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Chicken in Basil Cream
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 25 min.
Makes4 servings
- 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup dry bread crumbs
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (4 ounces each)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 jar (4 ounces) sliced pimientos, drained
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup minced fresh basil
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- Place milk and bread crumbs in separate shallow bowls. Dip chicken in milk, then coat with crumbs.
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, cook chicken in butter until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 165°, about 5 minutes on each side. Remove and keep warm.
- Add broth to the skillet. Bring to a boil over medium heat; stir to loosen browned bits. Stir in the cream and pimientos; boil and stir for 1 minute. Reduce heat. Add the cheese, basil and pepper; cook and stir until heated through. Serve with chicken.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 493 calories, 37g fat (22g saturated fat), 177mg cholesterol, 536mg sodium, 9g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 1g fiber), 30g protein.
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Jun 28, 2020
This is one of my all time favorite recipes. It looks hard to make but it really is quite easy. Don't be afraid of the pimentos. They add a nice flavor.
Aug 30, 2017
Easy quick recipe. Great for a week night!
Jul 6, 2017
Delicious! One of my favorite recipes. I never remember to buy pimentos so I always use chopped roasted red peppers and its great. I double the sauce (or just use 2 chicken breasts and make the sauce as is) since it goes great over the chicken and pasta too. Love!
May 22, 2017
Delicious! To save on carbs, I grilled the chicken instead of breaded and frying. So easy to make!!
Mar 31, 2017
We loved this recipe! I also used a can of Rotel instead of pimientoand shredded Parmesan and Romano mix. ... and thighs instead of breasts. So delicious! Put it in my recipe box.
Jan 4, 2017
Love this recipe! I've made it three times now. The basil cream makes the dish look so elegant and the flavor is amazing, smooth, and just the right amount of basil flavoring. This dish appears difficult but is so simple and easy to do. This recipe will be one I make many times!
Jan 11, 2016
This was as delicious as it was easy and quick to make! I used fresh parmesan and the fresh basil was the icing on the cake. I used chicken quarters because that's what I had. I am going to try the sauce on shrimp over pasta next.
Oct 29, 2015
Easy to make
Oct 16, 2015
The chicken and the sauce turned out delicious~ this really is a 30 minute meal. It is a very easy recipe that even a beginner cook could make. I also left out the pimentos and it turned out excellent!
May 13, 2015
This dish is very easy and delicious. I make it with chicken tenders instead of breast. The left over sauce is good on potatoes or rice. Looks hard and company will think you are a gourmet cook, but this really is easy and very pretty looking. Fresh basil is a must to get the best results.


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Sources Close To Kanye West Say He's "Uncontrollable" And "Erratic"
Kanye West has been having a helluva week since he came back into our lives after his Twitter break and became a hero to the far-right. But sources close to him say he's uncontrollable, erratic and getting into huge fights with his family members. All of that sounds like business as usual for the Kardashian-West clan, so what's really going on behind-the-scenes?
First off, Kanye is under the impression that he's some kind of God that deserves to be praised (clearly he doesn't know we're at God capacity after #Beychella). According to TMZ Kanye called a meeting with his management team like Joan Crawford in Mommie Dearest and basically told them all, "Don't fuck with me fellas! It's my way or the highway!" Damn shame when they choose the highway though.
We're told Kanye gave his team an ultimatum – work with him full-time or not at all. The various members of his team, including his lawyers and manager Scooter Braun, weren't up for playing ball. Scooter has a million irons in the fire and working for Kanye full-time is out of the question.
Kanye has been tweeting A LOT. Like, "this is how I know you're rich and ain't got shit else better to do" too much. He did discuss letting Scooter go in a few tweets.
I no longer have a manager. I can't be managed
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
yes I got rid of my last lawyer why? Because he wouldn't come to work full time. I also asked my last manager to come work full time for Yeezy of course the last lawyer and manager said no. So now I hired a CEO and a CFO and i have two full time lawyers as of now.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018
Kanye has been super focused on his music so he may be acting out due to the pressure. Oh, who am I kidding? The spell the Kardashians put on him is probably beginning to wear off. And now that he can see the light ,Kanye is taking all of his anger out on Gargamel herself, his mother-in-law Kris Jenner. People reports that lately Kanye and Kris have been involved in some pretty nasty fights.
"He's had huge blow-ups with Kris. She sees how erratic he's acting and is most concerned about her daughter's brand. She's also trying to be a good mother-in-law, so he's having explosive issues with her too," a source close to the situation tells PEOPLE exclusively. "Everyone is really, really worried."
You know it really comes as no surprise to me that as soon as Kris could see Kanye declaring his love for Trump, her first thought was "How will this affect Kim?"
Of course, as soon as anyone says Kris Jenner's name she appears like Candyman. She wasted no time chiming in on Twitter to save face;
Lies,Lies,Lies https://t.co/SklG3uLpBO
— Kris Jenner (@KrisJenner) April 24, 2018
That's the best you could do Kris? Who are you, En Vogue? And now you may be wondering where the hell is his wife and how is she handling the turmoil taking place in his life right now? According to People, the same way she handles most things when the attention isn't focused on her; by getting naked.
Kardashian West, 37, spent most of Tuesday posting a series of suggestive nude images to tease her latest scent, KKW Body, despite the drama surrounding her rapper partner.
The reality star's social media sharing spree culminated with her posting a full-frontal nude picture of herself. In the behind-the-scenes photograph, the mom of three was covered in grey plaster but that was not enough to cover her nether region or her nipples, so she was forced to blur out her private parts.
Y'all, I'm done. However, on the flip side this mess hasn't been one to disappoint. Perhaps next year Kanye can headline Coachella but instead of performing with a full marching band and dancers it will just be him and a series of mirrors doing the Cabbage Patch to "Jesus Walks".
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League sources also informed ESPN the teams are looking to get a third team involved to include Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in a larger package. The Suns, meanwhile, optimistically thinking in the offseason Ariza could help their youngsters mature into a playoff team, are looking to add a play-making guard—something they haven't really had since Steve Nash—and draft picks in exchange for Ariza. Both teams are engaged in negotiating multiple trade scenarios, and ESPN reports they've made progress in securing a third team to help make the deal happen but aren't anywhere near an actual agreement.
Many thought Ariza would re-sign with the Rockets this past summer after they came so close to knocking off the Warriors in the Western Conference finals. But, there was no way Rockets GM Daryl Morey was going to top the $15 million Phoenix offered Ariza to head to the desert. So far, the awful start by Phoenix is why Ariza tops most trade lists ahead of the Feb. 7 trade deadline. But that's not the only deadline holding a trade back.
Any possible exchange will have to wait until Saturday when summer free agents, like Ariza, are finally eligible to be traded this season.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Stubby World Tour 2010
That was the first time I had ever been in sand! I had such an awesome time. Spencer's grandma even took me towards the ocean, but I wasn't in the mood to take a bath. I had pugs to play with....and Popeye's chicken to eat!!!
Now I ain't gonna lie...this was not my shining moment. If you all just take a look at how nice everyone was. They were all sitting like good little dogs. Then you have me. Where am I you ask? I'm the pug that is halfway in the bowl practically ripping off Amanda's hand (sorry Pug's mom). See I've never get people food except an occasional treat like whip cream or veggies (note those are not treats), so a nugget was pure heaven. One taste of that morsel sent me into nugget bliss. Oh the memory of this day will get me through the long lean times ahead.
I'm glad Stubby got to come and visit us Cali dogs. Now to you Elgin gang out here!!
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What's a pug to do? And personally, we think you were framed! They set you up for a fall. Who could resist a nugget? Zoey even ate some & she's one of those weird doesn't like to eat pugs, who love broccoli, fruit & "non"treats like that. If she ate them, then, there was simply nothing you could've done. We rest our case.ReplyDelete
Luv, Zoey & Phoebe
Hi Bellatrix! It was awesome meeting you on Saturday! Those nuggets were delicious and I'm sure Amanda didn't care that you practically took her hand off as you dove after them. What's a pug to do but chow down whenever we can!ReplyDelete
Thanks so much for being part of my world tour!
Stubby xoxo
Oh's my goodness'ess Belly!! Look at alls 'dose Puggies and Pug-lites!!!ReplyDelete
Can yous believes we never been on sands either!!
We's wanna meet yous!!! Oh, We's needs to get out 'dere and meet yous and 'den Anakin would like 'dat too 'cuz he could make his way ups to his lady's in 'da space ship needles!!
Can yous mail us's some Mcnuggets?? Don't feels bad about being first in 'da bowl of foods.. we's not shy 'bout 'dat sort of stuffs eithers!!
IzZY, Josie and Anakin Man
Hey Bella T!ReplyDelete
No wonder you had your head in the bowl. I mean, it took my human almost forever to de-nuggify a piece of chicken for you.
Stupid diets, right?
I'm superglad you + your man Spencer got to come. Sorry you had to stay onleash. The lack of fence situation in SF dog parks isn't very Bella/Spencer friendly, and the abundance of woodchips in the E Bay isn't very me friendly. Maybe we should all head... north?
Look at Petey, he's about to launch.
I get a little crazy myself over food. I don't blame you. I've never had these special nuggets but I'm sure I would take out a pug or two for some!
Glad you got to see everyone. Super jealous I don't live closer. I love the Beach!
Bellatrix, Who can blame you for diving nose first into the Popeye's nuggets? After all, you have been on a ration restriction (sounds nicer than diet)! I totally feel your pain (try having a vegetarian mommy who flinches when she nears chicken).ReplyDelete
I got to taste, I mean FEEL, sand in Tahoe. It is glorious - like BUTTAH!
Pisstt Bellatrix.......pssst. I got a secret.....I am just as bad as you (mom says worse) when it comes to foods.....I thinks its ok trying to steal a few golden nuggets....hee hee. Shhh don't tell no ones I am a bad lil pugger.ReplyDelete
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[SOLVED] Slackware64-current: lilo not updating the boot loader after kernel upgrade
Hi everybody,
I am running slackware64-current on a Lenovo Thinkpad T61 (model 6457-4xg to be accurate), with a customized 22.214.171.124 kernel.
My disk layout is as follows:
Disque /dev/sda: 160.0 Go, 160041885696 octets
So far, so good, I have a dual boot Windows / Linux.
But now this is what happens when I run lilo to install the a 22.214.171.124 kernel
bash-3.1# lilo -b /dev/sda5 -M /dev/sda ext -v
Here is my lilo.conf:
lba32 # Allow booting past 1024th cylinder with a recent BIOS
Any help appreciated
What happens if you change the two "/dev/root" instances to "/dev/sda5" ? You should not use /dev/root in lilo.conf anyway.
The '-M' option of lilo you are using tells it to overwrite the mbr (/dev/sda).
I don't think setting the 'bootable' flag makes any difference (my drive has no bootable flag set at all)
Eric, thanks for the advice -- lilo seems able to follow the symlink /dev/root though (liloconfig wrote it too)
Nils, thanks for the reminder.
I ended up being successful with following command:
lilo -b /dev/sda5 -P ignore
lilo still complain about inconsistency in the partition table but it works:
bash-3.1# uname -a
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I have an AlienWare laptop with a built-in nVidia 1070 Max-Q, and a Radeon VII in an external TB3 chassis. I'm running into some frustrating issues with OpenCL, which seem like they're either bugs in the respective installers or in the drivers.
When I start up DaVinci Resolve after installing the Radeon drivers, it shows me only one OpenCL device, and that's the Radeon. I don't expect to be able to use both of the GPUs at the same time here, even if that were possible it would lead to a major performance hit because of how Resolve works (it limits the bigger GPU to match the smaller).
What I DO expect is, when the eGPU chassis is connected, pick one of the two for use with OpenCL.
For Resolve that's not too big a deal since CUDA still works with the nVidia card for when I don't have the eGPU connected, but thanks to the OpenCL glitch, when the eGPU is disconnected, there's NO OpenCL device at all, even though there actually IS an OpenCL device available, even though it's nowhere near as fast as the Radeon VII.
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How can we fix this? eGPUs aren't a new thing, and given AMD's non-presence in laptops, this isn't exactly an uncommon situation, especially since the Radeon VII is such a monster of a GPU. It's become a big hit with Resolve users, and I'm hoping that Scratch will be able to start using it because it will scream when it does... but in the mean time none of that changes the fact that they need to coexist better in the same machine -- or at least, when I disconnect the Radeon VII, OpenCL needs to revert back to the built in nVidia dGPU.


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US President Donald Trump continues to muddy the waters on the policy of the United States in north-eastern Syria.
Trump pulled US troops out of border regions of north-eastern Syria in October, immediately after a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This allowed Turkish troops and their Syrian allies to occupy the area, kill more than 100 Kurdish fighters and civilians and cause the flight of more than 100,000 Kurds. Still, Trump said he was determined to withdraw all 1,000 US troops from the country.
That policy elicited widespread criticism in the United States, even among his congressional Republican allies and evangelical Christian supporters.
US Defence Department officials, civilians and military alike, who were not consulted about his decision, were especially angry since it meant abandoning the United States' Syrian Kurdish allies who had taken the brunt of the casualties in the anti-Islamic State (ISIS) campaign and because of the concern that without a US military presence in the area, ISIS could rebound.
Hence, there was considerable pushback from the Pentagon, so much so that Trump agreed to keep about 600 troops in north-eastern Syria, south of the area under Turkish control. This idea was apparently sold to Trump as a way of holding on to the oil fields in the Deir ez-Zor region, which are in an area controlled by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
The oil idea especially appealed to Trump, who likes transactional foreign policy. He initially made comments to the effect that the revenues from the fields would accrue to the United States but Pentagon officials "clarified" his remarks to say the objective would be to keep the oil fields out of ISIS's hands, with revenues from the fields used to support the SDF.
The policy was refined further when Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff US Army General Mark Milley stated on US television November 10 that the 600 US troops would be used primarily to ensure "the enduring defeat of ISIS."
Milley stressed that "there are still ISIS fighters in the region and unless pressure is maintained… there's a very real possibility that conditions could be set" for ISIS's re-emergence.
That protecting the oil fields would be a secondary objective was underscored by US Navy Rear-Admiral William Byrne, vice-director of the Joint Staff, who said: "The mission is the defeat of ISIS. The securing of the oil fields is a subordinate task to that mission and the purpose of that task is to deny ISIS the revenues from that oil infrastructure."
However, Trump, during his news conference with Erdogan November 13, said the sole purpose of the US troop presence in north-eastern Syria was to protect the oil. He stated: "We're keeping the oil. We have the oil. The oil is secure. We left troops behind only for the oil."
This comment caused a negative reaction. Not only did Trump appear to contradict the Pentagon, he also caused confusion among US allies in the anti-ISIS fight who were gathering in Washington. Unnamed diplomats said Trump's comments sowed doubt that whatever agreements were struck with the United States could be reversed by his impulsivity.
It is possible Trump made the comments about protecting the oil as the sole US mission to assuage Erdogan that the United States would no longer be the protector of the SDF, whose Kurdish fighters Erdogan claims are terrorists. However, in doing so, he upended the Pentagon's claim that it will continue to work with the SDF against ISIS. Undoubtedly, there will again be pushback from the Defence Department to Trump's statements.
The new US policy leaves many unanswered questions. The SDF has sold oil to the Syrian government, so does that mean US officials will do to the same? If not, where and to whom will the oil be sold? Presumably, it could be sent by lorries to Iraq. However, under international law, oil in Syrian territory must be under the purview of the Syrian government. So, how does Washington square this circle?
Second, what about the more than 100,000 Syrian Kurdish refugees who fled, mostly to Iraq, during the Turkish invasion in October? Does the United States have a moral obligation to help them? It is certain that Erdogan does not want them to return to their former homes; instead, he is planning to resettle many Syrian Arab refugees in Turkey in that area to ensure that the Kurds cannot reconstitute their statelet there.
Finally, what about the SDF and the prison camps that it controls that are full of ISIS fighters and their families? Will part of the 600 US troops be deployed to these camps? Will those troops continue to support the SDF to root out ISIS cells?
Unfortunately, none of these questions have been answered, which is indicative of Trump's confusing and erratic Syria policy.
Gregory Aftandilian is a lecturer at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University and is a former U.S. State Department Middle East analyst.
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Speaker of parliament Baleka Mbete anxious about her future
National Assembly speaker Baleka Mbete has revealed that she is anxious about her future as she doesn't know where she will end up after this year's elections.
"It's a time of anxiety. It's not relief. It's actually a time of anxiety because you don't know what's coming in the next couple of months … unlike an ordinary South African who has a job and knows they have a job up to the end of the year," said Mbete, responding to a question by TimesLIVE about whether she was relieved her tempestuous term was coming to an end.
"That our names are on [candidate] lists is just one thing, but for all I know beyond the elections we might be sitting right at the back as backbenchers. And we would have to learn from scratch how to be good backbenchers who still continue to play a role and contribute towards the betterment of the country.
"So, it's just that anxiety of not knowing where you are ending up after the elections," said Mbete, being uncharacteristically frank.
She was addressing journalists alongside other parliamentary presiding officers about the state of readiness ahead of next week's state of the nation address, which will also be the last of this fifth term of parliament.
While Mbete is anxious, her deputy, Lechesa Tsenoli, said in many respects he was relieved that the parliamentary term was coming to an end adding, however, that parliament had been able to make interventions that were useful.
"When you compare our members [MPs] here in SA and others elsewhere, this is a little picnic, [it's] nothing compared to the chairs flying in the air, fists on jaw and hectic stuff. We don't experience the kind of stuff that others experience and we continually hope that things will be different," he said.
The National Council of Provinces' bosses, Thandi Modise and Raseriti Tau, were more circumspect and mainly spoke of the honour and privilege of having served in their positions.
"I wouldn't say it's relief, it's heartbreaking because … we feel particularly from the NCOP, there could be other things that we could have done differently and in a manner that could have made our lives easier in an effort to improve the lives of our people," said Tau.
It also emerged at the briefing that former president Jacob Zuma has opted not to attend the event. In a prepared statement, Mbete said former presidents Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe had confirmed their attendance.
"We automatically invite all the former heads of state and former presiding officers. If we indicate that he is not coming, it might be because he has not accepted our invitation. But we do not think there is anything untoward, people do have commitments," said Modise, responding to a TimesLIVE question as to whether Zuma had been invited.
Parliament's bosses were adamant there will be one agenda item only on the night - the president's address - and that they have not received any request to turn the occasion into a question-and-answer session.
The EFF last week threatened to turn the event into such a session if President Cyril Ramaphosa did not "account" for his role in the Bosasa scandal before the end of January.
In response to this, Mbete and Modise said that while they did not expect a disruption of the event, the usual rules and conventions of a joint sitting would be applied.
This year's Sona will be significantly scaled down with parliament budgeting R2.5m for the event compared with the R4.7m for last year's event. The actual expenditure last year was R1.9m.
"As South Africans continue to face economic challenges, parliament is taking every feasible step to do more with fewer resources progressively," said Mbete.


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Minutes of the Meeting convened by the Worthy Principal on the 26th of July
Khansahib, Budgam, Kashmir. 191111
Government Degree College Khansahib
Dated 26/07/2019
A general staff meeting was convened by the worthy principal today in which all the following decisions were taken after detailed deliberations:
IQAC Cell
- A meeting should be organized with the parents of the students. An account should be opened in the name of "College Alumni Association GDC Khansahib" in the J&K Bank.
- Student Principal Meet should be organized during the next week.
- The office of the IQAC Cell should be shifted to the room in second storey in which chairs and tables will be placed for the functioning of the committee.
- The student, alumni and civil society Members of the IQAC cell should be selected within this week's time.
- IQAC will also install the grievance boxes in the college.
Publicity and Media In charge
- The college website should be made up-to-date besides the face book page of the college.
Examination committee
- The Superintendent in every examination will ensure that there should be no unjustified interference of any person with the staff on invigilation duty during the examinations.
- Before every examination, a Superintendent should convene a meeting with the staff assigned to him for a particular centre and he should assign duties of invigilation and also sort all matters besides providing clear instructions to the staff regarding the examination. A copy of the distribution of the duty should be sent to the Coordinator examinations.
- All the science teachers should ensure that the students with shortage of attendance should not be allowed to appear in the final examination. Moreover, the teachers should circulate notifications regarding the conduct of practical examinations on the notice boards of the college as well as the website before the conduct of the examination.
- All the teachers will hand over the award rolls of the previous internal examinations to Convener Examination. Also the teachers should conduct class tests regularly and handover award rolls to the convener examinations for record keeping.
Admission Committee
- All the teachers should maintain attendance registers and the college will circulate attendance statement after every two months.
- The lecturers working on the basis of academic arrangement will hand over all the attendance registers to convener admission before leaving the institution.
- The committee room in the second floor should be converted into a classroom.
Publication Committee
- College Newsletter should be completed for publication within a week's time.
College Discipline Committee
- The discipline committee should ensure that the college class fourth as well as the local fund employees should not perform any student discipline related duty or indulge with any student without proper instructions from the convener Discipline committee.
Women Development\ Gender Sensitization Committee
- The committee will take charge of the room adjacent to the store room for making it into Girls Room.
- The committee will organize awareness drives and programmes within the college.
College Planning, Development and Construction Committee
- The committee will look into the malfunctioning of the Online UPS installed in the college. If the product is in warranty, the committee will ensure that it is replaced or repaired on time before its warranty expires.
The Library Committee
- The Library Committee will ensure that the process of automation of the library should be completed without any hassle.


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Colonel Nathaniel Christopher Adam — in his costumed form of the heroic Captain Atom — was engaged in a battle for his very life. He flew over Florida, and his tightly controlled energy emissions allowed him to move at an incredible speed. That speed was matched by a berserk woman from the parallel world of Earth-Six who had fought him for hours, a woman he'd once fought alongside during the battle against the Anti-Monitor on the moon of Qward. (*)
[(*) Editor's note: See "Beyond the Silent Night," Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 (October, 1985).]
She seems tireless, he thought to himself. Perhaps her own metabolism channels energy at a rate that eliminates normal human weaknesses like fatigue. She certainly glows brightly enough.
He looked back at the brilliantly shining female form that crackled with orange-gold energy. Her costume consisted of a tight golden leotard, but like the woman herself, her outfit could not be described with such simple terms. The costume changed from an ordinary leotard of gold to an energy sheath of coruscating energy and crackling fire. Her body almost appeared to be a curvy collection of pure energy of the nuclear kind. Her hair was closely cut and of a platinum blonde coloration, and her features were lovely if so contorted by passion as to be almost savagely regal.
She raised her arms, and Captain Atom frowned. He knew what was coming. She's getting ready to discharge more raw nuclear energy, he thought. I've been struggling to contain and safely disperse her other outbursts since I first spotted her overhead, apparently in distress. She's been keeping me so busy that I've yet to even get her to talk or to jog her memory of meeting me during the Crisis. She doesn't seem like the type for chatty action-hero banter, though.
He turned and used his own muscular form to take the brunt of the energy burst, and he shuddered for a moment. Captain Atom, the most powerful of heroes on his Earth, felt the force shake his body. I almost feel like she and I are evenly matched. Her concentration is so intense. She is like a force of nature gone mad. Considering what she lost during the Crisis, I almost don't blame her for her anger.
Captain Atom was old-fashioned in some ways. True, he had been an advanced child prodigy with talents for all sciences — especially those involving rockets and space travel — but he had never quite grown out of a basically benign sense of the universe. He felt men and women were good, and even the likes of the Ghost or Doctor Spectro had not shaken this conviction. Thus this old-fashioned man of the future did not like the idea of striking a woman, especially one he knew to be a hero. He knew that if he had no choice, then he would not hesitate to take down the nuclear woman with full force, since he could not risk her rampage harming others. Before any other priority, Captain Atom placed protecting the helpless and the innocent. He was like many associated with the military who viewed their role as one of guardianship and not merely of aggression.
So Captain Atom decided to do something else. He would not strike this fiery fighting female. He would merely do something nearly as out of character for the rather taciturn man of science that he was.
He kissed her.
He pulled her close to his body, and as he tried to smother her energy nimbus with his own powers, he also pressed his lips to hers.
She opened her eyes wider and wider, and he felt her struggle for a moment before she suddenly stopped fighting, and he felt the light of reason come back to her. "Karak," she whispered before despair clouded her eyes and she tore free of his embrace.
"Lady Quark? That is your name, right?" he said. "I know we met during the Crisis, although neither of us exactly took the time for small talk during that whole ordeal. I'm Captain Atom — we're on the same side. You can trust me. Now, what in the world led you to risk harming so many folks like this?"
Lady Quark pressed one hand over her eyes for a moment and then she shook her head and looked at the hero. "I have been accustomed to exercising the highest degrees of personal self-control. Such has ever been my norm, due both to the power I possess and the role I play — played in our society. It is the duty of the Royal Family to ever serve as both guardians and inspirations to their subjects."
Captain Atom said, "I recall you mentioned something about being a lady in title as well as in name. I mean — you really are royalty. I can't say I've ever had much use for titles and the idea that some people are better than others due to an accident of birth. "
Lady Quark's eyes flashed for a moment, and then she continued. "On my Earth, which has been termed by some as Earth-Six, a dozen of us of noble birth or other right of status defended humanity. My husband, Lord Volt, and our daughter, the Princess Fern, stood at the front of such defenders, as was our right as monarchs of our world. I lost my family and my world in the Crisis. (*) I also lost my freedom. After the events of that cosmic war settled down, I traveled the world known as Earth-One at the side of Pariah and Harbinger for a couple of months before I went my own way. (*) Then, as I was exploring a canyon in the state of Arizona, I spied a portal leading to another world. Without much thought for my own safety, I flew through it. (*) I knew that my world was destroyed, along with my husband and daughter, but for a split second I'd hoped that by miracle I would end up on Earth-Six on the other side of that portal. Instead, I ended up here on your world of Earth-Four.
[(*) Editor's note: See "And Thus Shall the World Die," Crisis on Infinite Earths #4 (July, 1985), "The Challenge of the Volt Lord," DC Comics Presents #94 (June, 1986), and The Night Force: The War of Darkness and Light, Chapter 5: Contact.]
"Once here, I resumed my travels and went abroad to other lands, perhaps hoping that I might find others like myself. I failed, instead becoming a captive of your Soviet Union not long after my arrival here. I was treated like a common lab animal. I was caged, and I was chained. I was abused in ways I will not speak of. They tried to duplicate my powers, and they used their science to artificially simulate much that is mine by divine right. I finally broke free of their slavery, and I came here. I came here to stop them. Something within me went wrong, and I was lost to madness. I suppose it is possible that even one of noble blood may lose her head due to suffering and grief. This rampage was the result."
Captain Atom looked at her with softened expressions as he said, "No harm done. I was able to contain your power. I'm sorry about that kiss. I guess I figured that might be the way to calm you down. I mean, it works for the Duke in the movies."
Lady Quark said, "The Duke? Your planet has super-powered royalty as well?"
"Not exactly," said Captain Atom, smiling. "Now you're free, but what is it that brings you here? You said the commies want to use power like yours in their own soldiers? I could see NASA as being a likely target."
Lady Quark said, "It is so. I came here to try to stop them. I would greatly like to avenge myself for their treatment of me during my captivity."
Captain Atom said, "Well, I'd be happy to help you do that. Why don't we find a more private place to talk?"
Lady Quark nodded regally and said, "Lead on, Captain."
Elsewhere, the Blue Beetle and the Question waited in silence as the Bug hovered over the biggest warehouse on the Hub City docks. "It's always a warehouse, isn't it?" said Blue Beetle. "Funny, I could make a killing as a realtor for the underworld. Hideouts-R-Us."
The Question knew his friend was trying a bit too hard to hide his inner turmoil. Ted Kord may have pretended to have little regard for his absent father, but Vic Sage's journalistic instincts allowed him to read his pal's inner feelings. Kord was hurting. Childhood memories and a broken relationship were bothering him, and he knew the Beetle's glib demeanor was more or less an unthinking act. Beetle was on autopilot, and his smart mouth was just a defensive measure, much like the mask the Question hid behind.
"I'm impressed your Bug could home in on their craft," said the Question. "I thought your old man would have altered the frequency the gear inside runs on. Then again, maybe he deliberately left it alone after your debut in the hopes that you'd eventually detect him and his new creations."
"I don't know," replied Blue Beetle. "I've spoken to him so seldom over the years. I mean, I have had no reason to doubt that he figured out the Blue Beetle with his Bug was none other than his son Ted making use of one of his half-finished designs. But then again, who knows? If he's a prisoner, then maybe the commies had kept him from the news. Our brief contact via phone could have been staged and he could not freely speak."
They were prepared for action, but not for the explosive blast of raw energy that rocked the ship from below.
"They're firing on us!" cried Blue Beetle as he yelled a command into the speaker, causing the ship to adjust itself accordingly.
He noticed the Question steadying himself with an agile grab for one of the hanging straps that dangled from the roof of the Bug. "I'd say they detected our detection of their craft, if you'll excuse the expression," said the faceless crime-fighter in the blue suit.
The Blue Beetle grinned and said, "You think?" He adjusted a series of controls and said, "Well, the least we can do is drop in on them — like so." The Bug dropped down and smashed through the roof.
The Question saw the fleeing figures who had operated the energy beam that had struck the Bug roll aside as the heroes made their arrival known. "The beauty in blue and gold with the Tinkerbelle wings is Myxa, which means Fly or Insect or something like that, if my hasty glance at a Russian dictionary was right."
Blue Beetle nodded and said, "And the black-and-gold-clad Xopek is indeed a Ferret in name, if not in nature."
They exited the Bug and dived into battle. The Blue Beetle frowned as he recognized the style of the gear used by the pair. They had copied many of his father's original designs, although they also clearly possessed things Beetle had never seen before in his father's plans.
He rolled aside as the blonde and beautiful Myxa soared through the air and narrowed missed his body. Her wings can generate some type of razorlike force. She's playing for keeps, he thought. Spinning himself around, he said, "Smile, baby!" and caught her directly with a tightly focused blast of air from his BB gun, then used the strobe beam in the gun to blind her.
She staggered backward as her weird, multifaceted eye pieces caught the blinding flash in spite of her slightly turned head.
The Beetle tackled her and tried to wrap a coil from his own belt around her wings, but she fought free and kicked him solidly in the chin. She packs a real punch. I'm going to have get tricky, he mused. He linked his legs around her hips as she flew higher.
The Question was already engaged in an all-out slugfest with the black-and-gold-costumed Xopek, and — to Blue Beetle's relief — the Question seemed to have all the answers. He ducked the furious Russian's blows and connected steadily and almost clinically with his own.
Good call. Vic is wearing out the big creep, thought the Blue Beetle.
Myxa then lashed out, and the Blue Beetle fell hard. He had allowed himself to become distracted for just a moment, and the communist criminal had taken full advantage of it.
He spun around and reached out to grab the end of a wall support. Man! I think I pulled my shoulder out of place, he thought as he scrambled to find a landing.
He twisted his body in a tortuous display of agility and landed in a crouched position even as the blonde swooped down and aimed her body at him like a human projectile.
The Blue Beetle tensed and waited as she drew ever closer. If I time this wrong, they'll be scraping Kord off the walls for weeks, he thought.
He waited until Myxa was seconds away from impact, and then he shouted something in Russian before hurling himself aside. He heard her crash into the suddenly rising flying craft she had used to escape from Highland Tower.
The Beetle checked her prone form and sighed in relief. "She's out cold. Lucky for me I was able to override the autopilot on her Bug, since it was so much like my own. She never expected me to take control of it and move it directly in her flight path at the last moment. Good thing my hunch was correct that Russian verbal commands on the right broadcast frequency would control her craft the way I control my own via spoken commands."
The Blue Beetle jumped forward to distract the furiously shouting Xopek in order for the Question to deliver a stunning punch of his own.
As the black-costumed man collapsed, the Question said, "Now I guess we have confirmation that they were using variations of your gear."
The Blue Beetle said, "I know. That means my father is either their captive or their willing partner."
Back at the Chernobyl Nuclear Facility, a nightmare was in effect for the staff as they realized the horrible truth. The routine tests ordered by Zastrow had resulted in the worst possible scenario becoming a reality. The reactor was out of control, and dangerous amounts of radioactivity could be released at any second.
The staff conferred in a mixture of hushed tones and raised voices. While they argued and prayed and cursed, their leader Mikhail Arkadin was choosing to act. He gave a final thought to his wife, his daughters, his siblings and his niece Seafina before he drew closer to the danger spot and carefully sealed the chamber behind him.
"If I can't stop the process before it progresses much more, then we will all die. That is a fact. I also know one other certainty. This test should not have happened, nor should the result have been what we now face. This was a form of deliberate sabotage, and in my mind that means anything that happens can be viewed as cold-blooded murder."
The handsome blond scientist bravely began his task, only to gasp as a sudden wave of pain swept across him and he began to feel terrible heat. "This is madness! This is not what the normal exposure to even minute amounts of radiation would feel like. This is like some fever," he said as he fell to the ground and his world became a red blur.
He slowly recovered his composure as he glanced down at his body. His garments had been burned away, and his skin now glowed a bright yellow. Flames formed a type of mane or hair, and his eyes were solid white.
"What has happened to me? Am I dead?" he said.
A voice seemed to echo from within his altered body as he heard or felt the answer. "You have not died. You have been reborn. You are now a fire elemental."
He shook his head and frowned as he realized that his body was stronger than before. The fires no longer burned him. They refreshed him. "Nina," he said as he thought of his wife.
Before he could do anything else, the scientist in him noticed the reactor and the indicators. "The process returned to normal. All excess radiation is gone. The air is clear. The danger is over. But what does it mean? How can I be alive in this odd form?"
He found the answer once more as if he communed with some living flame. "I absorbed the energy. That may have turned me into this thing. Or did that energy merely act as a catalyst to awaken some transforming force that was in me from the start?" he said. "I am no longer just Mikhail Arkadin. For better or worse, I am also Pozhar!"
Pozhar concentrated, and then his flaming body passed through the walls and flew over the city. He had left no indication of his passage. His body had altered its density until he had become a wraith. Now he flew over his home and struggled to find what to do.
"I cannot allow my family to see me like this. I have lost them as surely as if I had died in that accident. Perhaps I should have done so. I will find out why the facility was set up for disaster. I will avenge those who might have died. That will give me some peace."
His burning form soared higher, and a new power was born, but would it be a force for justice or for retribution? At that moment, not even Mikhail Arkadin could truly say.
Elsewhere in the USSR, Comrade Zastrow received news that alarmed him, although his cold and calculating demeanor showed no change.
"This flaming man in the skies must be captured and examined. If he is a threat, then we must eliminate him. If he could be of use to us, then we must secure him," he said. "Summon the People's Heroes. They have failed to find the American action-heroine Nightshade, and this matter takes priority over their hunt."
His aide nodded and hurried out, even as Zastrow scowled and wondered exactly what had aborted his attempt to destroy the Chernobyl Nuclear Facility. "This pattern of failure does not sit well with me. My operatives are either traitors or fools."
A woman with a moving mane of flame red hair appeared before him and smiled seductively. "You must not rely upon the physical realm for your needs. Your strong spirit and powerful will to succeed called out to me even to the distant planes upon which I have dwelt so long. If you would but liberate me from the bonds that had left me shackled for so very long, then I would use my magical arts to serve your cause."
Zastrow looked around and noticed to his dismay that no one else in the facility could see or hear the woman in purple. She smiled and faded from view, and the bald man rubbed at his eyes with a hurried gesture. Bah! I am working too hard, he thought. That is the reason for this phantasm.
He walked faster down the long hallway even as the faint whisper of female laughter seemed to echo within his ears.


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The FHA is facing a mutiny. Despite terrific results in fiscal 2015, some of the largest lenders in the country have had it with the nation's per-eminent mortgage insurance program. They're offering borrowers alternative loan options and setting up the mortgage industry for a clash of financial titans.
The FHA program is a big deal because it allows purchasers to buy with just 3.5 percent down. In 2015 more than one-fifth of all purchase money mortgages were insured through the FHA.
The nation's largest lenders have traditionally been major players in the FHA market, but those days are quickly becoming old news. To see what's going on compare 2009 with what we have so far in 2015. Data from RealtyTrac shows how times are changing.
In 2009, the five largest originators of FHA-backed purchase-money mortgages were Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, MetLife Home Loans, Countrywide, and JP Morgan Chase. Between them they originated just over 20 percent of such loans.
Now let's swing forward to 2015. So far the five largest originators for the year are Quicken Loans, Caliber Home Loans, Academy Mortgage, Guild Mortgage and Sterns Lending. Together, they represented 9.82 percent of all FHA purchase-money originations.
The FHA's leading originators in 2015 are all non-banks, they do not take deposits or offer checking, evidence that the financial marketplace is increasingly populated with new players and new ways of doing business. According to the Los Angeles Times, non-banks "now control 64 percent of the market for FHA and similar Veterans Affairs loans, compared with 18 percent in 2010."
We could look at the rise of non-banks and say FHA lending has been "democratized" and that borrowers have more choices, or we could be realistic and acknowledge that large banks which could be making FHA loans are fleeing the program.
What's behind the big bank movement away from FHA mortgages?
When lenders obtain FHA insurance they provide representations and warranties guaranteeing that each and every mortgage covered under the program meets FHA standards, things such as a certain credit standing, a given loan-to-value ratio, and a maximum loan size. In turn, if the FHA later finds that the loans do not meet program standards it can force the lender to buy back the loan. The catch is that some loans fall into a murky realm where the mortgages are current, payments are being made and yet there might be small paperwork glitch. Should lenders have to buy back such financing?
Speaking at the National Press Club in 2014, Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf said his bank had faced buy-back demands for loans which were outstanding for a decade. He said buy-backs were often for minor matters; a loan document which had "John G. Stumpf" on the first page and "John Gerard Stumpf" on the second might be regarded as a "technical default" and sent back to a lender.
"The real question to me (is) should we be in the FHA business at all and we're still struggling with that," said JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon in the summer of 2014.
Now — again — we have another big lender on the verge of leaving the FHA program.
Quicken Loans said in April that it was "the nation's largest FHA lender and has originated the government agency's best performing loan portfolio."
Nevertheless, it was suing the government over FHA buy-back demands, claiming that "the company was left with no alternative but to take this action after the DOJ demanded Quicken Loans make public admissions that were blatantly false, as well as pay an inexplicable penalty or face legal action."
"After three years of struggling to understand the DOJ's position and methodology that would warrant the country's largest and highest quality FHA lender to make untrue admissions and pay an inexplicable penalty or face public legal action, it is time to ask the court to intervene," said Quicken Loans CEO Bill Emerson. "No threat, including high-profile senseless lawsuits from powerful federal officials, will deter our company and its leadership from doing the right thing. We will stand in defense of our impeccable reputation established by thousands of hard-working ethical team members over our 30-year history."
Everyone agrees that if the lender did a lousy underwriting job or fudged the paperwork that the FHA has every right to send the loan back, especially if the borrower is not making full or timely payments. But matters of principle murky when we talk about borrowers have been making their payments year after year even though their paperwork has a minor glitch.
Will the FHA suffer if the nation's biggest lenders pull away from the program?
The answer is not clear-cut.
Originating FHA loans will not be a problem. In fiscal 2015 the FHA reported huge gains. Endorsements rose by 329,877 loans, a massive increase. Reserves grew by $19 billion and are now above the congressionally-mandated 2 percent capital ratio. What was the engine behind such growth? A reduction of the annual mortgage interest premium in January 2015 by .5 percent coupled with the ability to buy with just 3.5 percent down. Borrowers want their FHA mortgages.
If big lenders in 2016 and beyond do not want to originate FHA-backed loans there are plenty of smaller lenders that will gleefully step into the breach. The public will be served.
The catch is this: What happens if the FHA continues to carp and fuss over minor paperwork glitches and demands buy-backs from smaller lenders? Will they simply follow the big lenders and dump the FHA program? At what point do enough lenders leave the program and limit the ability of borrower's to get FHA-backed loans?
None of these are good questions for the FHA. Lenders are not grousing about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in part because a year ago the two big GSEs adopted "relief" rules for lenders designed to end petty disputes. If a borrower has been making payments for a given period, say three to five years, then the loan is performing so small and immaterial document glitches can be cleaned up or ignored without ugly legal battles.
The current arguments between big lenders and the FHA are unnecessary. Everyone ought to sit down in a room, have a few beers, and get this dispute settled. It really shouldn't be much harder than that, especially given the example set by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Pheromone Myths
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Because swearing you'll never use a pacifier is very different to what really goes down when your baby has screamed nonstop for 18 hours...
"Should I give a pacifer to my baby?" If you ask most people who aren't yet parents about the use of dummies (soothers, or pacifiers: whatever it is you call them), they'll probably proclaim that they'll NEVER give their child one. We were one of those judgey people once upon a time… much like how we promised ourselves that we would never use treats as incentives and that we'd never hand our kid a smartphone to get them to be quiet. People change (especially parents!), so in light of this we've been chatting to a bunch of new and seasoned mums about which side of the the great dummy debate they're on, and why.
Because it helps stop the crying
The thing is, it doesn't take long for you to realise that newborns LOVE to suck and that a pacifier might just give some let up in the 24/7 constant demands for feeding. Mum-of-three, Tracy, says "If it had not been for the humble dummy, my boobs may well have turned to sandbags in the early newborn days of breastfeeding."
Dummies can help stretch out time between feeds
For many babies, the use of a pacifier will buy some extra time between feeds. Of course we're not saying to skip feeds, not at all, but if you know your baby does not need to be fed for at least another 30 minutes, that's where a pacifier can really help.
It can help bubba go off to the Land of Nod
Honestly, it's like a miracle – you see your child resisting sleep and then POP – in goes the pacifier and they magically close their eyes and nod off (full disclosure: this does NOT happen every time, nor does it work for every child, but some parents are lucky enough have a dummy-lover which helps bubba drop off waaay easier).
It can be used in the art of distraction
Once your tot is a little older, they may use a pacifier to keep calm. Sucking is a way to self-soothe and can be very useful if you need to distract them. For example, if they're getting their immunisations, or you're in the car longer than expected. Nothing beats a cuddle with a parent, but a pacifier can be a close second in times of need!
Easier to get rid of than a thumb
If you've got an epic sucker on your hands, baby will find anything to put in that tiny mouth, whether it's a blanket, a hand, finger, or a pacifier. Some argue that it's better to use a pacifier to calm sucky babies, as you can take it away, as opposed to thumb sucking which is a habit that can prove tricky to break as your child gets older. An anonymous mummy told us, "I wish my staunchly pacifier opposed parents had used a dummy. I thumb sucked well into my early teens, and my teeth are wrecked as a consequence. My overbite is enormous (and also I have one thumb smaller than the other)."
There is some evidence that it can reduce the risk of SIDS
There is some evidence, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics to suggest that using a pacifier at naps and bed time can reduce the risk of SIDS. This is an area that we would advise you look into thoroughly before making any kinds of decisions based on this.
It looks bad
Some parents don't like the idea of their child having a pacifier, as they feel it may be viewed as a reflection on their capability as parents. If you ask us, that's not so. We've all been there…only too quick to judge someone's parenting style and only to be firmly put in our place when the same thing happens to us!
Buck teeth? No thanks
It is indeed true that pacifiers impact the development of children's teeth. From jaw formation, teeth alignment and facial muscles, pacifier use should be phased out at around one-years-old. When in doubt, consult your dentist for guidance.
Aren't they dangerous?
Pacifiers need to be used carefully. There is a risk of strangulation if a pacifier is attached to a cord or ribbon, so use common sense. Also make sure that the teat has no damage, or tears to it – kids often use them as a teether when their gums are sore.
There are too many health risks
Health risks for pacifier use include thrush, middle-ear infections and latex allergies. It's important to read the instructions on the pacifier packaging, and always keep the them sterile (just as you need to keep all baby equipment sterile) and don't allow the kids to share pacifiers.
So, now you've got the lowdown on pacifiers, what do you think – are you a pacifier proponent, or a dummy denier?
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Subsequently he immigrated to the United States for higher education. He did his Internal medicine residency and gastroenterology fellowship in the top ranked UMDNJ in New Jersey. He was voted the Best Intern in his residency program. Dr. Gandotra was selected for the only gastroenterology fellowship position for which 400 plus candidates from all over the United States applied. He was involved in multiple research projects during his fellowship.
Dr. Gandotra moved to Las Vegas and has been in private practice since 2003. To this date, he has successfully performed more than 30,000 endoscopic procedures. His procedure complication rate is below national average.
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Dr. Gandotra has been voted top gastroenterologist by Vitals.com last five years in a row. His motto is to treat patients as his family and keep them well informed. He is fluent in Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu and medical Spanish. In his spare time, he enjoys Yoga, meditation and spending time with his wife and two daughters.
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Thelma Araracap is a highly motivated board certified nurse practitioner with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She began her career in the medical field when she graduated with a Doctor of Medicine in the Philippines. She had her residency training in OB-GYN completed i nManila, Philippines and had 10 years of private practice. She came to the United States of America in 2005 and started her career as a registered nurse at Summerlin Hospital for 10 months and became a school nurse while also practicing at University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2008 and has since practiced in the primary and retail clinic setting. She also has experience in the urgent care and home assessment settings. She joined Dr.Vishal Gandotra's practice in early 2017. She presently provides evaluation and management of gastrointestinal disorders in the outpatient setting. Thelma is a multi-task individual who is able to make independent decisions. She strives to provide comprehensive and compassionate care to all her patients. Thelma spends most of her time with her children and husband. She has been married for 25 years. She enjoys cooking and trying new recipes from different cultures. She also enjoys travelling to new vacation spots with her family.
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APRN and RN with the Nevada State Board of Nursing
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Family Nurse Certification with American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
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Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, University of La Salette, Philippines
Doctor of Medicine, Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, Philippines
Master of Science in Nursing (Family Nurse Practitioner), University of Nevada Las Vegas, USA
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The Avengers came out this Friday, May 4th, 2012. I haven't seen it as of this posting, but I plan to soon. I've heard rave reviews and it's a Joss flick, so I'm pumped about it (speaking of awesome Joss flicks, The Cabin in the Woods is amazing. Go see it now).
Naturally, everyone else who doesn't work weekends saw the movie already. Status updates assembled, and one in particular caught my eye.
Well.. after an entire decade of superhero movies.. one finally takes down X2 as the greatest.[…]
This took me by surprise. While I do like X2 as the best of the X-Men series, I hardly thought of it as the best superhero movie of the past ten years or so. That still rested with The Dark Knight.
When I asked this friend why X2 was his favorite, he explained that The Dark Knight doesn't count as a superhero movie. His claim was that Christopher Nolan's Batman is not a superhero, but rather a theatrical detective who is featured in crime dramas that aspire to be like Heat as opposed to a gateway into the DC Universe.
I can't refute that claim. Technically, Batman has never been a superhero in the strictest terms. No super powers. Unless you count limitless money, physical perfection, and a genius-level intellect.
He also said that you never feel the graphic novel or comic book in Nolan's films. If feeling like a comic book is what makes a movie a superhero movie, then I don't like superhero movies. HULK was jammed full of comic book frames and it was awful.
But this got me thinking about all the other superhero movies I've watched over the years; whether they could be classified as superhero movies, or if they should be classified as something else.
In order to prepare for Assembly, I went back and watched what I'll refer to as The Precursors:
As I'm watching, I realize that these and other films could be considered any number of things besides superhero movies. So I start running down the list:
- Spawn
- Blade
- X-Men
- Spider-Man
- Punisher
- Hellboy
- Fantastic Four
- Batman Begins
- Superman Returns
- Iron Man
- The Incredible Hulk
- Watchmen
- Green Lantern
- Thor
- Captain America
Those are the big movies that are superhero-centric. They're all named after the superheroes that are featured in them, which qualifies them as superhero movies. But like I said, they can all be thought of in different genres based on their content.
- Spawn – Faustian tragedy in which a man sells his soul to the Devil in order to be with his wife again.
- Blade – Action Horror involving vampires.
- X-Men – Mutants serve as a metaphor for societal outcasts dealing with prejudice.
- Spider-Man – Morality tale summarized by the tagline "with great power comes great responsibility."
- Punisher – Revenge thriller.
- Hellboy – Supernatural action flick about choosing your own fate, despite your nature.
- Fantastic Four – Fable about family and teamwork.
- Batman (covering Nolan's films) – Crime drama with a hard-boiled detective.
- Superman Returns – Tale of real estate, heavy lifting, relying entirely on nostalgia, and destroying a franchise.
- Iron Man – Redemption story that comments on accountability.
- The Incredible Hulk – Modern-day Jekyll and Hyde dealing with the struggle against our primal urges and emotions.
- Watchmen – Murder mystery/global conspiracy/anti-establishment tale warning about the dangers of escalating nuclear armament.
- Green Lantern – Space Opera about discovering one's purpose; impresses the importance of good casting choices by making poor ones (sorry Ryan Reynolds, I love you, but Nathan Fillion should have been GL and you should still get your own Flash movie).
- Thor – Shakespearean political power struggle involving family betrayal and a love story.
- Captain America – War movie that defines heroism with one little guy and a grenade.
So even though these can all be thought of as movies falling into different categories, the fact that they have superheroes in them and are, in fact, constructed around those superheroes makes them… superhero movies. At the very least, they're comic book movies because they're based on comic books.
There are certainly comic book movies that have no superheroes.
- Road to Perdition
- 300
- Sin City
- Constantine
- Wanted
- Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
These fall squarely in the "not superhero" category. Except if you're thinking of the book for Wanted. But I would still say that's a supervillain story.
So we've covered superhero comic book movies and non-superhero comic book movies. The only thing left is the non-comic book superhero movies.
I could bring up The Incredibles, but let's be honest, that's Pixar's version of Fantastic Four. Or Hancock, but *spoiler alert* it was terrible. Or Darkman, but I haven't seen it.
The one I will bring up is the one I feel stands out from the others, not only in the non-comic book superhero category, but also from the filmmaker's other efforts:
If you like superheroes, comic books, and the "what-a-twist" endings of Shyamalan's movies, this one is for you. Seriously, it's a spectacular movie, and Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson are excellently cast. Add it to your Watch list.
You can disagree with me on any of the conclusions I draw about the superhero/comic book/other genre categorization of these films, and I want to encourage discussion. Trying to figure this out was what inspired writing this post.
What do you think makes something a "superhero" movie, a "comic book" movie, or any genre of movie? Do you even care? Am I boring you to tears?
Dishonorable Mentions:
- Daredevil
- Ghost Rider
- Spider-Man 3
- Wolverine
- Joel Schumacher


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