Los Angeles (ANTARA News/Reuters Life!) - The sticky web of comic book crime fighter Spider-Man has caught a new gal for a new movie.
Emma Stone, a 22-year-old starlet who has appeared in movies such as "Zombieland" and the comedy "Easy A," will play the leading female role of Gwen Stacy in the upcoming action adventure set for release in 2012, Columbia Pictures said on Tuesday.
The studio announcement confirmed reports from unnamed sources from one day earlier about Stone`s involvement in the reboot of the popular film franchise.
Stacy was a supporting character in the original Spider-Man comic books. She appeared in 2007`s "Spider Man 3," but was portrayed by Bryce Dallas Howard. For the upcoming "Spider-Man" movie, Stacy has been elevated to the lead role.
Stone has been acting since she was a child in Arizona, and in Hollywood she has been among up-and-coming actresses to watch in recent years.
Her roles have grown from TV movies like "The New Partridge Family" to hit feature films such as "Superbad." She has several movies set for 2011 and 2012.
"It`s been an incredible journey for us to watch Emma`s star rise as an actress. She is extraordinarily talented and has a very special on-screen spark that is perfect for this role," Columbia president Matt Tolmach said in a statement.
A series of three previous blockbuster movies featuring Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker and Kirsten Dunst as his love interest, Mary Jane Watson, ended in 2007 and raked in a combined $2.5 billion at global box offices.
But in January, Sony dropped plans to make "Spider-Man 4" and instead decided to relaunch the series by taking Peter Parker back to high school and hiring a new actor to play him.
In July, little-known Andrew Garfield won the Peter Parker/Spider-Man role, and production on the new 3D movie starts in December with a release date set for July 3, 2012.
Garfield recently has made a big splash in the current hit movie, "The Social Network" about the founding of Facebook.
Australian scientist captivate Surabaya students with Apollo missions
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The University of Western Australia`s Adjunct Professor Brian O`Brien presented research on Apollo moon expeditions to students at Surabaya`s 10 November Institute of Technology on Tuesday.
According to a media release from the Australian Embassy here on its official website, O`Brien is a space scientist and former NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Principle Investigator for the 1960s Apollo missions project.
The late 1960s Apollo 11, 12, 14 and 15 missions (and the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission) carried Apollo Charged Particle Lunar Environment Experiments (CPLEE) or "moon dust detectors" conceived and designed by Professor O`Brien, for which he was awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement.
These detectors were deployed on the surface of the moon and their information beamed back to Earth and recorded onto tapes.
These data tapes are most likely the only such dust measurements of the Apollo missions of their kind in the world.
Results from Professor O`Brien`s dust detectors may now hold the key to overcoming problems associated with lunar dust for future moon missions.
Professor O`Brien found that moon dust is sticky and its stickiness changes during the course of a lunar day.
Understanding the physics of lunar dust also has important implications for the scientific equipment left on the moon.
"Lunar dust is considered the number one environmental problem on the moon and can cause unexpected difficulties and hazards for both robots and humans operating on the dust-covered lunar surface," said Professor O`Brien.
He also captivated students by showing them life-size models of his dust detectors.These detectors only weighed 270 grams and were about the size of a matchbox.
They contained three small solar cells which gave different voltage readings according to how much dust was present.
Australia`s Charge d`Affaires Paul Robilliard said the visit to Indonesia by O`Brien coincided with 20th Anniversary celebrations of the Western Australia-East Java Sister State relationship, highlights Australia`s strengths in the fields of science and technology and the potential for closer technological links with Indonesia. (*)
According to a media release from the Australian Embassy here on its official website, O`Brien is a space scientist and former NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Principle Investigator for the 1960s Apollo missions project.
The late 1960s Apollo 11, 12, 14 and 15 missions (and the ill-fated Apollo 13 mission) carried Apollo Charged Particle Lunar Environment Experiments (CPLEE) or "moon dust detectors" conceived and designed by Professor O`Brien, for which he was awarded the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement.
These detectors were deployed on the surface of the moon and their information beamed back to Earth and recorded onto tapes.
These data tapes are most likely the only such dust measurements of the Apollo missions of their kind in the world.
Results from Professor O`Brien`s dust detectors may now hold the key to overcoming problems associated with lunar dust for future moon missions.
Professor O`Brien found that moon dust is sticky and its stickiness changes during the course of a lunar day.
Understanding the physics of lunar dust also has important implications for the scientific equipment left on the moon.
"Lunar dust is considered the number one environmental problem on the moon and can cause unexpected difficulties and hazards for both robots and humans operating on the dust-covered lunar surface," said Professor O`Brien.
He also captivated students by showing them life-size models of his dust detectors.These detectors only weighed 270 grams and were about the size of a matchbox.
They contained three small solar cells which gave different voltage readings according to how much dust was present.
Australia`s Charge d`Affaires Paul Robilliard said the visit to Indonesia by O`Brien coincided with 20th Anniversary celebrations of the Western Australia-East Java Sister State relationship, highlights Australia`s strengths in the fields of science and technology and the potential for closer technological links with Indonesia. (*)
Sumatra elephants roaming in and destroying villages
Aceh (ANTARA News)- A herd of seven Sumatra elephants (Elephas maximus sumatrae) were roaming in the residential area of Gampong village, Trumon Timur subdistrict, South Aceh regency.
"It has been several days that the elephants are roaming in the residential area, trampling and destroying crops," Director of the South Aceh Institute of Society
Development Strategy (Insosdes) T Masrizar said in Tapaktuan Thursday.
The protected animals also destroyed other crops like palm oil, banana and second crops.
The elephants also caused fear to the villagers especially in the night, during most of the time they stayed indoor.
"The disruption by the wild elephants at the foot of Mt Leuser had caused great concern and fear to the villagers, and the relevant government authorities were called on to handle the situation," Masrizar said.
Many of the villagers had tried to chase the big animals away by throwing fire balls on them, and making loud sounds, but the big animals stayed put and appeared to be reluctant to move.
"It appeared that the villagers had come to their wit`s end, and did not know what to do while the big animals continued destroying their crops, he added.
He said besides the subdistrict of Trumon Timur, some other subdistricts like Bakongan Timur and Kluet had also become victim of the giant animals.
"It has been several days that the elephants are roaming in the residential area, trampling and destroying crops," Director of the South Aceh Institute of Society
Development Strategy (Insosdes) T Masrizar said in Tapaktuan Thursday.
The protected animals also destroyed other crops like palm oil, banana and second crops.
The elephants also caused fear to the villagers especially in the night, during most of the time they stayed indoor.
"The disruption by the wild elephants at the foot of Mt Leuser had caused great concern and fear to the villagers, and the relevant government authorities were called on to handle the situation," Masrizar said.
Many of the villagers had tried to chase the big animals away by throwing fire balls on them, and making loud sounds, but the big animals stayed put and appeared to be reluctant to move.
"It appeared that the villagers had come to their wit`s end, and did not know what to do while the big animals continued destroying their crops, he added.
He said besides the subdistrict of Trumon Timur, some other subdistricts like Bakongan Timur and Kluet had also become victim of the giant animals.
RI to fight for access to genetic resource benefits
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia is to fight for access to global genetic resource benefits as it is one of the world`s most biologically diverse countries.
"Indonesia`s expectation for issues on access and benefit sharing is the adoption of Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge at the 10th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity next week in Nagoya, Japan," Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said in a written statement received by ANTARA on Monday.
The Indonesian delegation to the conference would be led by himself but two other ministers were also slated to attend the conference.
The Indonesian delegation to the conference would take up the issues because the protocol was an important instrument that provides for legal basis on genetic resource exploitation globally and stop bio-piracy.
Other issues to be forwarded by Indonesian delegation in the conference that will last in October 19-29 are post-2010 strategic plans and funding generation strategies. A high-level ministerial segment, to be attended by environmental ministers from more than 100 countries, will be held in October 27-29.
Substantive issues regarding access on genetic resource benefit sharing to be tabled in the conference among others are handling, transport, packaging and identification of living modified organisms (Article 18), rights and/or obligations of Parties of transit of living modified organisms, liability and redress (Article 27).
Risk assessment and risk management (Articles 15 and 16), public awareness and participation (paragraph 1, Article 23), monitoring and reporting (Article 33), assessment and review (Article 35), strategic plan of the Protocol and program of work of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol. (*)
"Indonesia`s expectation for issues on access and benefit sharing is the adoption of Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing of Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge at the 10th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity next week in Nagoya, Japan," Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta said in a written statement received by ANTARA on Monday.
The Indonesian delegation to the conference would be led by himself but two other ministers were also slated to attend the conference.
The Indonesian delegation to the conference would take up the issues because the protocol was an important instrument that provides for legal basis on genetic resource exploitation globally and stop bio-piracy.
Other issues to be forwarded by Indonesian delegation in the conference that will last in October 19-29 are post-2010 strategic plans and funding generation strategies. A high-level ministerial segment, to be attended by environmental ministers from more than 100 countries, will be held in October 27-29.
Substantive issues regarding access on genetic resource benefit sharing to be tabled in the conference among others are handling, transport, packaging and identification of living modified organisms (Article 18), rights and/or obligations of Parties of transit of living modified organisms, liability and redress (Article 27).
Risk assessment and risk management (Articles 15 and 16), public awareness and participation (paragraph 1, Article 23), monitoring and reporting (Article 33), assessment and review (Article 35), strategic plan of the Protocol and program of work of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Protocol. (*)
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