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‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’: Fans Are Already Mourning a Major Loss – Showbiz Cheat Sheet

The specific look of MCU superheroes can often become such a habit in the minds of fans that any makeover usually brings a shock. Anyone who initially thought Disney+s upcoming The Falcon and the Winter Soldier had a major death involved should be relieved its really a makeover problem with Bucky (Sebastian Stan).

Yes, the look of Bucky Barnes always involved long hair, and fans found it a cool look through recent MCU movies. Actors cant always keep the same guise, though. As new movie roles pop up, keeping long hair (and beards) for years is virtually impossible.

Because there was a significant break between Avengers: Endgame and when The Falcon and the Winter Soldier started filming, Sebastian Stan now has a clean appearance to kick off the series.

Bucky Barnes appearance was supposed to be a bit scraggy as seen in the comic books. Its no surprise then that Sebastian Stan had to grow a beard and wear long hair to properly play the part of The Winter Soldier as he looked in the modern era.

As the best friend of Steve Rogers during WWII, both would eventually meet up again in the 21st century due to each essentially being frozen in ice. Rogers was frozen in ice and revived, as everyone knows.

Bucky would also be frozen through cryogenics by Russians who captured him and turned him into a semi-bionic man with a cybernetic arm.

Over time, he was able to overcome his brainwashing and become one of the Avengers team. He also regained his memory in being Steve Rogers best friend, even though Rogers ultimately passed on his shield to Sam Wilson.

At the same time, Bucky knew Rogers intent of staying back in time to reunite with Peggy Carter. He also had to witness the tragedy of events unfold during Endgame, making the new Disney+ series a fresh new start with an apparent new haircut.

Having to wear long hair is already problematic for most actors. After all, consider how much of a burden it is to care for, especially when theres a lull between TV/movie projects.

In-between the time of filming Endgame and Winter Soldier, Stan has filmed over four movies, obviously requiring him to cut his hair. One of those was a romantic role in a 2019 indie called Endings, Beginnings.

Having to grow out his hair and a beard for the new Disney+ series probably wasnt something he wanted to do so he could be freed up to do movies at a given chance. Not that its inappropriate for Bucky to maybe want a reboot of his appearance since the series will be an all-new phase for these characters.

Where The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will go in its plot is also worth noting. Stan himself has said the show is going to be different from anything else done in the MCU so far.

Considering The Falcon and the Winter Soldier will be the first out of the chute at Disney+ for Marvel, they likely wanted a new appearance to reset things. Bucky and Sam are both going to be looking to get their lives and superhero duties into different gear after all past events.

Of course, Sam is going to have more focus since he has to earn the Captain American title.

Is it possible Bucky will have some envy there, hence affecting their relationship? What if the U.S. government decides to make Bucky the new Captain America over Sam, creating discord?

Anything could happen since the plot is mostly being kept secret. One thing for sure is all the new Marvel shows will likely bring new horizons to each character. Dont be surprised to see all of them looking different, perhaps by decree of Marvel suits.

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God’s hand, and a varied skill set, led Tim Obarow to MMS – Coshocton Tribune

Drew Bracken, Correspondent Published 6:43 a.m. ET Jan. 21, 2020

Tim Obarow pauses while inspecting a plane at MMS Aviation in Coshocton. Obarow is the companys director of maintenance.(Photo: Chris Crook/Times Recorder)

COSHOCTON Career paths often take a turn or two. Take Tim Obarow, for instance. He now holds the title of director of maintenance and accountable manager at MMS Aviation. But before that he was cleaning houses with his wife. Before that he worked on missile guidance systems. And before that he was an Air Force jet mechanic.

In hindsight, he said, what appears to have been a haphazard vocational history can be seen as Gods preparation for the many hats Ive worn during my years at MMS. I even get to put my machinist skills to work periodically, fabricating tools and hard-to-find parts.

Now 64, Obarow grew up in a small farm community in Pennsylvania called Oley. Life was so different then, he reminisced. It seems hard to believe it was real. We didnt lock our doors at night or when we left the house. Id leave the house to play, roaming the fields and woods all day long. As long as I came home on time, my mom didnt worry about my safety.

After seeing the Blue Angels perform at the Reading Air Show, he wanted to be a fighter pilot. However, he needed glasses at the age of 10, which meant that dream would remain unfulfilled. He did, however, get his private pilots license years later.

He graduated from Oley Valley High School in 1973 despite the fact, he noted, I never did like school, even though I got decent grades. It had more to do with the social cliques of a small community, than the academics themselves.

Consequently, he also went to a vocational-technical school to learn about air conditioning, refrigeration and heating. He worked briefly in the refrigeration trade, but quickly learned it wasnt for him. So he joined the Air Force and trained as a jet aircraft mechanic.

Once again, my intention of getting close to fighters was thwarted, he said, when I received an assignment to the Strategic Air Command. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as I was privileged to work on two iconic reconnaissance aircraft, the Lockheed U-2, and the SR-71. Near the end of my four-year enlistment, I met my wife Michele. We were married in June 1978.

Obarow was honorably discharged from the Air Force in November 1977 and immediately began looking for work. Jobs were hard to find then, he recalled. He ended up a miniature cryogenics systems mechanic assembling small heat exchangers for AIM 9L missile guidance systems.

But that work diminished,as he put it, so his wife began cleaning houses to supplement their income. Before long, Obarow quit his job and went full-time with the cleaning business.Together they cleaned three homes a day, several churches and a few offices on the weekends.

Then came a life-changing moment. It was the early 1990s. Dwight Jarboe, then president of MMS Aviation, made a presentation at their church. A friendship developed. Both Michele and I felt God was drawing us to be part of the MMS Aviation ministry, Obarow said. They moved to Coshocton in July of 2001.

Tim has a wide range of responsibilities that include relating to clients, supervising hangar personnel and being MMS primary contact with the Federal Aviation Administration, Jarboe, now president emeritus of MMS Aviation, stated. He fulfills all his duties very well. Plus, hes also an excellent aircraft mechanic.

Some of the jobs Ive done in commercial and industrial work, Obarow responded, paid very well in dollars, but none of them gave the satisfaction of doing work that has far reaching, perhaps eternal, impact.

Everybodys special, he summed. And I find great encouragement in the fact God gives each of us talents and abilities He can use to bring glory to Himself, and benefit mankind.

MMS Aviation is located at 24387 Airport Road in Coshocton. For more information, call 740-622-6848 or log on http://www.mmsaviation.org.

Aces of Trades is a weekly series focusing on people and their jobs whether theyre unusual jobs, fun jobs or people who take ordinary jobs and make them extraordinary. If you have a suggestion for a future profile, let us know at ctnews@coshoctontribune.com.

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Fincantieri Enters the Green Cutting-Edge Project ITER – The Maritime Executive

By The Maritime Executive 01-20-2020 03:26:00

Fincantieri has been awarded a prestigious order, worth almost 100 million euros, for a number of high-profile equipment furniture and installations as part of the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), a project aimed at building an experimental nuclear fusion reactor, first of this kind, and acknowledged as one of the most ambitious initiatives in the world in the renewable energies field.

A temporary consortium has been established for the execution of the activities. It includes Fincantieri itself as the main contractor, its subsidiary Fincantieri SI, active in the field of plant design and industrial electrical, electronic and electromechanical components, Delta-ti Impianti, specialized in mechanical plant engineering, and Comes, specialized in electrical plant engineering.

ITER Organization is the supranational body, headquartered in France, participated and funded by the European Union, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Russia and the United States of America. The organization runs the ITER project, with construction currently underway in Cadarache in the South of France. The project will demonstrate the scientific and technological feasibility of nuclear fusion, and will allow to gain all the necessary knowledge for the construction of a nuclear fusion reactor prototype. The product will be a first large-scale source of clean and unlimited energy through fusion reaction also given increasing energy demand by using cutting-edge technologies specially developed by the countries taking part in the program.

Alongside renewable energy resources, nuclear fusion could considerably help fighting against climate change. Besides its potential inexhaustibility, one of the fusions benefits, in fact, lies in the limited production of residual waste, envisaging a power source not requiring CO2 emissions, one of the greenhouse gasses responsible for global warming. Nuclear fusion is considered as highly efficient and clean because water is its starting source without waste production within the process. Furthermore, it represents a real scientific and engineering challenge, involving horizontally fields like superconductivity, cryogenics and high vacuum.

The CEO of Fincantieri, Giuseppe Bono, said: This order has an extraordinary international importance, and testifies to the reputation that we have been able to earn in every field. Being involved in such a project, in fact, confirms the goodness of our strategies, and I refer in particular to those for diversification and constant investment in innovation and business sustainability. Now we will actively participate in the development of a completely different technology from the one used in the existing power plants and above all cleaner: an extremely ambitious goal that also reaffirms our capacity as integrator.

Fincantieri SI, which represents the operating arm of Fincantieri for this project, works in the field of hybrid ship propulsion, including energy storage systems, and in the one of emission reductions, with specific technological solutions such as the electrification of ports. With the acquisition of this order, the company confirms its vocation to become a reference on the world market for all green applications, supported in this by its own research and development center.

The products and services herein described in this press release are not endorsed by The Maritime Executive.

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Immortality or Scam? Russian Company Offers to Freeze Dead Brains to Revive Them in Future – News18

Immortality has always been one of the biggest human obsessions. From fantasy to science fiction, eternal life is often depicted both a boon and a bane. And now, a Russian firm could be making these dreams of immortality real - for only Rs 25 lakh.

A Russian firm by the name of KrioRus is offering to freeze human brains and cadavers in cryogenic cylinders for the sum of Rs 25 lakh. the bodies will be frozen in liquid nitrogen for an unspecified time until the technology becomes available for reanimating the body again.

If it sounds like a nightmare out of Dr Frankenstein's head, you are probably not far off the mark.

When Alexei Voronenkovs 70-year-old mother passed away, he paid to have her brain frozen and stored in the hope breakthroughs in science will one day be able to bring her back to life.

It is one of 71 brains and human cadavers that KrioRus calls its patients - floating in liquid nitrogen in one of several metres-tall vats in a corrugated metal shed outside Moscow.

They are stored at -196 degrees Celsius (-320.8F) with the aim of protecting them against deterioration, although there is currently no evidence science will be able to revive the dead.

I did this because we were very close and I think it is the only chance for us to meet in the future, said Voronenkov who intends to undergo the procedure, known as cryonics, when he dies.

The head of the Russian Academy of Sciencess Pseudoscience Commission, Evgeny Alexandrov, described cryonics as an exclusively commercial undertaking that does not have any scientific basis, in comments to the Izvestia newspaper.

It is a fantasy speculating on peoples hopes of resurrection from the dead and dreams of eternal life, the newspaper quoted him as saying.

Valeriya Udalova, KrioRuss director who got her dog frozen when it died in 2008, said it is likely that humankind will develop the technology to revive dead people in the future, but that there is no guarantee of such technology.

KrioRus says hundreds of potential clients from nearly 20 countries have signed up for its after-death service.

It costs $36,000 (about Rs 25 lakh) for a whole body and $15,000 (about Rs 10 lakh) for the brain alone for Russians, who earn average monthly salaries of $760, according to official statistics. Prices are slightly higher for non-Russians.

The company says it is the only one in Russia and the surrounding region. Set up in 2005, it has at least two competitors in the United States, where the practice dates back further.

Voronenkov said he set his hopes on science. I hope one day it reaches a level when we can produce artificial bodies and organs to create an artificial body where my mothers brain can be integrated.

KrioRus director Udalova argues that those paying to have dying relatives remains preserved are showing how much they love them.

They try to bring hope, she said. What can we do for our dying relatives or the ones that we love? A nice burial, a photo album, she said. They go further, proving their love even more.

(With inputs from Reuters)

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Brain freeze: New path to immortality – Times of India

SERGIEV POSAD ( RUSSIA ): When Alexei Voronenkovs 70-year-old mother passed away, he paid to have her brain frozen and stored in the hope breakthroughs in science will one day be able to bring her back to life. It is one of 71 brains and human cadavers which Russian company KrioRus calls its patients floating in liquid nitrogen in one of several metres-tall vats in a corrugated metal shed outside Moscow.'; var randomNumber = Math.random(); var isIndia = (window.geoinfo && window.geoinfo.CountryCode === 'IN') && (window.location.href.indexOf('outsideindia') === -1 ); console.log(isIndia && randomNumber They are stored at -196Celsius (-320.8F) with the aim of protecting them against deterioration, although there is currently no evidence science will be able to revive the dead. I did this because we were very close and I think it is the only chance for us to meet in the future, said Voronenkov who intends to undergo the procedure, known as cryonics, when he dies. The head of the Russian Academy of Sciencess Pseudoscience Commission, Evgeny Alexandrov, described cryonics as an exclusively commercial undertaking that does not have any scientific basis, in comments to a newspaper. KrioRus says hundreds of potential clients from nearly 20 countries have signed up for its after-death service. It costs $36,000 for the whole body and $15,000 for brain alone for Russians, who earn average monthly salaries of $760, according to statistics. Prices are higher for non-Russians.Voronenkov said he set his hopes on science. I hope one day it reaches a level when we can produce artificial organs to create an artificial body where my mothers brain can be integrated.

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Russian company will freeze your brain in the hopes of reviving you in the future with better tech – Firstpost

ReutersJan 15, 2020 09:42:25 IST

When Alexei Voronenkovs 70-year-old mother passed away, he paid to have her brain frozen and stored in the hope breakthroughs in science will one day be able to bring her back to life.

It is one of 71 brains and human cadavers which Russian company KrioRus calls its patients floating in liquid nitrogen in one of several metres-tall vats in a corrugated metal shed outside Moscow.

They are stored at -196 degrees Celsius (-320.8F) with the aim of protecting them against deterioration, although there is currently no evidence science will be able to revive the dead.

I did this because we were very close and I think it is the only chance for us to meet in the future, said Voronenkov who intends to undergo the procedure, known as cryonics, when he dies.

A Russian company will freeze your brain or your entire body in the hopes of reviving you when the tech is available. Image credit: Friso Gentsch/Getty Images

The head of the Russian Academy of Sciences' Pseudoscience Commission, Evgeny Alexandrov, described cryonics as an exclusively commercial undertaking that does not have any scientific basis, in comments to the Izvestia newspaper.

It is a fantasy speculating on peoples hopes of resurrection from the dead and dreams of eternal life, the newspaper quoted him as saying.

Valeriya Udalova, KrioRuss director who got her dog frozen when it died in 2008, said it is likely that humankind will develop the technology to revive dead people in the future, but that there is no guarantee of such technology.

KrioRus says hundreds of potential clients from nearly 20 countries have signed up for its after-death service.

It costs $36,000 for a whole body and $15,000 for the brain alone for Russians, who earn average monthly salaries of $760, according to official statistics. Prices are slightly higher for non-Russians.

The company says it is the only one in Russia and the surrounding region. Set up in 2005, it has at least two competitors in the United States, where the practise dates back further.

Voronenkov said he set his hopes on science. I hope one day it reaches a level when we can produce artificial bodies and organs to create an artificial body where my mothers brain can be integrated.

KrioRus director Udalova argues that those paying to have dying relatives remains preserved are showing how much they love them.

They try to bring hope, she said. What can we do for our dying relatives or the ones that we love? A nice burial, a photo album, she said. They go further, proving their love even more.

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