camera angles, dramatic visuals and smooth animations, which add to the overall look and feel of the game. Adding to the immersion is on-ice player chatter and your choice of either cinematic score or commentary from Bob Cole and Harry Neale.
Online NHL 2K7 has a lot to offer via leagues, tournaments, lead tables and mini-games. Hockey fans can even track wins and losses in their leagues, adding yet another layer of NHL authenticity to online play.
A completely overhauled skating engine delivers silky, smooth animations, adding a realistic look and feel to the game. You can now lean and crossover during turns as well as deftly transition from forward to backward skating, enhancing the visual experience and also adding the ability to better position players for passes and offensive opportunities.
More checking variations improve contact along the boards and in open ice while innovative controls give you the power to decide where you want to move the stick. Defensive stick manoeuvres, shadowing controls, revamped puck physics and rebounds, add up to the finest NHL video game experience yet.
The finishing touch is the soundtrack, featuring music from Mudhoney, Hot Hot Heat, The Postal Service, The Thermals, Nebula, Kinski, Arlo, Band Of Horses, The Constantines, Seaweed, Sleater-Kinney and more.
• Take your team to glory on and offline in leagues, tournaments and mini-games
• Innovative camera angles, smooth animations, an overhauled skating engine and soundtrack reinvigorate your NHL experience
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Ice Hockey can be one of the most fast paced and exciting sports around, and with the promise of fist fights on the ice, and high speed body checks into the barricades, one of the most violent. Now the sport goes next gen with NHL 2K7 on PlayStation 3, and the results are extremely impressive.
Ice hockey is all about speed, aggression and power, and it's this that NHL 2K7 manages to capture so perfectly. Holding down R2 causes your skater to speed up and power across the ice, and hitting the Circle Button sees your player lower his shoulder to deliver a shoulder barge that can knock an opponent clean off his feet (or even over the barrier and into the penalty box if you're lucky). Of course, this being ice hockey, too much aggression and the opposition are going to want to throw down. When this happens, hit Select and you go into a one-on-one fighting mini game where the aim is to knock your opponent down, giving a nice morale boost to your team.
The graphics and animation are all top notch, with particular attention paid to the ice and ice effects. Skaters move realistically, and leave trails on the ice wherever they skate. They also raise a fine shower of ice whenever they stop. There's a great deal of attention to detail here, with light reflecting naturally off the ice and the players and some brilliant bombastic all-American commentary during the games.
The control system is fantastic. It's simple to pick up and play, and while you can get through most matches with just a combination of the pass, shoot and tackle buttons, for those willing to learn there's a huge amount of depth and substance to the controls to be uncovered. New features include Pressure Control where you select a player for your teammates to apply pressure to, Crease Control, where you take direct control of the goalie and are given the opportunity to save shots, Pro Control, that allows you total control over the power and direction of your shots and passes and On The Fly Coaching, where you can issue orders to your teammates in the heat of the match. In this way both newcomers and veterans are catered for, and there are real benefits in learning the advanced techniques to give you the vital edge in games.
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You can opt for a Quick Game, or the more in-depth Season Mode that sees you control your team over a whole season, with the goal of winning Ice Hockey's ultimate prize, the Stanley Cup. For frustrated managers out there, there's also Franchise Mode, that gives you control over every aspect of your chosen team, from hiring managers to scouting the minor leagues for new talent while trying to keep the board happy.
There's a whole wealth of less serious options too, including 15 great party games you can play with up to three friends that see you trying to smash ice blocks, hold on to the puck for as long as possible, or collect brightly coloured tokens while picking up powerups to freeze your opponents to the spot. There's also the option to play pond hockey on a frozen lake, and even a virtual games room where you can play air hockey, shuffleboard and a hockey trivia quiz. With so many game options on offer, as well as unlockable teams, jerseys and rinks there's enough game content here to keep anyone interested for a long, long time.Whether you're a fan of ice hockey or not, NHL 2K7 is a brilliantly fun slice of action sports gameplay that's sure to get the adrenaline pumping, and there's more than enough depth to make sure that you'll be coming back for more.
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