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- Studio: TriStar Pictures
- Release Date: Apr 5, 2013
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While Raimi's Stooges aesthetic — which was really more prominently displayed in the sequels than in 1981's The Evil Dead — isn't played up here, there's enough outrageous unreality to make the brutality go down a little easier. It isn't quite a cartoon, but it's close enough.
The new Evil Dead's delirious gross-out scenes spoke to me, and they go further than any mainstream picture I can think of.
The plotting as a whole feels fresh, as does the emphasis on women strong enough to defend themselves.
Alvarez triumphs because he made one crucial decision: Avoid digital animation and use only practical in-camera special effects. He uses every trick from classic Hollywood and invents a few of his own.
The setup and geography are consistent with the original, though the film never makes the mistake of trying to rebottle the lightning that electrified Sam Raimi's movie.
The downright gnarliest mainstream horror release in recent memory, Evil Dead is certainly a considerable and occasionally commendable dose of the ol' ultra-violence, but Fede Alvarez' Raimi-sanctioned update of 1981's cult favorite only really has that demented determination going for it.
Though it never channels the raw DIY energy of the original Evil Dead series — what big-budget version could? — this polished, clever remake remains true to the spirit of the original, which was at once viscerally terrifying and weirdly lighthearted.
It's unlikely the movie will gain the same ardent following as Raimi's debut, but it offers enough good-time gore, goofiness, scares and screams to leave an audience feeling a certain elated exhaustion.
Effective scares, respectful nods to its inspiration and a few new twists make the question of whether this new Evil Dead succeeds in matching its inspiration superfluous. This is one remake that succeeds on its own blood-soaked terms.
A gore-for-broke affair that strips the flesh off Sam Raimi's cult-beloved comic-horror franchise and exposes the demons at its core.
Boasts way better production values than the penny-pinching 1981 original and conceivably could delight genre fans who have never seen the first version or its previous remakes/sequels. But it's bound to play best with those who catch Alvarez's many wink-wink allusions to Raimi's picture.
I learned a total of two things from watching Evil Dead: No camping kit is complete without duct tape, and sometimes end credits are worth sitting through for a movie's best gag.
Evil Dead, however, accomplishes what it sets out to do: Scare viewers silly and uphold a tradition.
An ode to the strength of onscreen horror even in its less inspired state, the new Evil Dead primarily succeeds at illustrating how the originals have managed to stand the test of time.
So long as you grit your teeth and keep your eyes on the screen, it's an enjoyable, if almost academic, exercise in bad taste.
Is this Evil Dead (no "The") any good? Yes and no. It several genuinely hair-raising moments and presents, for your edification and enjoyment, some of the most graphic horror violence ever presented on the screen.
It is nowhere near as creepy as the recent indie horror "V/H/S," but it is a full-bloodedly grisly and macabre film that zaps over a few scares.
Closer to Eli Roth than Sam Raimi, this brutal retread combines J-horror atmospherics with torture-porn kills. It's more evisceration than invention but at least has the courage of its bloody-minded convictions.
Prepare yourself for a shock: a horror remake that, at its best, manages to recapture the original's hardcore nastiness. It could certainly do with laughing at itself a bit more, though.
Doesn't have the original's wooden performances, puffy clothes and hairdos or its amusingly crude special effects, but it does share its blood lust.
There is nothing about Evil Dead as groundbreaking as Raimi's films (particularly the first two). But it's smarter and better done than a lot of what's come since those movies were made, which is to say there is at least some thought behind the killings.
Though Alvarez keeps us watching, he takes no real chances. Buried under all those enthusiastically mangled bodies is the comfort of familiarity. He may have intended to remake a single film, but we've seen this movie countless times before.
What really matters is seeing these pretty people get put through the gory wringer, and once the unholy spirit comes calling, Evil Dead more than delivers.
The passing of the torch from Raimi to Alvarez is not a momentous occasion. In the end, who really cares? Five years from now, will you want to watch this bloody $14 million extravaganza or Raimi's shoestring original, which was Amateur Hour elevated to pop art?
Are we really looking to Evil Dead for gnarly possessions played straight? That's what Alvarez gives us for an overlong stretch, until his reinterpretation of the malevolent-hand gag kicks off a last act that's more freewheelingly, twistedly grisly. (Don't skip the credits, because the fan-energizing momentum peaks at the very end.)
More stomach-churning than soul-chilling. The list of on-screen atrocities includes attacks by nail gun, electric carving knife, chain saw, shotgun, crowbar and chunk of ceramic from a broken toilet tank, used as a crude bludgeon.
Goes overboard on the gruesome and scrimps on humor. Raimi's "Drag Me to Hell" was a much funnierchill-fest.
This isn't just a horror movie with gore - it's a gore movie, period. Blood is its raison d'etre. It's not scary. It's not shocking. It just wallows in viscera. Ho-hum. Pass the ketchup.
Evil Dead offers the core audience for modern horror plenty of reasons to jump, and then settle back, tensely, while awaiting the next idiotic trip down to the cellar beneath the demon-infested cabin in the woods.
Featuring truly shocking levels of violence but none of the wit or fun of the original, the new Evil Dead is mostly a dud.
Because while it can boast of some truly extraordinary special effects -- stomach-churning, face-hacking, arm-slicing visual effects, the kind that are sure to titillate the gleefully twisted -- this Evil Dead is far more gruesome than awesome.
This remake of the 1981 horror classic starts well, but it soon degenerates into tiresome shock gore that overstays its welcome, despite the film's modest run time. Jane Levy as a heroin addict going through withdrawal is the one bright spot.
Though it tries — with a much too heavy hand — the new Evil Dead is far less humorous than its predecessor.
This isn't a strict remake of Sam Raimi's hugely influential 1981 horror classic, but it does include the basic framework and some visual nods to the original. On its own, it's an irredeemable, sadistic torture chamber reveling in the bloody, cringe-inducing deaths of some of the stupidest people ever to spend a rainy night in a remote cabin in the woods.
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Mixed: 31 out of 173
Negative: 25 out of 173
Apr 5, 2013What can I say about this other than it's amazing? It's everything you want in a horror film. It's bloody, gory, and disgusting all in a goodWhat can I say about this other than it's amazing? It's everything you want in a horror film. It's bloody, gory, and disgusting all in a good way. It never fails to keep a creepy time to it throughout the film. It all looks just so realistic too. There's no CGI. Only practical effects which makes it 10 times better. I'll probably see this movie 3 more times while it's in theaters… Full Review »
Apr 5, 2013This remake of the 1981 classic really delivers. It's very entertaining in a scary sense and in a gory sense. The only real problem about thisThis remake of the 1981 classic really delivers. It's very entertaining in a scary sense and in a gory sense. The only real problem about this movie is that it's too short. An amazing horror thriller like this should be at least 2 hours long. Not 91 minutes. Just too short. Overall, it's a scary/gory good time you'll have at the movies this year.… Full Review »
Apr 6, 2013*posted on IMDB as well* When the remake of the 1981 horror classic "The Evil Dead" was announced in late 2011, fans of the series reacted,*posted on IMDB as well* When the remake of the 1981 horror classic "The Evil Dead" was announced in late 2011, fans of the series reacted, unsurprisingly, with revulsion. At the heart of their outrage lay a simple question: Why? How could a remake possibly improve upon the original? The first film's charm had much to do with its shoestring budget and utter lack of prestige. The cast and crew were a ragtag group of amateurs who essentially had no clue what they were doing. The filming process was notoriously unpleasant, requiring the team to live in a primitive log-cabin in the backwoods of Eastern Tennessee. It shouldn't have worked. And yet, when The Evil Dead hit theaters, it won over audiences across the world with its simplistic, clumsy charm and unique sense of humor--not to mention its pioneering camera work and brilliant practical effects. It paved the way for a decade of ultra-violent, low budget horror movies (either the best thing to happen to the genre or the worst, depending on who you're talking to.) Few products of the medium have ever enjoyed such influence.
Though a more technically advanced film, Fede Alvarez' 2013 remake--backed, disappointingly, by Raimi and Campbell themselves-- is as shoddy a production as the original, but without the charm and humor to redeem it. The fundamental problem with Alvarez' version (and Diablo Cody's reworking of the script) is that it approaches the material with ludicrous self seriousness, thus making itself vulnerable to more intense scrutiny, against which it has little hope of defense. The film begins promisingly enough, opening with a disturbing scene of father-daughter filicide, but immediately tumbles downhill when the meat of the plot (what little there is) is revealed. The premise is this: A group of five twenty-somethings treks out into the woods for a high school reunion/intervention, hoping to permanently cure Mia (Jane Levy) of her heroin addiction. They hole up in Mia and her brother David's (Shiloh Fernandez) decrepit family cottage and steel themselves for the worst of the withdrawal symptoms to set in. However, their priorities soon shift when Eric (Lou Taylor Pucci) discovers a copy of the Necronomicon in the basement (wrapped in barbed wire, bound in human skin, and with explicit admonishments written in bold red letters upon its pages) and recites the exact words the book warns him not to recite under any circumstance. With this incantation, a portal into the world of the dead and the damned is opened. What follows thereafter should, by all rights, be an entertaining, gory romp through the swamps. Instead, we are treated to seventy minutes of unrelenting stupidity and bad acting. The worst offender by far is the feebleminded David, our lackluster stand in for Bruce Campbell's Ash, who, for three quarters of the movie, simply can't get it through his thick skull that his sister has been possessed by a demon. He seems to think that telekinesis, dramatic drops in vocal pitch, and Linda Blair-esque neck twitches are typical symptoms of heroin withdrawal. His dimwitted attempts to contain the situation are extraordinarily frustrating to watch, as is the extreme gullibility of the other characters. How many times will these fools fall for the old "I'm not a demon!" trick? Make a drinking game out of it. You'll be wasted long before the final act.
Again, all of these transgressions would be more forgivable if the movie didn't take itself so dang seriously. But there's nary an amusing one-liner or a hint of self-awareness to get us through this study in tedium and banality. Even the violence is disappointing--or at least it failed to impress this seasoned genre enthusiast. Sure, there's a cool scene with a nail gun, and a few cringe inducing moments involving syringes, electric meat slicers, and boiling hot water, but it all feels a little been-there-done-that. Recent films that top Evil Dead in the gore department include Slither, Feast, Cabin Fever, Hostel, and High Tension, among others. Check those out instead.
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{{reqphoto|History}} to illustrate the general appearance of an enclosure (an overhead photo would be good) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dylan Lake (talk • contribs) 22:29, December 10, 2006
Against the Merger of Articles 'Causewayed Enclosure' and 'Circular Ditches'[edit]
- 1. The two given examples of Neolitic sites are discrete groups differentiated by construction and theorised use. Perhaps a link should be included, connecting the two, as items of potentially similar interest. But I would be against going so far as to make them out to be one in the same.
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For the Merger of Articles 'Causewayed Enclosure' and 'Circular Ditches'[edit]
Do not merge: From the description given, the ditches seem to be quite different from causewayed enclosures. Whereas the enclosures were raised earthenworks of unknown (if generally defensive) uses, the circular ditches were, well, ditches, and the article doesn't provide any known function. Additionally, if the circular ditches were from the Linear Ceramic culture, which flourished through ~4500 BC, and the causewayed enclosures were being made until ~3000 BC, it sounds like they were from different cultures. However, the circular ditches article definitely needs cleanup and expansion. —Ryan McDaniel 21:56, 13 June 2006 (UTC)


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Jens 'Snute' Aasgaard is a professional StarCraft II player from Norway who plays Zerg.
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Snute was born in Oppegård, Norway on July 28, 1990. He is competitive by nature and, in elementary school, he and his classmates would hold StarCraft: Brood War Tournaments. However, they would lose interest after a while and Snute quit playing Brood War after a couple of years. He was bitten by the competitive bug again in 2002, when his older brother got a dance mat for PlayStation and he developed a competitive mindset for dance games, leading to him becoming the Norwegian champion of Dance Dance Revolution in 2004. In becoming champion, he was on a level where he was able to step 10 times a second. He continued with DDR as a hobby/workout until he moved from Norway and no longer had access to the equipment.
Snute also wanted to become professional pianist. Most of his family was playing some instrument or another and Snute was very dedicated in becoming a pianist. He practiced several hours straight in order to improve, but he felt that there "seem[ed] to be things that couldn't be understood or mastered". He couldn't get into the school he wanted and eventually he lost his passion for it.
Snute then started studying Music Technology at Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim in 2011 while playing SC2 as a hobby. Before this, his long-term goal was to become a "renown[ed] trance producer". However, he felt that in order to do well professionally in the field of music technology he had to be completely dedicated and he felt the same with StarCraft II. Ultimately, he felt he had to choose and in 2012, he chose StarCraft, becoming a full-time pro gamer.
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The Assistive Technologies in Autism and Intellectual Disability (ASSISTID) research programme was launched last Thursday, 15 May, in Dublin, Ireland. For the next five years 12 different research institutes will work on assistive technologies to improve quality of life of people with intellectual disability. € 3.5 million of the total € 8.8 million research budget are co-funded by the EU under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUNDprogramme.
Commissioner Geoghegan-Quinn with some participants (left) and project coordinator, Prof Brian Harvey (right).
The programme has been granted € 3.5 million from EU funds – to be managed by the REA – to cofund research on assistive technologies and behavioural science in order to improve care and social inclusion of people affected by intellectual disability and autism.
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Scott Summers and Emma Frost have been together for years now and have been one of the X-Men's most prominent couples. Scott and Emma have been there for each other through thick and thin.
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As the convention approaches, activity in the main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has increased. Deputy Head of CHP Gürsel Tekin has resigned. The fight over the provincial presidency of Istanbul was the final straw and Tekin has gone. Many are curious whether Tekin will leave CHP or form a new party.
In the deep corridors of CHP there's talk of surprising future plans, interesting alliance expectations and searches for change. There are many eccentric scenarios; there are also realistic ones. But, I can share this observation of mine: Tekin will not retreat and will not rest after his resignation.
There is a strong expectation that Tekin will start a struggle toward the Party Assembly (PM) at the convention to be held in July. Especially, if he can succeed in having Ali Özcan elected as Istanbul provincial head on May 13, then he will have a stronger hand. He might try to place as many opponents as he can to the PM and plan a future over this victory.
When the statute of CHP was amended at the beginning of the year, it was adopted that the PM is elected with an "open list." This is a crucial advantage for the opposition, because in a block list (closed list) whoever the leader wants is elected. The open list allows the opportunity for someone to be elected to the PM despite not having the leader's support. At the beginning of the 2000s this has happened in the CHP and 17 people were able to penetrate through Baykal's list and become a member of the PM.
Tekin could also have an attempt to force implementing such a process to increase his power inside the party. Or, however difficult it may be, he may wait until the local elections in 2014 and in the case of an election defeat, he could become a candidate for leadership challenging Kılıçdaroğlu.
It is also whispered that Tekin may keep a low profile for some time and then negotiate with Kılıçdaroğlu for a position such as Istanbul Mayor.
If Tekin's plans are to challenge leadership in the future or to support a name who is challenging the leadership, then the timing of his resignation is correct. For the first time Kılıçdaroğlu is holding a convention where he is able to determine the delegates, the organization and the administration. In the case of a probable defeat he will have no one else to blame. Tekin may want to walk to leadership or become an influential power center in the party by staying outside during this process, by growing over not partnering in the mistakes.
I hear that Kılıçdaroğlu's game plan is ready. He may submit a block list instead of an open list in the convention for the PM and silence the opposition. It is also whispered that against a probable unification of power, he may include some important names on the front desk of the party. There may be a surprise, it is pointed out. Kılıçdaroğlu may announce Mustafa Sarıgül as the candidate for Istanbul Mayor right after the convention, leaving Tekin outside the loop. It's like hitting two birds with one stone. Regardless of Sarıgül winning or losing, Kılıçdaroğlu can walk to the general elections cleared of his two serious rivals.
There are rumors and also expectations voiced in the corridors. In all circumstances, this summer will be warm for CHP. The July congress and its outcome will have crucial significance for CHP's mid-term future plans including the local and the general elections.
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Square Enix Discusses Middleware Benefits and Challenges
Developer looks back frankly on Last Remnant, discusses challenges of using middleware engines for their games.
It's no secret that Square Enix's Last Remnant suffered major technical problems. It was the developer's first Xbox 360 game, and the first time they attempted to use the Unreal Engine. The results weren't always pretty, as Square Enix chief technology officer Julien Merceron readily admitted in an interview with Gamasutra.
"One of the traps with middleware is that some game teams believe that, because they got this middleware, maybe they need less programmers on their team, or maybe they don't need that many skilled programmers."
"And it's true -- how many talented physics programmers are there out there? I don't think that you could find three to four extremely talented physics programmers per team. For example, let's say you have like 30 game development teams; if you're looking to find two or three extremely talented physics programmers for each of your teams, that's going to be extremely difficult."
Merceron noted that one obstacle when it comes to utilizing middleware is that problems occasionally come up that no one is equipped to solve. However, he added that, "I think also it is important to highlight that there will be a time I think it won't be possible anymore to work without middleware because of time, talent, and cost reasons. So, as a conclusion, I think a balanced approach is needed."
Will more Square Enix games be utilizing middleware in the future? With the extraordinary time and expense that went into Final Fantasy XIII, it wouldn't be surprising to see them try some alternative approaches to development. We'll see what happens once its finally on the market on March 9.
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Last Remnant Was UnrealPosted: Mar 20, 2010 12:00AM PST by Relayer71
Performance wise, The Last Remnant isn't so bad when installed to HD. Sure it has rough edges but it isn't enough to break the game in my opinion. Of course when it first came out there was no HD install if I remember correctly so its reputation was ruined beyond repair. But with HD installation performance is tolerable. Still no excuse for it considering it's SquareENix and not some small development house.
It's just the game itself - again, not a terrible game but nothing truly great either.
Combine both aspects: mediocre game (albeit with some interesting battle mechanics) with uneven performance and you're not going to produce a winner.
I'd still recommend it to hard core JRPG fans with enough HD space but Lost Odyssey is a much better experience.
Your all fags! :)Posted: Mar 01, 2010 12:00AM PST by GuitarJester89
Your all fags. Compared to most game cpmanies SE is still on top. The quality is SE's games compared to most others is still very obvious. So go cry about it to someone who cares. You guys just don't like the fact the games have changed it up. Thats your problem. Deal with it.
back to square onePosted: Feb 19, 2010 12:00AM PST by Ahiru
square enix is going down. maybe they are simply outta talented programmers, maybe they were dying ever since sakaguchi left them.
day after day we read about how square is "cutting of complexed scenery" (towns in FF series?), "lack of talented programmers" and so on.
if they are still UP AND RUNNING, they are simply LAZY.
square died and they can't keep up with the pace, FF is dying as well. i love the last remnant, FF series and whatnot, but squenix had its glory. now shut it down and let others do the job.
What happened to them....?Posted: Feb 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by ghost_7
...They (Square) lost their mojo.....long ago. Last Remnant was a mess. Their Name and titles don't carry the same weight they once did...imho. At least i'll give Square-enix credit for keeping this garbage away from the PS3.
What happened to them?Posted: Feb 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Artaiten
Square has fallen off the map to me, I haven't played a good square game in years. Maybe its because im an adult now but I think its just a major difference in culture. We like realistic, battle hardened hero's, they like gender-confused kids who have daddy issues. I bought Last Remnant day one and stopped playing it because it was so bad, not because of the battle system issues but because there was NO story at all! Square just doesn't have the magic anymore. They have the luxury of a franchise that can practically sell itself off of name alone and they piss it away. They should take a hard long look at games like Mass Effect,Fallout and Assassins Creed. Maybe they will get their head out of their asses and stop seeing games as an opportunity to show off purple armored boots on a hero who only has belts and zippers protecting him.
Could have loved it...Posted: Feb 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by Blu3Munk3y
Thats no excuse for putting out something unfinished to the public. They should have brought in the right people or spent more time learning it. putting out an unfinished project just makes you looks messy and unproffesional.
Middleware not necessarily neededPosted: Feb 18, 2010 12:00AM PST by v4next
As we all know, a middlewares quality is only as good the developers themselves. And developers who make there own custom engines need only make a new engine every 4-5 years or so, and incrementally upgrade it until they get to a point of a full rewrite. So initially, a new, more powerfull engine may take a long while to make, but after the 1st game to use it is done, the sequels become alot easier & quicker to produce, as most of the main R&D is done. Rockstar is the perfect example with GTA3. Compare the difference between GTA3 and San Andreas. GTA3 seemed primitive compared to San Andreas', even though its the same engine exstensily upgraded.
I wonder...Posted: Feb 17, 2010 12:00AM PST by Blastfurnace2k
If there's a way to get SE to discuss why they completely abandoned the PS3 version of LR.? Gotta love when a company announces a multiplatform game, then doesn't have a word on the subject of the game not coming out for one of the systems it was announced for. At least they have FF to fall back on while they douche their way around the gaming populace. I think FFXIII and XIV may be my last romps through SE territory. Between the shoddy handling of LR and the complete crapass decision to make Front Mission a shooter, my faith is gone in these idiots.


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Earlier this week Github published a graph showing the relative popularity of programming languages among GitHub development project repositories, both private and public, for 2008 to 2015.
Some things don't seem too surprising. Javascript is at the top. C++ has stayed in the top 10 since 2008.
But a couple of things really surprised me. Of the three P's, PHP and Python have remained in the top 5 for the entire period, but Perl has fallen off the chart. CSS has risen dramatically. But the most surprising thing for me was the incredible rise of Java from 7th to 2nd since 2008. Not long ago it seemed that only the big system houses like HP, IBM and Oracle were using Java. One reason for its spectacular rise may be that it is suited to building big distributed internet systems (the Hadoop framework is implemented in Java). It is also used for Android which runs more than 50% of the world's smart phones. Something which may be related is the recent spurt in C# (Microsoft's version of Java). In the geospatial community the rise in Java popularity has been paralleled by the rise in the popularity of GeoServer and GeoTools both of which were developed using Java.
Finally, Apple's Swift development language for iOS, which Apple says it will open source, is off this graph, but apparently has already risen to 18th. It's rapid rise perhaps accounts partially for the drop in Objective-C, which has like C++ stayed in the top 10 - until very recently.
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At DistribuTECH 2015, Raiford Smith of CPS Energy and Jason P. Handley of Duke Energy, presented their perspectives on the smart grid; what is motivating it in terms of business and technology drivers, a roadmap for implementing it at their utilities, and the benefits that are expected from it for customers and for utilities. They also outlined a smart grid architecture based on open standards to enable seamless interoperability that enables distributed as opposed to centralized intelligence. Some of the advantages of a distributed architecture are scalability, reduced latency and implementing security at the grid edge instead of via the central control application.
Megatrends driving smart grid Raiford Smith sees four major megatrends that are major motivating forces behind the smart grid. Moore's Law means there are intelligent devices for power networks with greater capabilities and at less cost. Metcalfe's Law means more interconnections and greater interoperability. Big data analytics means the ability to extract more meaningful information and insights from rapidly increasing volumes of data coming from thousands and even millions of intelligent devices. Distributed energy generation (DER) means more complicated power management - balancing intermittent generation and new load profiles from an increasing number of new electronic devices.
From a business perspective a major benefit is greater customer choice. In the future the customer will be able to not only manage his/her consumption of power, but also its generation. With rooftop solar PV and batteries the customer may elect to not even be on the grid, but to create his/her own microgrid. But it also means the utility business model will have to evolve from what it has been for the past 100 years. New York is one of the jurisdictions that is already changing its regulatory framework to enable utilities to move to a new business model.
As an aside, at this year's DistribuTECH if there was one technology that seemed to be everywhere and on almost every utility's radar, it is microgrids. Duke Energy is even playing with the idea of offering microgrids as a service.
Technology roadmap for the smart grid
From Raiford Smith's perspective the technology roadmap for the smart grid involves the deployment of increasing numbers of intelligent electronic devices for sensing and for control. The challenge is federating the data from all of these devices, extracting information from it, and dispatching the information to the right control devices. From an architectural perspective this drives the need for a field message bus which enables interoperability between different devices from different vendors. It also requires a common semantic model, such as the Common Information Model (CIM), adding security at the edge of the grid in addition to the central control room, and analytics to extract information from the huge volume of data collected from the sensors.To test different smart grid configurations, CPS Energy is assembling a test facility for a three year smart grid testing program. It will have 30,000 customers, 15 circuits, solar generation, smart inverters, battery storage and the ability to disconnect from the grid to form a microgrid.
Benefits of the smart grid
Raiford expects major benefits for customers and for the utility from implementing a smart grid. For customers, perhaps the biggest benefit is that the smart grid avoids divergence of utility services and customers needs. Sometimes referred to as disaggregation, in this context it means a 3rd party coming between a utility and its customers. Historical examples are Microsoft Hohm and Google Powermeter which were perceived as threats because utilities found the idea of a Microsoft or Google insinuating itself between the utility and its customers unattractive. Opower is an example of a different approach that is much more attractive to utilities. Instead of doing an end-run around the utility, Opower focussed on the utility as their direct customer. Services using Opower's solutions is then offered by the utility to its customers.
Secondly, smart grid provides a flexible foundation for providing new services to customers (which also creates new sources of revenue for utilities). Raiford suggested some examples including electric vehicles and charging, premium (high quality) power, premium reliability, and asset control (for ex, inverters and batteries) and advanced demand response (the utility would provide these as a service to customers, rather than customers buying these devices from a 3rd party). The result is greater customer satisfaction and improved brand recognition as CPS Energy is perceived as a leader in providing new and improved services to customers. The benefits that Raiford sees for utilities are equally important. They include improved operational metrics (SAIDI, SAIFI, asset utilization), better financial metrics (O&M spend, revenue generation), environmental benefits, improved safety, better trained and skilled staff, and more reliable risk modeling (better predictions of revenue, costs, customer satisfaction, and asset condition).Probably the greatest challenge Raiford sees is managing organizational change, because the smart grid will mean that just about everything will change including the utility business model and most aspects of how we design, build, maintain and operate the grid.
Drivers for utility industry change
Jason Handley, of the Emerging Technology Office at Duke Energy, reviewed some of the major drivers for industry change. Many applications currently used by power utilities are proprietary, with the result that the utility has many application silos that don't interoperate. The rapid adoption of DERs is requiring utilities to move toward faster response times, reduced costs, better safety, and improved reliability. Dynamic load management and low voltage power electronics will mean greater adoption of rooftop PVs and other DERs. Increasingly utilities will invest in standards-based, modular systems for hardware, multi-function devices, and a field message bus for software that will enable interoperability. From a business perspective broader interoperability facilitates more competition which lowers costs, encourages innovation and improves reliability.
Other important drivers that Jason sees that are impacting utilities include demand response, electric vehicles, in-premise automation, cybersecurity threats, aging infrastructure, big data complexity, and avoiding stranded assets. The smart grid is requiring utilities to change how they do things. Utilities realize they have to be more proactive in their operations, rather than waiting for something to happen and then reacting to it. Situational awareness has become a critical capability for utilities in enabling utilities to be more proactive. It is made possible by having a variety of sensors in the field that together can present a snapshot of the status of the grid. The key functionality required to enable this to happen is seamless interoperability.
Centralized or distributed intelligence
As utilities implement thousands and even millions of smart devices in the field, a centralized architecture runs into scalability and latency problems. Duke's solution is an architecture with distributed as opposed to centralized intelligence. Duke sees this as comprised of layers so that with this architecture, not all data needs to go to the central control application. Some can be handled at lower levels. A self healing network is an example where a problem can be handled locally without the central control application knowing anything about it. Distributed intelligence also enables fast edge decisions that can be made without waiting for the central control application. For example, an advantage that cannot be underestimated with this architecture is that it enables security at the edge of the grid, not just via the central control application. Based on this concept Duke has defined a Distributed Intelligence Platform (DIP) Reference Architecture designed to take advantage of the tremendous intelligence that is out in the field in addition to the intelligence in the control centre.
Duke Energy, CPS Energy and 25 vendors, called the Coalition of the Willing (COW) have just embarked on an implementation of this architecture that supports a microgrid. The smart grid requires exchanging data between different devices from different manufacturers in the field. Traditional utility technologies are very often vendor silos utilizing proprietary hardware, telecommunications and software platforms. The goal of the "Coalition of the Willing" (COW) is to demonstrate that data and control commands can be shared across multiple vendor platforms (typically proprietary) to achieve interoperability with lower costs and faster response times. A key part of the demonstration is an open standard field message bus implemented as an open source project. The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has created an OpenFMB working group to support this effort.
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At DistribuTECH 2015 the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has announced the launch of the OpenFMB Project, a special SGIP working group designed to leverage existing standards and structured processes to create a new paradigm for true interoperability and peer-to-peer communication across vendors' architecture that will increase business intelligence and operational efficiencies while allowing for secure and reliable communication and fast decision-making in the field.
The smart grid requires exchanging data between different devices from different manufacturers in the field. Traditional utility technologies are very often vendor silos utilizing proprietary hardware, telecommunications and software platforms. Duke Energy and six vendor companies formed a group called the "Coalition of the Willing" (COW) whose goal was to demonstrate that data and control commands can be shared across multiple vendor platforms (typically proprietary) to achieve interoperability with lower costs and faster response times. A key part of the demonstration was an open field message bus implemented as an open source project.
Duke Energy has announced the next phase of their interoperability project (COW II) with an expanded group of 25 vendor partners and a utility partner CPS Energy. The second phase will include the operation of a microgrid system which will integrate distributed renewable resources such as solar PV and battery storage with a field message bus-based distributed intelligence platform with wireless communications to devices.
For COW II Duke Energy defined a Distributed Intelligence Platform (DIP) Reference Architecture. According to Duke, the reference architecture is intended to document Duke Energy's technology roadmap for interoperability using open standards-based distributed information systems. Part of the reference architecture is a field message bus. According to Duke the Field Message Bus (FMB) is intended to be an open standard-based, common logical publish/ subscribe interface that connects multiple disparate grid devices, telecom networks, and information systems. It is the key technology enabler to demonstrate the benefits of the distributed architecture by facilitating interoperability between multiple different vendor's OT, IT, and telecom systems.Starting with the Distributed Intelligence Platform reference architecture from the COW project, SGIP has defined the OpenFMB concept as the way distributed applications and open interfaces can enable interoperable peer-to-peer data exchanges between power systems devices. The OpenFMB framework provides a specification for power systems field devices to leverage a non-proprietary and standards-based reference architecture platform, which consists of internet protocol (IP) networking, Internet of Things (IoT) messaging protocols, and standardized common semantic models (such as CIM), to enable communications and peer-to-peer information exchange between devices on the electric grid.
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The smart grid requires exchanging data between different devices from many manufacturers in the field. Traditional utility technologies are very often vendor silos utilizing proprietary hardware, telecommunications and software platforms that communicate to a centralized hub. Last year at Distributech 2014 a group of Duke Energy and six companies called the "Coalition of the Willing" (COW) – Accenture, Alstom Grid, Ambient Corporation, Echelon, S&C, and Verizon, demonstrated interoperability between their products. The goal was to demonstrate that data and control commands can be shared across multiple vendor platforms (typically proprietary) to achieve interoperability with lower costs and faster response times.
At Distributech 2014 Duke energy also described the challenges Duke has encountered in cleaning, merging and managing operational data, combining it with other types of data including social media, and developing analytical tools to extract meaningful information. Duke also described an innovative approach for involving vendors in the development of their smart grid platform and applications, which provided the basis for vendor involvement in COW.
COW 1 Volt/Var Optimization
The first phase of this project was to convert a Volt/Var Optimization (VVO) function to run on a distributed platform. It used a "communications node" and a standards-based messaging architecture to enable peer-to-peer communications to integrate data from different vendors' systems. Each of the COW participants exposed some data via a standards-based interface (Field Message Bus). The application read two residential meter voltages supplied by Echelon meters and brought the data back via Power Line Carrier (PLC) to the Ambient communication node. If an under voltage condition was detected, the application sent a close command to the control via DNP3 through peer to peer messaging over the Verizon Wireless network. The capacitor control closed the capacitor bank to alleviate the under voltage condition on the meters. Finally, the Alstom DMS was updated with the new state of the capacitor.
Open standards, open source
The COW 1 project involved open source hardware (Raspberry Pi), open source software and open standards. According to Duke the Field Message Bus (FMB) is intended to be an open standard-based, common logical publish/ subscribe (pub/sub) interface that connects multiple disparate grid devices, telecom networks, and information systems. It is the key technology enabler to demonstrate the benefits of the distributed architecture by facilitating interoperability between multiple different vendor's OT, IT, and telecom systems. It uses open-source software to translate data to a common publish and subscribe messaging interface using the IEC Common Information Model (CIM) data model. Other open standards that are being used in this project include industry-standard protocols as DNP3 and Modbus and messaging protocols like MQTT (for lightweight applications) and AMQP (for heavy duty messaging).
COW 2 Islandable microgrid
Last June Duke Energy announced the next phase of their interoperability project with an expanded groups of vendor partners. The second phase will include the operation of a microgrid system which will integrate distributed renewable resources such as solar PV and battery storage with a field message bus-based distributed intelligence platform with wireless communications to devices.
The new project will support another open standard. The Object Management Group's (OMG) Data Distribution Service (DDS) for Real-time Systems provides a secure publish-subscribe messaging protocol. Many real-time applications involve publishing "data" which is then available to remote applications that are interested in it. In a utility setting this communications model needs to scale to thousands of publishers and subscribers in a robust manner.
A data model based on the CIM standard will be implemented into an open field message bus to support standardized object model representations. The use case for this demonstration project will be an islandable microgrid which Duke will implement and operate at its smart grid test facility.
Duke Energy has defined a Distributed Intelligence Platform (DIP) Reference Architecture for this project. According to Duke, the reference architecture is intended to document Duke Energy's technology roadmap for interoperability using open standards-based distributed information systems.
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FOSS4G 2014 runs from Sept 8th-12th in Portland, Oregon this year. The conference brings to together developers and others in geospatial open source. This is an opportunity to participate in the rapidly growing open source geospatial community. Last year's FOSS4G 2013 in Nottingham attracted 28 workshops, 180 Presentations and 833 delegates.
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Presentation Proposals - Due April 15thAcademic Proposals - Due April 15th
Workshop proposals - Due March 15th
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OpenStack is an open source cloud computing platform. It is free and open-source software released under the terms of the Apache License and is managed by the OpenStack Foundation, a non-profit corporate entity.Oracle, now the world's second largest software company ahead of IBM, has become a Corporate Sponsor of the OpenStack Foundation and says it s planning to integrate OpenStack cloud management components into Oracle Solaris, Oracle Linux, Oracle VM, Oracle Virtual Compute Appliance, Oracle Infrastructure as a Service, Oracle's ZS3 Series, Axiom storage systems and StorageTek tape systems.
Other organizations supporting OpenStack include AT&T, Ubuntu (Canonical), HP, IBM, Redhat, Suse, Cisco, Huawei, Intel, VMWare, Yahoo, and EMC.
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About a year ago the Obama administration announced a Big Data Research and Development Initiative to focus on extract knowledge and insights from large and complex collections of digital data. It included an initial investment of more than $200 million to improve tools and techniques for accessing, organizing, and extracting knowledge from the huge volumes of data that are available. The list of ongoing Federal government programs that relate to big data is extensive.
Yesterday at a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) event, the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced a $37.8M funding commitment to develop new data science facilities at the University of California Berkeley (UC Berkeley), the University of Washington (UW) and New York University (NYU).
UC Berkeley has announced the creation of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science (BIDS), which is scheduled to begin operating in Spring 2014 in partnership with the UW eScience Institute and the NYU Center for Data Science.
It is fantastic that data and its management and analysis at long last has been recognized as serious enough to be studied in an academic environment. It will be interesting to see how geospatial data fits into this.
For a compelling open source-oriented perspective on this, take a look at Fernando Perez's blog where he makes the case that open source is a key ingredient in this effort.
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In a very recent post from two analysts, Peter Goldmacher and Joe del Callar, from Cowen and Co who attended Hadoop World, Cloudera's annual conference, argue that data management is at a discontinuity, where a new set of open source, big data technologies are set to replace legacy proprietary RDBMS-based technologies.
Recent and repeated top line shortfalls from ORCL and TDC have been blamed on the macro. While we believe this to be the case, we also believe these macro issues are accelerating a technology transition from legacy products to alternative data management systems as users are increasingly evaluating products like Hadoop that offer compelling functionality at materially lower price points. While a user's motivation for an initial Hadoop deployment may be cost, end users we talked to spoke of incremental outcomes around better flexibility and functionality that enabled broader value-added use cases to support the business.
The legacy providers of data management systems have all fallen on hard times over the last year or two, and while many are quick to dismiss legacy vendor revenue shortfalls to macro economic issues, we argue that these macroeconomic issues are actually accelerating a technology transition from legacy products to alternative data management systems like Hadoop and NoSQL that typically sell for dimes on the dollar.We believe these macro issues are real, and rather than just causing delays in big deals for the legacy vendors, enterprises are struggling to control costs and are increasingly looking at lower cost solutions as alternatives to traditional products. What we are gleaning from multiple conversations with users of these new technologies is that regardless of the initial reason they experiment with these new technologies, the outcome is 1) The realization that not only are these products cheaper, but they are more flexible and better suited to many legacy workloads and 2) They offer end users the optionality to expand project scope beyond the constraints associated with legacy product, whether those constraints are cost or capabilities.
Matt Asay quotes Larry Ellison
What we think the data center of the future looks like is really a core of these commodity machines [i.e., commodity LInux servers not powered by Oracle] and a collection of these purpose-built machines [like Oracle's Exadata that serve higher-end requirements].
and concludes that it does suggest, like Ellison himself argues, that we're likely to see the legacy vendors take an increasingly peripheral role in an age of Twitter.
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Mike Olson makes the case that there were very few successful large
stand-alone open source vendors. He counts Red Hat as the only one that
has not been acquired or has not failed. The problem Mike Olson sees with
open source products is that as they becme large and generate signfiicant revenue, it is easy for potential competitors to create competive products because the source code is available.
Android is an interesting case that seems to support Mike Olson's hypothesis. According to a recent article on ars technica, Android has always been a combination of open and closed source (proprietary) components. Originally, the closed source code comprised just clients for Google's online services, Gmail, Maps, Talk, and YouTube. Google kept these apps closed source, but built the rest of Android as an open source project (AOSP).
But as Android increased its smart phone OS market share to about 80% at present, new closed source apps were introduced to replace existing open source (AOSP) modules. Apparently, as soon as the proprietary version was launched, all work on the AOSP version was stopped basically turning it into abandonware. According to the article when "Google rebrands an app or releases a new piece of Android onto the Play Store, it's a sign that the source has been closed and the AOSP version is dead." The result seems to be to make more and more of the Android you experience on your smart phone "Google" proprietary. It would seem that this would make it increasingly difficult for potential competitors to create competitive products from the AOSP source code, which supports Mike Olson's argument that when open source products get to a certain size they need to adopt a mixed proprietary/open source business model to remain viable from a business perspective.
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That could lead to the Steelers' reigning Team MVP returning to play Sunday night against the Chicago Bears.
But Steelers coach Mike Tomlin warned that "We are not expecting Heath to step out of a phone booth with a cape on."
Tomlin spoke at his weekly press conference the day after his Steelers fell to 0-2 by losing to the Bengals, 20-10.
Since Tomlin was in the midst of working on a short week for the upcoming Bears game, it was fitting that he addressed the other pertinent topics in short, direct fashion:
"Jarvis Jones started his first game. He was very active."
Hines Ward, Joey Porter and James Harrison were immediate sensations on special teams in their early years with the Steelers, and Jones is showing the same kind of ability.
Jones opened the game by leading Felix Jones on his 34-yard kickoff return, and was consistently among the first coverage men down field on punts.
After the Steelers had tied the game late in the second quarter, Jarvis Jones ran through a blocker to tackle Brandon Tate at the 15 and the teams went to halftime tied.
Unlike the aforementioned Steelers legends, Jones is starting early in his rookie season. The outside linebacker appeared confused at times, but made plays in coverage, the run game, and had one QB pressure.
"I was encouraged by some of the things Felix Jones was able to do."
Felix Jones wasn't supposed to start at running back, but did so after Isaac Redman was hurt on the opening kickoff.
Jones led the Steelers with 37 yards on 10 carries, all in the first half. As Tomlin pointed out, Jones bounced plays outside, ran tough inside to convert in short-yardage and move the ball off his own goal line, and also ran 14 yards on a third-and- 16 draw thanks to a key block from David Paulson.
On the downside, Jones' only other kickoff return was a timid 17-yarder, and he performed poorly as a pass-blocker.
"In regards to the contributions of Kion Wilson and Vince Williams, I like where they are, and I like where they're going."
The inexperienced replacements for Larry Foote at buck inside linebacker had some good moments against the Bengals' run game, but each were victimized on the two Bengals touchdowns.
Giovani Bernard ran through Williams on his 7-yard touchdown run in the first half, and Bernard's 27-yard touchdown catch -and-run went through an open middle of the field that Wilson had vacated. Tomlin called it "a miscommunication."
Williams made 7 tackles and Wilson made 4 -- according to the Gamebook -- and Wilson added 3 special-teams tackles.
"(The tackles) need improvement in terms of their quality of play."
Right tackle Marcus Gilbert got off to an ominous start when he was knocked on his back on the first play, and then gave up a sack on the second series. But Gilbert settled down and allowed only one QB pressure the rest of the game.
Gilbert was called for a tripping penalty in the third quarter of a tie game. The Steelers had gained 33 yards to the Cincinnati 30 on a third-and-10 play, but it was called back and the Steelers punted.
"It wasn't a trip," said Tomlin, who added it was "a poor call," an "inappropriate call" and "wasn't the correct call."
Adams, the left tackle, allowed 5 QB pressures but no sacks. He was capable in the run game and got out in front of Antonio Brown's 14-yard screen play.
As for the other injuries, Tomlin said running back Le'Veon Bell (mid-foot sprain) will begin working in individual drills this week in practice and reserve cornerback Curtis Brown will return from his illness. Tomlin said he had no update on cornerback Cortez Allen's ankle injury, but that he's "optimistic about his participation."
Minor injuries may slow Jarvis Jones (heal contusion), defensive end Brett Keisel (left calf strain) and nose tackle Steve McLendon (minor hamstring strain) early in the week, but they're expected to play Sunday.
So might Superman.
"No," Tomlin said of whether Miller would provide the offense a security blanket. "Obviously, he is a good player and is going to be a positive contributor to our efforts when he comes back, but we aren't sitting around holding our breath waiting for him to come back. That's not the nature in which we are approaching this thing. The guys that are ready to play and are healthy are preparing to do so and are capable. If he is one of them, great. If he is not, we will continue to work."
NOTES: The Steelers promoted CB Isaiah Green from their practice squad and released kicker Shayne Graham.


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ROCKFORD — The Salvation Army's 24th annual Koats for Kids drive will begin Friday and run through Oct. 20.
ROCKFORD — The Salvation Army's 24th annual Koats for Kids drive will begin Friday and run through Oct. 20.
Organizers of the drive collect and distribute new and gently-used winter clothes to needy children in Winnebago County. Collection bins will be located at Central Christian Church, 6595 Guilford Road; K-Mart, 1321 Sandy Hollow Road; Rockford Christian Elementary School, 220 Hemlock Lane; Rockford Christian High School, 1401 N. Bell School Road; Steiner Electric, 6900 Rock Valley Parkway, Loves Park; Texas Roadhouse, 7240 Walton St.; The Salvation Army Temple Corps, 500 S. Rockford Ave.; Woodman's, 3155 McFarland Road; YMCA, 200 Y Boulevard; YMCA, 8451 Orth Road, Loves Park; Second Congregational/First Presbyterian Church, 318 N. Church St.; CherryVale Mall, 7200 Harrison Ave.; and all Schnucks stores in Cherry Valley, Rockford and Loves Park.
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