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Sitting on the central coastline of Vietnam - an hour’s flight from both the political capital of Ha Noi and the overcrowded economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City (Sai Gon) - Da Nang is a metropolis on the rise. Thanks to its relatively newfound economic prowess, some people have started referring to this port city as one of Asia’s economic dragons. As you will see shortly, this nickname is certainly not lost on Da Nang’s urban planners....

Warning: This article contains some potential spoilers for WandaVision. One of the bigger rumors circulating WandaVision was that it would take inspiration for one of its subplots from John Byrne’s West Coast Avengers “Vision Quest.” More specifically, inspiration from the story beginning in issue #42 of Byrne’s run when Vision goes missing. Wanda looks for him, but discovers that he was taken by a multinational group called Vigilance, stripped to his metal frame, and with all of his data gone, left with no memories of Wanda....

“Experiential tourism” has become a popular term for travel marketers, but it can mean different things to different people. For some, experiential travel means doing anything that falls outside of a standard sightseeing, museum-going itinerary. For others, it is defined by interactions with locals or by going to places that might not be considered tourist attractions at all. The definitions might be different, but the goals of experiential travelers are usually similar: to immerse themselves in a way that leads to some sort of discovery, insight or inspiration....

Where I live in New Jersey, it’s the best time of year to buy a variety of colored bell peppers at the farmers market for great prices. The red bell peppers that I love to roast and freeze for my Roasted Red Pepper Hummus went for as much as $3 each in the beginning of the season, but they’re now about $.50 a piece. What makes the difference in the price?...

If you want to learn about ecology, the first thing you need to understand is how all of living organisms in the world live with one another. A biome is an ecosystem or group of ecosystems that can be characterized by its vegetation, plant and animals life, climate, geology, elevation, and rainfall. Biomes are large ecosystem units. So while a puddle may be considered an ecosystem, the Pacific Ocean would be considered a biome....

Kang actor Jonathan Majors has admitted to not watching Loki.Kang the Conqueror seems to be the talk of the town right now, having debuted in Disney+’s record-breaking show Loki, a series that quickly took the crown as the most-watched on the platform. Fans are now hotly anticipating Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantamania. The Kang actor has teased a new dimension to his character, who will be the biggest Marvel antagonist since Josh Brolin’s iconic Thanos....

The future of Star Wars is TV. On the immediate horizon is Obi-Wan Kenobi, which will finally make its debut next week after years of anticipation. To follow later this year will be the first season of the spy thriller Andor and the return of old friends in The Mandalorian Season 3. In 2023, Ahsoka will continue the events of the MandoVerse, and Leslye Headland’s The Acolyte figures to be part of next year’s equation as well....

Henning Larsen’s design for Fælledby is “a model for sustainable living.” It looks so bucolic and lovely, with such lovely renderings. Site of project/ Google maps/Screen capture The renderings make it look like it is off in the country somewhere, but in fact it is just beyond the Bryggebroen bicycle bridge under the label Havenestaden, a big piece of land that hasn’t been a dumping ground for a long time, and is now a bit of country in the city....

There are varieties of cover crops for every season that home gardeners can use to enrich soil, hold down weeds and grow better veggies. “No bare ground!” would make a good battle cry for a growing legion of backyard farmers. They could shout it when lettuce bolts in the spring and needs to be pulled out but the ground’s not warm enough to plant summer crops. Or when summer crops wilt early in the heat of late July and August and should be removed but there’s not enough time before fall to plant a new crop and reap a second harvest....

For those looking forward to Disney+’s Percy Jackson and the Olympians, a fresh update offers some promising news.All the way back in 2020, development started on the upcoming Percy Jackson series. Unlike the previous film adaptations, which bombed for both audiences and critics, the author behind the source material, Rick Riordan, will be heavily involved.Instead of Logan Lerman, this time around, Walker Scobell will be portraying the titular character. The actor previously promised that he aims to try his “hardest every single day” in order to bring the character to life as best he can....

Wolverine actor Cal Dodd gave X-Men fans exciting news regarding the MCU’s upcoming animated series X-Men ‘97.The third canonical animated series in the MCU (following What If…? and I Am Groot), X-Men ‘97 will be a return to the aesthetics, as well as the “earnestness … [and] emotional sincerity” of the original X-Men: The Animated Series that inspired it.Dodd — the voice actor behind Wolverine in both the original show and its successor — being involved will certainly help bridge the gap between the two shows as well....

Despite Disney+ being the streaming home for most of Marvel Studios’ content, it doesn’t house all of its projects. For example, while fans can watch Avengers: Endgame all day long, they can’t do the same for something like Spider-Man: Far From Home due to Sony owning its distribution rights. Hopefully, one day all of its projects will be under the same roof. Sadly, that’s not the world audiences currently live in—yet....

Obi-Wan Kenobi is easily the most anticipated Star Wars project since The Force Awakens, with hype perhaps even exceeding it. After 17 years, Ewan McGregor returns as the titular Jedi Master for an epic adventure that will lead him on the path to the mentor seen in the original trilogy. Along the way, he’ll be pursued by the Inquisitors before coming face to face with Darth Vader, played once again by Hayden Christensen....

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness promises to be a massive adventure unlike ever seen before in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The project has had quite the build-up. Not including everything prior to Phase 4, projects such as WandaVision, Loki, What If…?, and Spider-Man: No Way Home have all been leading to this mind-bending adventure through multiple realities. So, for those that want to catch up, where exactly is the best place to start?...

Eternals star Kumail Nanjiani cast some doubt about his return to the MCU after the lukewarm response to last year’s time-spanning Marvel Studios epic. This all comes despite reports that Nanjiani’s Kingo, and the rest of the Eternals, will be back for more in the super-powered franchise, with reports of a sequel to Chloe Zhao’s Marvel debut being in the works. To say Eternals did not light the world on fire last year would be an understatement....

Although Warner Bros. Discovery is in the final stages of preparations for the DCEU’s Black Adam in a few days, the company is also still deep into its merger as the future of the DC Universe is reworked. Unfortunately, this comes along with a number of cancellations for numerous superhero projects as management turnovers bring a new round of ideas for success in the comic book movie landscape.This trend became public largely with the cancelation of Leslie Grace’s Batgirl, which was nearly completely finished before WBD decided to cancel its HBO Max release in favor of saving money on taxes....

Spider-Man is Sony Pictures’ most valuable piece of intellectual property. Since 2016, the web-head has been used inside the greater Marvel Cinematic Universe after getting two solo franchises under Sony’s umbrella alone. In many ways, nearly 20 years of Spidey films all culminated in Spider-Man: No Way Home, which grossed $1.89 billion at the global box office.Beyond the coordination with Disney and Marvel Studios, Sony has expanded its film offerings using the full library of Spider-Man-related characters....

While every Marvel Studios production and release has been delayed countless times over due to COVID-19, it seems like there’s now some light at the end of the delay tunnel. Specifically, Marvel’s Disney+ shows, which are easier to film than enormous film productions like Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, seem to finally be back in their production cycles. Additionally, ever since then there has been a slew of casting news for Hawkeye....

The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s relationship with the former Marvel Television’s Netflix series is a complicated one, particularly in regards to their canonicity to the events of the MCU’s past. Kickstarting that venture into Netflix shows was Charlie Cox’s Daredevil, which made a profound impact with his portrayal of Matt Murdock and brought a dark grittiness to the role that fans praised for years. As fans know well, shows like Daredevil were never officially regarded as existing in the same universe as the MCU, particularly once Marvel Studios absorbed Marvel Television....

Marvel Studios continues to expand its cast of stories and characters in Phase 4 of the MCU, with part of that expansion coming in terms of diversified representation. In 2021 alone, Marvel brought its first movie with an Asian lead in Simu Liu’s Shang-Chi, its first major genderfluid character in Tom Hiddleston’s Loki, its first openly gay character in Eternals’ Phastos, and its first deaf actress with Alaqua Cox’s Echo in Hawkeye....