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The City of Toronto Buildings Department cares a lot about green building and saving energy has a totally anal and over-the-top reading of the building code that says I have to build the side walls of my house out of totally non-combustible construction because I am so close to the lot line, and because I have a unit above a unit that somehow makes wood more dangerous. But steel studs are like a highway for heat, effectively carrying it from inside to out and turning your exterior siding into a giant flat plate radiator....

After DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn announced major news regarding Superman’s future in the DC Universe, star Henry Cavill shared his thoughts on the changes.Gunn and his partner, Peter Safran, have the tall task of reworking the entire DCU after seeing the franchise falter for the last few years. And while fans will find out more concrete details about these plans in early 2023, Gunn recently indicated heavily that this would result in a full-blown reboot of the universe that had been built for most of the last decade....

James Gunn responded to concerns about audience confusion about another DCU reboot and what that requires of him and Peter Safran. On Tuesday, January 31, DC Studios co-heads James Gunn and Peter Safran finally unveiled the first chapter of their DCU reboot titled “Gods and Monsters.“While their long-anticipated slate included a Superman movie, a Green Lantern television series, and a coined label for side DC projects like The Batman, the reveal generated some criticism and even concern about whether the public can keep up with yet another DC Universe....

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn commented on what studio interference he has faced in his career across multiple projects, including from Disney and Marvel itself.Studio interference is the bane of creatives’ existence. It often results in a messy final product stuffed with competing ideas, although there have been plenty of past cases where the studio saved the day before a film reached theaters.This happens across the board with most studios....

Landscape or habitat fragmentation is the breaking up of a habitat or vegetation type into smaller, disconnected sections. It is generally a consequence of land use: agricultural activities, road building, and housing development all break up existing habitat. The effects of this fragmentation go beyond a simple reduction of the amount of habitat available. When sections of habitat are no longer connected, a suite of issues can follow. In this discussion of the effects of fragmentation I will refer mostly to forested habitats, as it can be easier to visualize, but this process happens in every type of habitat....

As Super Bowl LVII quickly approaches, it has been revealed exactly what movie trailers fans can expect to be there, and what exactly Marvel Studios has planned for the evening. While many eagerly await the NFL championship every year for its nerve-wracking drama on the field, others watch in eager anticipation for the various trailer from Marvel, DC, Star Wars, and more to debut as a part of the various ad breaks....

There has been quite a bit of Spider-Man news lately, with Doctor Strange joining Peter Parker in his third movie and Tobey Maguire & Andrew Garfield rumored to be involved. Outside of Spider-Man 3, Sony has been hard at work with multiple spin-offs like Olivia Wilde’s Spider-Woman and their upcoming show starring Silk. Sony has yet to play one of their biggest cards yet with Miles Morales in live-action, but a recent rumor may be pointing to him joining the MCU sooner than expected....

Over the course of the MCU’s Phase 4, Marvel Studios has made it abundantly clear that the Young Avengers are coming at some point in the future. From Billy and Tommy Maximoff in WandaVision to Kate Bishop in Hawkeye, young heroes now populate the MCU on a bigger scale than ever. The most recent addition to this potential group is Xochitl Gomez’s America Chavez in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness....

One of the elements of Moon Knight that makes it stand out the most is how, despite being a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the show does not feature a single character from a previous MCU project. One of the only references to the wider world was towards the criminal underworld of Madripoor, a location first glimpsed in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. It’s not like cameos and references weren’t considered....

After beating The New Mutants’ delay record with six release date shifts, Morbius has grown into something of a joke within the Marvel fandom. Jared Leto’s vampire will soon become the second antihero in Sony’s Spider-Man spin-off universe, and audiences couldn’t be less enthusiastic. Social media interest remains low, and trailer reactions appear lukewarm at best. But after the chaotic thrill-ride of Spider-Man: No Way Home and the shocking Multiversal connections from Venom: Let There Be Carnage, some remain eager to see what secrets Morbius may hold for fans....

To the surprise of nobody, LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga proved to be one of the best-selling games of 2022.Six years after the last installment in the franchise, LEGO Star Wars returned to consoles and PC last year with The Skywalker Saga, delivering a level-by-level adaptation of the nine-film Skywalker Saga. This was far from the first time a blockbuster franchise has been LEGOfied in gaming form, but this one brought some changes....

Spider-Man: No Way Home is filled with returning and rumored characters, and one of them is Charlie Cox’s Matt Murdock. Cox made his Marvel debut as the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen in Netflix’s Daredevil series. The actor played the Marvel hero for three seasons, but the show was suddenly canceled in 2018. Still, the series became a fan-favorite, with many praising its story and the cast’s performances. Given Daredevil’s popularity among fans, fans have speculated on whether or not Marvel Studios would consider bringing back some of its cast to the MCU....

After two seasons of The Mandalorian on Disney+, Lucasfilm is set to revisit the galaxy’s original bounty hunter in a new series titled The Book of Boba Fett starring Temuera Morrison. Following his sarlacc comeback in Mando’s sophomore season, the series looks to explore the events following his takeover of Jabba’s Palace in The Mandalorian’s Season 2 finale’s post-credits scene. Fans have already seen the series’ first trailer, which highlighted Fett’s role as Tatooine’s new Kingpin; and now, as marketing ramps up ahead of the show’s debut, fans are getting another look at the iconic character and his new look....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is off and running once again, and fans are fully invested already in the earliest stages of Phase 4. After a one-week hiatus from in-universe content that includes the March 12 release of Assembled on Disney+, the action will pick right back up on March 19 with the first episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Originally set to be the MCU’s first Disney+ show before WandaVision took that honor, this show will come as something a little more grounded than what fans have seen the last few weeks inside the Westview anomaly....

As Marvel Studios inches closer to the end of its first Disney+ series, WandaVision, the team behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe will jump right into its second Phase 4 project when The Falcon and the Winter Soldier premieres on March 19, 2021. After the Scarlet Witch and Vision conclude their trippy journey through the alternate reality of Westview, Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes will bring the action back down to Earth in their solo series....

Thor: Love and Thunder experienced numerous delays before nabbing its July 2022 release timeline. During Marvel Studios’ original Phase 4 announcement at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, the Chris Hemsworth-led sequel was the last movie in the lineup, leading fans to wonder if the movie served as the culmination of the slate. However, it wasn’t the case as more movies were added, such as Spider-Man: No Way Home and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever....

Could we someday fire up a warp engine — and boldly go where no one has gone before? The idea of navigating the universe at warp speed has tickled our collective imagination ever since Capt. James Tiberius Kirk first ordered his chief engineer to fire those interstellar engines in the original “Star Trek.” It made planet-hopping a breeze. No more growing old on your way to Romulus. You could have breakfast on Talos IV and still make your afternoon yoga session on Vulcan....

From the archives: Updated September 20, 2019 Cars are one of the great mixed bags of our time. They are at once wonders of engineering and a threat to life on Earth. They create convenience and comfort and also snarled traffic and sprawling suburbs. In the U.S., about 29 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions come from cars and light trucks like SUVs, contributing to climate change, air pollution, and disease....

Meow! I love cats, you love cats, we all love cats. Empires have been built upon humanity’s collective love of the family Felidae. From Keyboard Cat to Grumpy Cat — if it has a tail, little pointy ears, and purrs, we probably love it. And it doesn’t matter how big or small the cat is. Some of the more popular exhibits at zoos are the lairs of the big cats like lions and tigers....

“There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” (Kenneth Grahame) For the past three days, I have been on a canoe trip in Algonquin Provincial Park, a vast region of lakes, granite cliffs, and pine trees that occupies a swath of central Ontario, Canada. It has been immortalized in the famous paintings of the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson, which many readers will recognize....