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October 9, 2019 by Moreland
Maybe We Should Just Let the World Blow Up: Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
"Well, that tears it. Maybe we should just let the world blow up. The gorillas, every damned… what it comes to.Maybe we should just let the world blow up. The gorillas, every d*****… what it comes to."
So to be 100% honest I have not seen this movie in over 20 years.
What's the heck?
Yes, while I can watch the first film over and over again and the others there are two BIG reasons why I have not watched this film again:
1) It was missing Charlton Heston. If my memory serves me right, he's barely even in the film, just a blimp in the beginning and end.
He is why most if us are watching!
2) THIS FILM FAAAA-REAKED ME OUT! OH MYGoodness. This movie gave me nightmares-the part when they rip their skin off and the girl with the ponytail-ghdshtfgfdfmxhngbcvffz bvhfcgcg FAAAA-REAKED me out!
When I was a child Dante's Peak was the number one scary film to me (there is a small volcanic range where I live and I was convinced after watching that movie it was going to erupt-plus thaat scene with the grandma) and then it was this one.
But I have really wanted to watch (and review) all of these in order so I will face my fears and rewatch this film. After all it has been 20 years, I'm sure it will be no big deal. Right?
In fact I have to watch our old VHS as the library has the full set but the person who has this one checked out won't return it.
So Planet of the Apes was amazing and did wonderful with the box office. But because of some bad financial decisions, and films getting lackluster amounts of money: such as Hello, Dolly! (1969), Star! (1968), and Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). They needed a win and got it with this one, but severely slashed the budget.
Yes, compared to Planet of the Apes this film has few apes in it, and the apes that are in here-have less than stellar makeup.
Hmm, I don't know about this…
But it made Fox some serious money and saved the studio.
So our VHS has a trailer of the film before you watch the film. I remember sometimes they had that, but it is so weird to watch it today as they don't put the trailer of the film before the film.
But it is nice that we get a brief remembrance of where the first film left off. The trailer says this movie will be the "last battle". Hah, they don't know that there is a Battle for Planet of the Apes coming. Fingers crossed all goes according to plan it will be posted on October 30th.
So we start with the ocean waves rolling in, calm. Then Roddy McDowell reading from the Ape Scrolls, pretty much the end of the first film. Taylor and Nova are heading off, following the shoreline with Cornelius and Dr. Zira (Kim Hunter) deciding to stay-even though they will face charges of treason.
As they journey, Taylor finds the head of the stature of liberty! They then continue to ride off into the desert and rocks.
We then cut to a crashed and broken spaceship. One man, Brent (James Franciscus), gets out with a first aid kit, trying to help out his fellow cosmonaut, Skipper. But he's a goner, you can tell.
It is 3955 AD, according to their time, and the two men were following Taylor. Ah! So someone was listening to his transmissions.
They seem to be in a smaller ship, but have more things and gadgets. Their computer is shot and besides that they know nothing about where or when they are. Skipper dies and Brent is all alone.
At least Taylor had his people for the first leg of the journey-this guy doesn't know where he is, when he is, where Taylor is, where to go, and is all by himself.
Something on a horse is watching him! Just like in he first one!! But this is a woman.
Its Nova, but where is Taylor? This movie kinda reminds me of Pocahontas II when we all wanted John Smith back but they paired her up with John Rolfe-and I know it is more "historically" accurate, but still. You built the first movie up with him and then him out and throw in some young guy?!!
He sees Taylor's name on the dogtag worn by Nova and asks Nova where Taylor is. Nova has a flashback of when she and Taylor were riding off and he was trying to teach her how to speak and gave her his dogtags. BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? WHY DO WE HAVE BRENT WHO I DON'T WANT! I didn't want him 20 years ago and don't want him now!!
IT'S NOT WHAT I WANT!
Sorry for the brief tantrum…let's go back to the film. Nova flashes back again to them riding together in the desert and in the Forbidden Zone. Weird place, what the the heck the forbidden zone has fire?! And lightening!!?? Where are they? Is this real? The ground breaks apart? Is this an illusion? Taylor tries to figure this out and tells Nova that if anything happens to him to find Dr. Zira.
He walks foward and touches a rock disappearig ito thin air!
Whaaaaaaaaa? huh?
I don't really care for this style of flashback and such-it is sooo different from the first one.
Brent just ups and jumps on the horse commanding Nova to take him to Taylor. I remember I couldn't stand him and his character, but I don't remember why. He hasn't done anything really annoying? Maybe it was because he isn't Charlton Heston.
You're nowhere close to him…
So back at…Ape City I guess, they never say what it is called, we see something serious is going down with the gorillas. And oh man I love these costumes, so much better than CGI. Not nowhere as good as the original but the budget but whatcha gonna do when they slash your budget.
Oh, well.
Brent is not a good actor. Like it is starting to come back to me why I couldn't stand him. He did like an Arnold OMG when he saw the apes.
Anyways the lead Gorilla, Ursus, is stirring up the crowd. Must be an election year! He's going on about hating humans and that "he only good human is a dead human."
That's not good.
OMG Brent, this dude! His acting! It is soooooooooo wooden. He says "It's a nightmare." like how you say "Oh like it's a cheeseburger." Now I know why I didn't like him.
Dr. Zira is not having it and she will not be siting idly by-that's 'cause she rocks.
Anyways, the Forbidden Zone has been Forbidden for years-but now they know there is something there. They believe it is their holy duty to go out and take the land back-manifest destiny! Expand, invade, take the land back that is rightfully theirs!
All the apes cheer, except Zira who's not having this crap.
Cornelius wants them to play it safe, he wants his wife to be safe. Aw. they are such a cute couple.
Ugh, Brent. This guy is not doing a good job acting. He says everything that is supposed to be shocked, like it is nothing.
Nova and Brent run and their movement spotted by a gorilla sentry, but when the gorilla shoots, he scares a bird and thinks that what caused the movement and goes on his way.
Back in Ape city, Dr. Zauis and the Gorilla leader are in a steam room talking.
I don't know. What is this film? Anyways, Dr. Zauis thinks they should leave the Forbidden Zone alone-but Ursus says they need to or they will starve. I don't know why there is such an urgency. What happened to the orangutans controlling everybody? They should have explained it better with a famine or something?
Cornelius and Zira argue about what to do and like all Planet of the Apes, they are some of the best things.
As they are preparing something chocolate, can apes eat that? Nova comes in with Brent, they think he is Taylor at first (all look like right) and Brent introduces himself and that he is looking for Taylor.
OMG Brent, this dude is killing me. He's talking to human size, intellectual, chimpanzees, who aer in the middle of baking and he acts like it's no big deal. He's just like whatever. THE first movie was sooooooo much better, Charlton Heston was so much better.
Who hired this dude?
Sorry don't mean to be rude I'm sure you did good in other stuff, but you are just sucking in this movie. The dislike and hate I had for you as a seven year old is all coming back.
Can he, can he just leave and we have Charlton Heston back. Like who came up with this idea?!!!! Who hired him? Who said that take was good?
So Cornelius goes over the map with Brent to try and figure out where Taylor might be. While it was Roddy McDowell in the beginning of the film, Cornelius' voice sounds off. Let me look it up…
I'm stumped.
It's not Roddy McDowell? What?????????????????????? He has something else he was involved in.
I'm not happy…
Dr. Zauis comes to speak to them and sees the bloody rag Zira was using on Brent and she pretends Cornelius hit her. Uh, what?
And thenDr. Zauis is all for that. What the? Who decided on that? What is this?
Anyways, Dr. Zauis says that he and the gorillas are going to go into the Forbidden Zoe and Zauis doesn't want them to. He doesn't want the "truth" to be found as he wants them to continue the way things are. But if he doesn't return from the expedition, he is bestoeing them in charge and asks them to preserve the ape way of life.
Like this makes zero sense!!! They have outright opposed him! And they WANT the truth to be told? Why would he pick them out of everybody? Doesn't he have a lackey? Did ANY of these writers watch the first film and see WHY it was so awesome?
So they warn Brent that he needs not to talk if caught by gorillas as they will dissect him. They give him "clothes for for humans"; and Brent is just dumb. He says "why would I talk to a gorilla."
Ughhh…Brent.
This dude!!!!
He changes his clothes and he and Nova ride off on a horse to try and find Taylor. And they get not like five seconds of riding- gorillas find them and the horse is dead. Wooooooooow!!!! Brent you suck.
Really, really?
I'm out!
The gorillas storm after them and capture the two. The gorillas seem to have a lot more power in this film, in fact we hardly ever see an orangutan. Gee it sure would be nice if they gave us more info on what happened!!!
They get thrown in a cage like in the first film.
The next day we get to see the Gorilla's practicing their maneuvers and training. Some gorillas are just casually tossing about a monolith. No its not that big, but still it was a ginormous rock. They should be superape strong.
Brent gets thrown into Zira's lab. She is surprised to see him but secretly in her mind I'm sure she us thinking- this man sucks. You got like three steps before you got captured. She tries to keep them for study but Gorilla-Hitler, I mean Ursus, wants them for target practice.
So Zira lets them go in the cart to be carried away after she "double locks the door" jeez the gorillas really must be all brawn and no brains. How do you double lock a door? You lock or unlock it.
Brent gets out and fights with the gorilla on top of the moving cart but there isn't any music. I mean it is a pretty cool action scene-but they didn't add a score or anything, we just hear the cart going down the road. Weird. Guess music didn't make it on their budget.
Maybe that's why they only had a few scenes wit Charlton Heston hr was too expensive (BTW he donated his salary to charity).
So Brent defeated the gorilla, yeah I'm surprised he could do anyting right too and he and Nova take off on the horses-oh and look right back into the gorillas again. There's the Brent we know, the sucky one. Jeez, this guy is dumb. Man he a serious damsel in distress, he keeps getting captured.
Except I can't
So yes Taylor was captured twice in the Planet of the Apes film. First time they had just arrived on the planet and in the second he was trying to escape the city, but at least we got to see the whole set and have an awesome scene revealing he could talk. He didn't run, get captured, run, get captured, etc. Then when he escaped the final time he didn't get caught, he took Dr. Zauis prisoner.
So they escape to the desert and find a cave, but inside there is tile. Hmm..? There is also a cement wall/door with an image of a moon on it. What is this?
Huhhhhhhh
He looks some more and finds it used to be Queensboro Plaza. Uh, I'm sure this is supposed to be the big reveal for him, but first of all-its not that big a deal. I mean in the other one we had the stature of liberty's head!!!! Her head!!! Was she blown up? Taken down by a new race! We don't know but it was by something bad.
This is a subway station in Queens. Well whoop-de-doo. Seriously-what if he saw pieces of the Empire State Building or Times Square or something New York! I mean nothing will be as big a WHAAAAAT!!!! moment as the Statue of Liberty's head, but seriously a subway station?
And what does Brent say when he sees it? "Oh gee, this used to be my home." Bfffffffqwwwwww!Really?
I hate Brent. I wish the apes had used you as target practice.
So we see ape church and they pray before they head out to the Forbidden Zone (okay every time I write that all I can imagine is the Beast's voice saying forbidden-sorry had to share)
A group of Chimps have a peace protest on front of the gorllas. I wonder of Lucius is one. I miss him.
The gorillas come in and pull them out "quietly" and lock them all up in the animal, I mean human cages. Ouch, these apes are way harsher in judgement. You don't see police taking people down to the pound to be put in kennels.
So Brent is sitting and staring into space then…ugh, Brent just annoys me. He just has to breathe and is annoying. How long until Charlton Heston comes back?
Please be soon! Please be soon! Please be soon!
So Brent peeks out of the cave and spots a gorilla patrol. He waits until they move and then is going to leave when he hears a strange humming sound. He decides to follow it…because? Reasons, I guess?
He goes down the subway tracks and he discovers the humming comes from a device. It stops when he touches the ladder. So he decides to climb up, followed by Nova and down a tubular walkway. This is actually kinda creepy as every passage looks the same but you have no clue where you are going or what awaits you on the other side.
They climb out of a tunnel and there is the New York Public Library and the Stock Exchange, all would have been a much cooler reveal that the Queensboro plaza. Not hating just saying! (Actually no, I am hating)
There is a cathedral and Brent drinks the holy water thats been sitting there for who knows how long. Really Brent, really? Didn't you learn to never drink standing water? Like how did you pass any survival skills classes?
Dude seriously. This dude is so annoying.
I HATE this character!
So a loud buzzing noise comes and Bret starts acting weird wanting to kill Nova. He manages to fight against it and stop himself, but the voice is in his head as he backs into the chapel where the noise gets louder and then disappears. Why? Who knows!
Here's the part of the film that is ingrained in my mind. In the chapel is a giant bomb and a man kneeling before it, his god.
Brent speaks to him, questing what is going on. The mole people, I mean the people beneath the planet of the apes speak with telepathy. Brent is taken from the Cathedral to the tribunal.
They think he is a spy and question him. Its kind of weird because we don't hear their voices it i just Brent answering them, ugh Brent.
They continue to interrogate him and Brent sings like a canary. He can't do anything right.
The stop with telepathy as they can speak verbally. He tells them that the bomb isn't a god,but they say it is a holy weapon of peace. Yeah an anti-war vibe is really strong in this film. It was the '70s after all.
They think that Brent is from the apes, bit Brent is like I don't know.
Hate him!
These humans have mutant powers like telepathy, fire, etc…what a second.
Human mutants with abilities! OMG Brent found the morlocks!
Anyway their "peaceful weapons" are to destroy the "murderous apes". Brent tries to talk reason but they don't listen. They can't use their telepathy on the apes which upsets them.
They bring Nova in and use their powers to make Brent kiss and strangle Nova. This movie is a mess.
We switch back to apes, thank goodness who are storming the forbidden zone. They arrive and the people play tricks on their mind. They see apes in agony hanging upside down, fire, their lawgiver god on fire, then bleeding, etc.
Dr.Xauis become angry and rides into the fire and stone, but survives. The illusion melts away.
They head toward the old New York City. Meanwhile, under the city the people are preparing a communion and church service. They kneel before the bomb praying to it.
They prepare the bomb and only need to press the button to let it go. Brent and Nova were forced to attend as well. And here is the scene were they reveal their innermost self and remove their skin.
This is still FAAAA-REKY! I'll admit, I screamed whe I saw it again. Mghrtyghfkyfv!
All are excused to go to their shelters. They put their faces back on. They tell Brent they hope him witnessing their services convinces him they are only for peace. They take them to a cell and who's in there? TAYLOR!
They talk, but then the guard uses his mind control to try and make them fight. Brent starts first because he's more weak minded.
The two fight and and this feels weird as the only sound is like a buzz saw cutting wood-the mind control, It is so weird that this movie has like no score.
Taylor knocks Brent into the wall, sand the guards don't like this "boring" gladiator battle so they toss a spike club onto the cell.
Nova manages to get away from her attacker and goes charging down to try and stop them-shouting out her first word "Taylor" and breaking the concentration and mind control.
They kill the guard by ramming him on the spiky cell. I remember this scene vividly! As he dies he removes his skin to show his innermost self. fgagfdguhij!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Like Taylor seriously wounded Brent and he should be waaaaay worse off, but he is only slightly wounded. Brent tells him about the bomb and how it had alpha and omega on it.
Taylor recognizes it as a doomsday bomb created in his time. Remember when he mentioned at the beginning of Planet of the Apes?
George Taylor : This much is probably true – the men who sent us on this journey are long since dead and gone. You who are reading me now are a different breed – I hope a better one. I leave the 20th century with no regrets. But one more thing – if anybody's listening, that is. Nothing scientific. It's purely personal. But seen from out here everything seems different. Time bends. Space is boundless. It squashes a man's ego. I feel lonely. That's about it. Tell me, though. Does man, that marvel of the universe, that glorious paradox who sent me to the stars, still make war against his brother? Keep his neighbor's children starving?
Meanwhile the apes are continuing and it is lame we don't have more Zira and Cornelius. I love them but they are hardly in his.
The apes find the passageway to the subway and start down it exploring. Meanwhile, the guys are trying to break free when the apes enter the city, shootig at any human that they see.
The guys manage to finally get themselves free and grab spare clubs from the wall and attack a gorilla with Nova being killed. AW!
Taylor is angry enough to want all to die, but Brent convinces him to stop the bomb.
Taylor: [as Nova slowly dies, gunned down by a gorilla] Well, that tears it. Maybe we should just let the world blow up. The gorillas, every damned… what it comes to.
John Brent: [Intense, full of fury] Taylor, come on. Come on!
Taylor: Yeah.
The apes storm the cathedral with our two spacemen hot on their trails.The leader speaks to them, shocking all as humans talk and lets the bomb go. They shoot him and then try to shoot the bomb.
Taylor and Brent creep along, trying not to be shot but reach the control panel to stop the bomb. And THEY SHOOT TAYLOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Brent shoots a bunch of apes, wow he can actually do something right.
I'm surprised
Dr. Zauis is shocked to see Taylor and does't want to help him.
Brent is killed. Taylor is angry at Zauis and reaches out accidentally setting the bomb off, Everything whites out and we get end narration.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeelllll...I didn't like it. The cut budget really makes this pale in comparison to the other film. This script is all over the place! Brent-don't get started on his character or his lackluster the acting, the characters we love from the original are all missing, and the whole power structure and motivation of the apes as a whole has seriously changed-but we don'y get any reason why! This whole thing was pretty lackluster.
Now did it still freak me out? YES! The skin ripping off scenes are still just as creepy as they were 20 years ago. Please don't let it give me any nightmares tonight!!!
So that is the end of the Planet of the Apes. At least until next Wednesday (Fingers crossed)
I hope I can do it.
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To start Horrorfest VIII from the beginning, go to Count Dracula the Propagator of This Unspeakable Evil Has Disappeared. He Must Be Found and Destroyed!: Horror of Dracula (1958)
For more Planet of the Apes, go to Take Your Stinking Paws Off Me, you D*** Dirty Ape!: Planet of the Apes (1968)
For more Charlton Heston, go to Work Will Always Be There But You Might Not Be: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
For more Roddy McDowell, go to That Darn Cat
For more dystopian future films, go to Don't Go in There! You Don't Have to Die! No One Has to Die at 30! You Could Live! LIVE!: Logan's Run (1976)
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Take Your Stinking Paws Off Me, you D*** Dirty Ape!: Planet of the Apes (1968)
"Take your stinking paws off me, you d***** dirty ape!"
This is one of my parent's favorite films so I grew up watching the whole series-although I only ever watched Beneath the Planet of the Apes once as it freaked the living daylights out of me.
I remember this film being a major part of my childhood and watching it again and again.
So back in 2016, they rereleased this in theaters and I took my mom for her birthday. When they rereleased Psycho (1960), I took notes in the theater (in the dark) and transcribed them into the post you can read.
I had planned to do the same here, as you know-kill two birds with one stone. Unfortunately, I lost the notebook and my notes.
I always planned to review it, but just hadn't gotten around to it. But then when someone donated the full original series to the library, I thought what better time than the present to review the whole series? (Fingers crossed I can do it) And I plan (fingers crossed) to review a Planet of the Apes film every Wednesday.
I was going to watch the film, when unpacking some boxes I found my original notes.
So I plan to transcribe them.
Yes, notes I made three years ago, in the dark, in handwriting that my sister describes "as pretty to look at but hard to read". Maybe its crazy, (yeah totally) but you know me-I love a challenge. So here we go!
First off, the makeup is amazing. This was before they had a category in the Oscars or else this would have won hands down.
It took a while to get this filmed made as everyone said no. No one would sign on until Charleston Heston agreed to play George Taylor. Both Edward G. Robinson and Burt Lancaster were considered for the part, but I can't see anyone else but Heston as Taylor.
If it wasn't for him this film never would have been made.
They had to create a special makeup, one that was porous so the people could sweat through, they sweated A LOT as this was filmed in a desert area.
So looking back, this film came out only one year before we go into outer space. Weird, huh.
So the film is set in 1972 Earth time, but on the ship, because of space travel, it is the year 3978. The musical theme is pretty creepy, setting you up well for the film that lies ahead.
Weird to think that while they are traveling, hundreds of years have passed.
"George Taylor: The men who sent us on this journey are long since dead and gone. You who are reading me now are a different breed – I hope a better one. I leave the 20th century with no regrets. But one more thing – if anybody's listening, that is. Nothing scientific. It's purely personal. But seen from out here everything seems different. Time bends. Space is boundless. It squashes a man's ego. I feel lonely. That's about it. Tell me, though. Does man, that marvel of the universe, that glorious paradox who sent me to the stars, still make war against his brother? Keep his neighbor's children starving?
They end up crashing the ship and that's as much as I can get from my notes. Too much time has passed, I can't read what I was writing. I'm going to have to scrap this plan and rewatch it. I love the film, so it is no big loss.
That opening monologue makes w think of that Twilight Zone where the guy is speaking into his radio and he crash lands on the plane and meets the girl, calling her Eve.
It must be so weird to talk to these people, when the ones you knew and sent you on this mission have been dead for thousands of years.
So there are three men on the mission and one woman. Even as a kid I always thought that was odd and I found even more so as an adult. If they took their own "Adam and Eve" wouldn't it make much more sense to have more than one woman?
The music intro with the names is so weird-a mix of spacey and tribal. It perfectly sets you up for the ride ahead.
As they are coming toward a planet the plane spins here and there-twist and turns as it crashes and jeez, is it painful to watch. It rather gives me a headache and in the theater I remember I felt a bit queasy.
I'm sick.
The three men survive, but the woman's bed was cracked and she aged and died. When I was a kid I always felt she drew the short stick, but as an adult realizing that whole "Adam and Eve" plan, plus what is too come-I think she was actually pretty lucky.
The crash means they need to get out quick, so the abandon the girl to her watery grave and head out on a raft.
George Taylor: Okay we are here to stay.
How awful to be stuck on an unknown planet and to never be able to go back and no clue if there is anyone coming after you. I mean the whole Earth could have imploded after they were gone!
So I have watched this film a GAZILLION times, I mean I literally can't tell you the number as it has been so many-I don't even know. But this is the first time I have caught this scene when they are talking and Dodge says, "its not where we are but when we are."
There were the seeds foreshadowing the end in this film all along.
It already did!
So all they have are supplies for three days, one gun, and a silver metal backpack. Why did they design it that way? It doesn't look very logical, useful, or comfortable.
So as they climb to search for some mark of land or civilization in this desert, they talk bit. They have been away from "their" Earth for over 2000 years. Landon has hope they could return and see their friends and family, but Taylor is more realistic. He thinks any shred of what they knew is gone (which makes a lot of sense. I'm writing this and the world has changed a lot from 19 AD) and he finds no point in thinking about it as they can't get back. (I want you all to remember how he feels as this point in the film).
Wherever, or whenever, they are all there is is empty land. Rocks, desert, and sand as far as the eye can see. Empty. Dry.
But they have the strangest weather-lightning and thunder no rain, no moon, clouds during the day. Where…when…are they?
Taylor and Landon fight-Landon the hopeful while Taylor the sarcastic. The way the two talk reminds me of that Twilight Zone episode when the guys crash land on he planet with the tiny people.
By the way have I mentioned that 1) I ABSOLUTELY love The Twilight Zone, and 2) Rod Serling helped write the screenplay for Planet of the Apes, and 3) Today just happens to be the anniversary of The Twilight Zone appearing on TV. Happy Anniversary to you, and thank you Rod Serling for being a true American treasure.
Sorry, back to the film. So Dodge finds a weed and gives them hope, where there is one there is another! And water!
As the day turns to night and their silhouettes stomp across the land the music starts up-and starts putting you in the mood that something is not right, something about this is about to be the opposite of what they wanted.
As they walk something is watching them top the cliffs? Friend or foe? You know me, I'm always go on the side of caution I think it is someone not to be trusted, a foe!
As they continue they find these weird cross things…scarecrows? Upon closer inspection they are. They just march past them and it clear none of these guys were a historian or art historians or else they would know that these mean something bad and to turn away. See this is why historians are important!
Or historians
But because they aren't they go charging past this warning and into the waterfall below, disrobe, bathe/swim-we see Charleton Heston booty.
Landon sees a footpeint in the mud-human footprint. They then spot someone stealing their clothes and they follow. They find a trail of their belongs wrecked and torn apart. Their clothes are in pieces but they do find enough to cover themselves to pass the censorship.
Although, now that I think about it. Weren't these clothes supposed to be suitable for space travel? Why would they tear so easily?
We see humans hanging out in trees and cornstalks, collecting food, and eating fruit. They appear to be vegetarian. That's good to know. If you end up on an unknown planet/area-its great if the people aren't going to eat you.
Then a roar is heard and all scatter. Our three heros are at a loss, but if the natives are running for their lives-they figure they best get out too.
Something is coming, slashing the stalks, on horses. but what? Even though we know it is planet of the apes, I love how they drag it out and really played it up for us. So then when you see them, you are just like wow!
Even after all these years the makeup is amazing, they look so real. I know everyone and everything is so into CGI, but I don't like CGI. I think it looks so fake and unreal to me. I like the old school Ray Harryhausen and the makeup effects done in this. It looks real and tangible. CGI always looks like it isn't on the right plane. Like when you draw something but it is floating the in the midde of your paper instead of being on he ground with weight.
The apes hunt the humans catching them in nets, shooting a few. It is really amazing the way they mimic big game hunters.
All are captured and brought and carted to cages, Taylor gets hurt in the throat and can't speak for a while.
As an adult watching this you see that there are a lot of undertones of other things going on in this movie. The doctor's argue about funding, support, and promotions. The "quota system" has been abolished and yet there are those who rank on the bottom that stay there (the chimpanzees). The male doctor tells the Zira to try and get Dr. Zauis, who is in charge of funding to give them more as "you made it." Almost as of he is insinuating that she got passed through because she is a female trying to fill a quota. Not every film can, but this is able to present real life issues in scifi.
Dr. Zira is an animal psychologist, who won't take anything from that other doctor-don't mess with her. Dr. Zira is studying humans believing them to be more intelligent than the others believe. A lot of her thoughts and tests remind you of how they test apes and teach them sign language or other things. This film is that good.
Dr. Zauis is an orangutang and at the top of the power system. He wants everything to remain the same and tells Dr. Zira she is wasting her time-experiment on the brain more than anything else, He would prefer the human race to be exterminated as they ravage their crops. It makes me think of Wyoming and the debate between the farmers about the wolves among their cattle.
Dt. Zira tries to match up Taylor with the woman who they used to give him a blood transfusion. Its so weird that she is trying to breed them, but it is done with animals every day.
Dr. Cornelius is he fiancé of Dr. Zira, and played by Roddy McDowell who I just adore.
Taylor wants to talk to them, but he can't as his throat is still healing, He tries to sign but they ignore him. He tries to write it on the dirt, but it is brushed away. He gets in a fight with another guy over his "mate", and this scene always makes me think of Bambi with the deers.
Dr. Cornelius is an archeologist who wants to do another dig into pre-civilization. Dr. Zauis sees part of what Taylor wrote and doesn't act too surprised about it covering it up. Interesting…
So the Chimps are the intellectuals and scientists, the gorillas the muscle being the army and security, and the orangoutangs run everything in politics and the church.
Back at the cage Taylor steals Dr. Zira's notepad and pencil when she comes close to the cage writing:
"MY NAME IS TAYLOR."
She goes to show her fiance, but he doesn't believe it. He thinks he was taught tricks like for the circus and it is crazy to believe he went to public school in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Falling out of the sky, that's crazy.
Crazy, am I? We'll see whether I'm crazy or not.
He builds a paper airplane and they are amazed, there are no planes or cars or such in their society. And even after seeing all that Cornelius still doesn't believe he was in the forbidden zone (past the scarecrows) which no one can survive,
Dr Cornelius has an idea that apes evolved from humans and Dr. Zira thinks that Taylor is proof and the will believe him as it is the truth.
Hhahahahahahahahjahhahahahahaha this is why you all need a historian.
Dr. Zira wants to shake the world, but Dr. Cornelius doesn't feel the same way. He wants to be comfortable as their life is moving forward. Their discussion is interrupted by Dr. Zauis and his companion who came to see Dr. Cornelius.
Dr Zauis sees the airplane right away and destroys it. Hmmm…but again he's not surprised. What does he know?
The next day the apes come for Taylor as Dr. Zauis wants him lobotomized. Hmm…what does he know?
Taylor however escapes. I have always loved this part. He runs through the village which is very basic and rocklike. It's interesting how Dystopian stories are either super high-tech, or they take place in a world that has regressed. He run scaring people and attacking to try and escape.
He runs through the Flintstone like dwellings-outsmarting the apes at every turn. In the museum he finds his fellow astronaut, Dodge-taxidermied.
But while he runs and runs his luck does run out as he is surrounded by apes-having things thrown at him. They eventually catch him and then he yells out to everyone, in front of everyone-all shocked and amazed. One of my favorite parts.
He returns to his cage with his "mate"trying to talk to her but it is hard as she doesn't speak." Weeks later they separate them and take Taylor to the tribunal. All orangoutangs are the judges as they control everything.
They put Taylor in front and rip the clothes off Taylor. He stands there as they argue around him. He has rights as he's a man. Taylor tries to defend himself, but they muzzle him.
I love when Taylor questions their "equality" as it seems some apes are more equal than others-Animal Farm reference.
Taylor writes a statement about him from being from outer space and they toss it. They refuse to believe anything he says. They search for Landon to back up his story, but his shipmate has been lobotomized.
[to Dr. Zaius after he finds a lobotomized Landon]
George Taylor: You did it. You cut up his brain, you bloody baboon!
They return to the "trial" and say he suffered a skull fracture. Yeah right, they are just suppressing the truth. Cornelius tries to help by sharing his idea that Taylor comes from the Forbidden Zone.
He found proof of another culture before he apes, human. They think that Taylor came from there.
Dr. Zira tries to share, but the orangoutangs will not listen. She argues that if they are certain that he isn't from space, the only logical explanation is that Taylor needs to be from our planet. So if he is from the planet than that means all huamns should have the same abilities.
That is not good,
Oh jeez what a can of worms.
They live him in there with Dr. Zauis who reveals he knows he is Taylor is more than what they were saying and that they are not only going to expriment and kill him, but he's perfect to take down Dr. Cornelius and Zira. He tries to make a deal to figure out who his tribe is to try and take them down.
Dr. Zauis admits that they did know Landon talked but he wanted to protect their society and destroyed him. Dr. Zauis still doesn't believe him from space. He gives him six hours to admit where his people are-or all are dead.
That night, a young chimpanzee comes with an order to move Taylor to the zoo. The chimp knocks out the gorilla guard, as he is revealed that he is Dr. Zira's nephew Lucius.
Dr. Zira rocks!
They rescue his "female," Nova a well. They give Taylor some clothes to wear, but he doesn't want to as it stinks. Dr. Zira has to push him as most apes think all men look alike and if they have any hope of succeeding he needs to look the part.
I don't know why he gets so whiney, they are trying to save him.
They drive away and meet up with Cornelious who brought extra horses for the humans. Cornelius ad Dr. Zira hav been indicted for hearesey. They decided they need to go out to the Forbidden Zone to find human remains to save themselves.
Taylor plans to go to go back to where his ship crashed, and asks about the river and the forbidden zone but no one knows why or where it goes. It was all determined long ago in the sacred scrolls.
A they travel and make camp, Taylor stops to shave his beard (why?). They are all amazed and Cornelius says it makes him look less intelligent.
Ouch, burn
I love Cornelius. He's my favorite character as Roddy McDowell is awesome. Dr. Zauis and his apes follow them but Taylor is a great shot. He takes Dr. Zauis hostage. They strike a deal that if they have proof Zauis will let them off the hook. Lucius has to stay behind to watch the camp-and he acts like all angry teens. the man is trying to keep him down. Guess it doesn't change which planet or decade you are from.
They go into the cave and find the ancient culture more advanced, like dark ages. So much technology has been lost through time. Dr. Zauis says that the Geologists on his staff would laugh at Cornelius' dating-yeah because they are controlled by you.
They find a doll by the fossil of a man but no ape. Dr. Zauis just turns him down, but Taylor finds false teeth, fabricated heart valve, and eyeglasses
Nova plays with the doll and it says Mama. All I can think is it must have been a really well put together doll to last throughout so many years.
They then hear gunshots and go to try and help Lucius. Taylor fakes he is injured and takes Zauis hostage again. Taylor ties up Dr. Zauis while Zira and Cornelius are a little lost at what is happening.
Taylor points out that men were here first and that Dr. Zauis knews it all along. Dr. Zauis reveals that he is right.
Taylor decides to ride off and follow the shore. He invites Zira and Cornelius but they can't leave, they can't give up on their planet.
Taylor and Nova take off and I always like how this didn't have a happy ending-they left it open ended. We don't quite know what will happen next.
Dr. Zauis shares that the humans destroyed everything. The Forbidden Zone was destroyed when it used to be a paradise. But Taylor is still unsure. A planet where Apes evolved from men? Can that be? They take off into the forbidden zone.
Dr. Zauis seals up the cave and then decides to put Dr. Zira and Dr. Cornelius on trial for heresy.
Taylor and Nov ride off – and the landscape, but as they ride they find something so terrible it makes Taylor scream in shock.
"George Taylor: You maniacs, you blew it up. Damn you. Damn you all to hell."
It is the head of the statue of liberty! He never left his planet. Dodge was right they went through time, not space!
So the writers wanted something big to end on-and this is highly disputed who really thought up the ending. The "official" answer is that they were trying to figure out how to show that they were on Earth the whole time and were having lunch at a deli in NYC and saw all the Statue of Liberty souvenirs and it struck them! The perfect way to show it was a destroyed Statue of Liberty.
It doesn't matter to me, I love it and think it is just as amazing as when I first watched it.
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In this very special bonus episode, we are joined by two-thirds of the indie-pop band, Origami Crane. Jake Fine & Max McEwan receive a heavy dose of RAPID FIRE questions, get real nerdy with anime & Bioshock talk, &, oh yeah, they make some kickass music, too! The band just released three singles (listen below) & even a really unique opportunity with Leesta Vall. If you like to dance, put on Origami Crane & let the record spin... but enjoy our interview with them first.


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Q: Backup and Restore Active Directory Users and Computers Without Full AD Restore Before I begin, I will be the first to admit that much of you this problem stemmed from failing to follow best practices pertaining to deployment and disaster recovery of AD servers. Much has been learned from this going forward, but right now I'm just trying to do damage control before reestablishing best practices.
Currently I have a WS2016 Domain Controller (unfortunately I failed to create a second one before my problem occurred). I seriously botched some DNS modifications and I'm needing to roll back to a snapshot I created shortly after setting up the AD/DNS/DHCP roles. My problem is that I do not have any backups/save states in between then and the botched DNS problem.
My hope was to backup and restore the different components individually (such as GPOs, DHCP configurations, registry, and AD database (especially Users and Computers)) without restoring the entire save state or server. As I don't have any full backups or save states that include the users and computers from before this problem, I don't believe restoring the server state backup I have would solve my issue.
I have already created individual backups for GPOs, DHCP configurations, and registry. However, I am struggling to figure out how to backup and restore the Users and Computers components.
I would rather not start completely over with a new AD, as migrating users would be cancerous. If there is not a way to backup and restore Users and Computers, I would also be comfortable with a solution that allows me to manually recreate every user and computer in such a way that would be compatible with the restored GPOs. Additionally, if there's a way to backup the entire AD database without requiring a full server restore, that would also be acceptable.
After fixing this my plan is to setup a proper secondary DC, schedule regular backups, and require snapshots before every attempt to modify the server. But, I need to have this targeted restore handled first.
EDIT: Turns out my DNS problem was a lot easier to fix than I thought. I was getting access denied when trying to load several AD-related snap-ins, such as DNS or Active Directory Administrative Services. Additionally, joining new computers to the domain was resulting in errors. This was the solution: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2751452/dns-zones-do-not-load-event-4000-4007
Due to this fix, I no longer have this backup problem, but I have marked Massimo's answer as correct to my original question, as it is good to know that partial/separate backups of AD are not possible and that DNS is tied into AD database. Very much noted to take more regular state and full server backups!

A: You can't export or import the contents of an Active Directory database; an AD backup can only be performed via a system state backup of a domain controller, and there is no supported way to extract AD data from it.
Also, if you are using AD-integrated DNS zones, DNS data are stored in the Active Directory database; an AD backup would thus also include your "botched" DNS data, and restoring it would also restore them.

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Empirical Distress – Horizons
(Virescence Records, 2021-08-31)
Often inspired by the energetic and psychic environment to which all life is connected, mesmerising combinations of sounds are used to create impressions of the artist's inner world. Empirical Distress' one is made of nature – local or distant, "in a galaxy far far away" – and his creative process, at the source of borderless music, remains very intuitive. It encompasses a conscious will "to break the chains", resulting from anxiety, sorrow, pain and also from the relentless judgements, so solidly anchored in human nature.
Empirical Distress' style is dominated by a deep vibe with ranges from dark ambient to downtempo ritualistic and trippy tracks, which aim to give the listener a profound experience. A certain mystery surrounds the Portuguese artist, who doesn't reveal much about him. He started producing in 2020 under this alias, with remarked releases on Italian label No Way Records, South Korean label Artscope, Belgium label Aarden Records, Spanish label Circular Limited, and for the second time now on Colombian label Virescence Records.
Having a mutual interest in the transformational process, Empirical Distress and Virescence are developing a great collaboration together. For Virescence: it's rooted through the wheel of life found within plants, and both the artist and the label transcend what the eye can't see. They both initiate the transformational process by expanding the conscientiousness of the listeners through music, while connecting them to the surrounding details.
The EP "Horizons" conceptualises the daily position of the sun over the horizon, which is never exactly the same in its infinite cycle. The first track "Terraphuge", dark and distorted, dissolves the first known border and "Cornelia Galaxy" sends the listener far beyond the horizon, for a cosmic journey that promises to be particularly trippy.
Passing both ambient pieces, an intense beat kicks off in "Hydrangea Lost". We are wondering if the title has any link with the artist Hydrangea, who showed some support on Empirical Distress' EP on No Way Records. Interestingly, no matter what, both "Cornelia" and "Hydrangea" are Latin names of plants, which is a kind glance to the label.
Remaining on the album are two endless horizons representing an experience of death. Efficient percussions are introduced in "Easy Go Easy Death", followed by "Death Should Tear Us Apart", closing the album with a hypnotising dark siren.
Having found joy in life by continuously opening up to new horizons, the Portuguese artist ultimately aims to inspire the listener to experience similar freedom. "Being free" means "having no border", in its original sense, which – in the artist's message – could be extended to "having at least horizons", "opening goals to reach", for a happy constructive life.
WRITING BY: TIJL DE JONGE | 6 SEPTEMBER 2021
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CHUNG-YONG Lee will not be pitched into the heat of the relegation battle.
Owen Coyle has confirmed the South Korea international is unlikely to feature in must-win games against West Brom or Stoke City.
The 23-year-old has been out since last summer after suffering a double fracture of his right leg, but recently made a successful return to first-team training.
Despite his progress, Coyle is reluctant to gamble with his fitness, even though he would love to be able to call on the winger's services.
"We can only put Chungy in if he's fit to play," the Bolton boss said. "We'd absolutely love to have him in, just as we would Stuart Holden, and everyone else, because if we had those players available we'd be half way up the league.


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Apollo/Polaris 22HD Double-Pulse Ruby Laser
This laser, a solid-state ruby laser, sports a fast E-O modulator allowing production of multiple pulses for holographic use. The laser is configured as a MOPA system using two rods: an oscillator (seen here in the yellow housing to the left) and a larger amplifier (in the housing to the right). Also visible in this photo is the E-O modulator to the far left and the Etalon OC.
This Standard Operating procedure applies to the Apollo/Polaris 22HD ruby laser housed in Niagara College's Advanced Optics Lab (V13A). This class-IV laser has a visible output in the red and is used primarily for holographic applications.
For a summary of Operating Procedures, Click Here. Because of the unique, and complex, nature of this laser, this SOP contains a general description of the controls as well as the timing system.
Manufacturer: Polaris Research Group
Model Number: 22HD
Type: Ruby
Class: IV
Wavelength: 694 nm
Maximum Rated Energy: 3 Joules per pulse, 1 Joule typical
Pulse Width: 30ns to 50ns nominally
Number of Pulses: 2
Pulse Separation: 1us to 500us
Cooling: Closed, deionized, water-cooling loop with attached chiller
Power Source: Single-Phase, 120V and 220V (chiller)
Coherence length: 2m to 10m
Jitter: +/- 10ns
Oscillator Rod Specifications from the test report from Saint-Gobain Crystals dated 6-19-01:
Serial # A20K, Boule # 22-3302-06
Size: 3.020" * 0.3756"
Doping: 0.05% +/- 0.005% Cr
Coatings: A/R coated (694nm) on both faces (0.18% measured R at each face)
For EO Modulator specifications, Click Here
Report ID: 100531154730
Performed On: 2010/05/31
by Laser Safety Officer: D. Turnbull
Input Data: 694nm, Single Pulse, 1.0J, 3E-08s pulse duration
Beam Diameter: 8mm
Small Source Ocular MPE: 5.0E-07J/cm2
Worst Case Optical Density: 6.72 OD
Intrabeam Eye NOHD: 1.07+04m
Small Source Eye Diffused Reflection NHZ: 3.8m
OD for Diffused Observation Range 1.46OD
All components are mounted on a large optical rail. The photograph below correlates each component on the diagram above to the actual component as seen with the cover removed.
System Controls
Excepts from the Operations and Service Manual. Updated 2010/05 to reflect new controller functions (Logic controller replaced).
The control panel is layed out in such a way that there are several functional groups or controls. The controls may be divided into the following categories. These are: MODE, STATUS, TIMING, and VOLTAGE. In addition, there are BNC receptacles for SYNC and TRIGGERS, a toggle switch for INTERNAL/EXTERNAL Pockels cell control, and a receptacle for plugging in a remote control box. Let us consider each of these in turn.
STATUS SECTION
The STATUS section is made up of three internally illuminated pushbutton switches which indicate and control firing status. Power is turned on by a key switch. This inhibits operation of the laser system by unauthorized personnel. The CHARGE button is pressed to start charging the capacitor bank and remains illuminated as long as the system is charging. The FIRE button is lit (in MANUAL mode) when the system has reached full charge. The FIRE button will remain lit and the system will maintain its charge for approximately one minute. After this time, the system automatically dumps as a safety feature. At any time when the FIRE button is lit (and the safety key is set to the ARM position), depressing the FIRE button will trigger the laser. Pressing the DUMP button will cause the charge on the capacitor to be dumped through a dump resistor - In this case the flashlamp will not fire and no laser action will occur. The DUMP button may be pressed at any time to return the system to a safe condition. The DUMP button is lit whenever the system is in a DUMP status. One of the three buttons, CHARGE, FIRE, or DUMP, should be lit at any time (normally DUMP).
MODE SECTION
The mode section has three buttons which provide the following modes of operation:
MANUAL - This is the only mode supported on the new controller. In this mode, the power supply will charge the capacitor bank when the CHARGE button is pressed. The capacitor bank voltage is maintained at the set level until the FIRE button is pressed or until one minute has elapsed. Pressing the FIRE button will fire the lamp, de-energizing the power supply and dumping the residual charge on the capacitor bank. The MANUAL button will illuminate (and blink slowly) when the system is ready, allowing the user to select the charge and fire functions. When the laser is in warm-up mode, or when further operation is inhibited after a firing sequence, this lamp will be extinguished.
AUTO and REP RATE modes are unsupported.
VOLTAGE CONTROLS
Voltage controls are divided into two types: Voltage for the main power supplies or the capacitor banks, and voltage for the Q-switch.
The Q-switch voltage is controlled by a digital potentiometer with divisions reading from 1 to 10 and an analog veronies. These numbers are a relative indication of the voltage actually on the anode of the thyratron used to drive the Pockels cell. However, due to the high voltage isolation network between the thyratron and the Pockels cell itself, the voltage at the Pockels cell will be somewhat different. For each system, a curve should be plotted giving the output energy of the laser as a function of Q-switch voltage on the potentiometer. This is a Double-pulsed system which has two separate voltage controls. These are labeled PC 1 and PC 2.
The capacitor bank voltage is controlled by a two-digit dial labeled POWER SUPPLY KILOVOLTS. It reads directly in kilovolts and may be set in increments of 100 volts. The oscillator lamp in this system utilizes a 3" helical flashlamp with a maximum voltage of 5.9 kilovolts. The amplifier lamp in this system utilizes a 6" helical flashlamp with a maximum voltage of 11.9 kilovolts. This system has separate voltage controls for both the oscillator and amplifier capacitor banks.
TIMING CONTROLS
All timing signals in the Apollo laser system are derived from a quartz crystal oscillator operating at 1 Megahertz. This oscillator drives digital countdown circuitry which, in conjunction with digidial timing controls on the front panel, enable the user to specify the timing of flashlamps and Pockels cell firing to within 1 microsecond. The timing sequence can be understood with reference to the following figure.
In this figure, the zero is defined as that time when the FIRE button is depressed or when the system is triggered with an external pulse. At this instant, a pulse is generated internal to the system. This pulse is called the Master Sync Pulse and all subsequent timing events are measured with respect to this pulse. In single pulse Q-switched systems, the Pockels cell is always fired 1000 microseconds after the Master Sync Pulse. The flashlamps, of course, for the oscillator and amplifier must be fired prior to the firing of the Pockels cell in order to pump the laser rod. The user can select the flashlamp firing time by means of the lamp trigger delay digidial switches on the front panel. The optimum firing time for flashlamps depends on the particular capacitance value of the main capacitor bank. This optimum time is easily found by varying the lamp trigger delay setting and plotting the laser output as a function of this parameter. For most systems, however, a typical value would be a dial setting of 300 to 600 microseconds after the Master Sync Pulse. Since the Pockels cell is fired 1000 microseconds after the Master Sync Pulse, 400 to 700 micro- seconds are available for the flashlamp to pump the laser rod. In double-pulsed Q-switched systems, one of the Pockels cell firing times is fixed at 1000 microseconds and the other one is variable by means of a front panel control. This control also reads directly in microseconds from the Master Sync Pulse.
SYNCS
Several BNC connectors provide sync pulses at the bottom of the control panel. The MASTER SYNC is a positive 10 volt pulse that is generated when the FIRE button is pressed - this pulse is most often used as a trigger for an oscilloscope to capture the output pulse(s). Q-SWITCH SYNC pulses are also available. These pulses are associated with the firing of the thyratron. The time between the sync pulse and the appearance of the laser pulse itself is 600 - 900 nanoseconds with a jitter of approximately +10 nsec.
Synchronization of the laser to external experimental events is made possible by using the BNC inputs labeled TRIGGERS at the bottom right- hand corner of the control panel. When the toggle switch labeled INT/EXT is in the INT (internal) position, application of a positive 10 volt pulse to the BNC labeled MASTER TRIGGER will cause firing of the entire laser sequence, just as if the FIRE button had been manually depressed. When the toggle switch is in the EXT (external) position, application of a positive 10 volt pulse to the MASTER TRIGGER will cause the flashlamps to be fired in the usual fashion with the timing shown on the digidials. However, the Pockels cell will not be fired. It is now necessary to introduce a positive 10 volt pulse at the Q-SWITCH TRIGGER BNCs in order to fire the Pockels cell. This feature permits synchronization of the laser firing relevant to external experimental events with low jitter.
A receptacle is provided at the bottom righthand corner of the control panel for a remote control unit which allows charging, firing and dumping of the laser from a remote location.
INTERLOCK INDICATORS
Four indicators on the lower-left corner of the panel show open interlocks as follows:
P-S DOOR: indicates that either the rear power supply door is open or the power supply control is not locked into the rack. Ensure the rear door is closed and the control module is locked properly with two screw-locks on either side of the panel.
HEAD COVER: indicates that the cover is removed from the laser head. Secure the cover to the laser rail properly.
WATER FLOW: indicates water flow is inadequate. Probable causes include chiller not powered, low water level in the chiller, or an open DRAIN valve in the system. Check for water flow manually by inspecting the rotor on the flowmeter to ensure it is turning.
EXTERNAL: indicates an open external interlock. Probable causes are an open room door or a local experiment interlock is opened (e.g. an interlock ensuring a power meter is tightly coupled to the laser output apeture).
All interlocks must be clear (i.e. all indicators must be off) in order to allow the system to start. When an interlock is open, the system will go into DUMP mode and the DUMP indicator will blink.
System Electronics Operations Summary
Excepts from the Operations and Service Manual
INITIAL STATUS
When the power supply is turned on the initial status ot the system should always be in the "DUMP" mode, i.e. the dump button should be the only one lighted on the control panel.
CHARGE MODE
On depressing the charge button the following sequence of events will occur:
The dump solenoid is energized causing the dump contact to open;
The charge relay(s) are closed and the bank capacitors begin charging to the voltage set by the digital switches on the control panel;
The voltage sense card compares the capacitor voltage with the dial voltage. When the two are equal, the control status changes from the "CHARGE" mode to the "FIRE" mode and the FIRE button will be illuminated.
The system is now ready to be fired. If no "FIRE" signal is received, the system monitors the capacitors voltage and recharges if it falls below 1.0% of the desired voltage. The system will continue to do this for a period of 1-minute at which time the system dumps itself for safety reasons.
During the "CHARGE" mode the Pockels cell electronics are also being charged to a value dependent on the Q-switch dial setting on the control panel.
FIRE MODE
Depressing the "FIRE" button on the control panel initiates the 1-msec firing sequence. In the firing sequence the lamps are first fired followed by the triggering of the Q-switches. The time of firing of the lamps is determined by the dial settings on the control panel. Similarly the triggering of the #1 Q-switch is dependent on the corresponding dial setting. The second Q-switch is triggered at the end of 1-msec.
The lamps are fired after a time delay (in ms) set by the digi-dials on the control panel. The clock card sends a pulse at the dialed-in time to the lamp trigger card, which in turn generates a negative 400 volt pulse for each lamp. The pulse causes the first of two ignitions to become, thus providing a path for the ionization capacitor to dump into the lamp causing preionization.
As the ionization capacitor discharges its voltage becomes equal to the voltage of the storage capacitor. At that instant the second ignitron turns on. The stored energy is then dumped via this ignitron through the PFN (Pulse forming network) into the flashlamp.
The first of two pulses is applied to the Pockels cell at the time pre-set on the digi-dial. This pulse turns on the Q-switch and the first laser pulse is emitted from the cavity. At the end of lmsec the Pockels cell is again turned on, and the second laser pulse is emitted. The voltage pulses for the Pockels cell are initiated at the Pockels cell trigger card. Each trigger pulse from the card causes the isolation capacitor (in box on rail) to be grounded through the thyratron, creating a corresponding pulse of 400 nsec duration across the KD*P Pockels cell. This completes the laser firing sequence. Shown in the following figure is a schematic and waveform of the Pockels cell circuitry.
The following oscilloscope output, captured using a high-speed silicon photodetector on the laser output, shows typical timing of a single Q-switched laser pulse. At t=0 the laser is fired and the oscilloscope triggered ... the trigger point is 200μs to the left of the screen and so is not seen here. In this case the OSC LAMP delay setting is 350μs and a spike appears when the lamp fires (electrical noise generated by the ignition process). Similarly, the AMPLIFIER lamp fires at 600μs. The baseline is seen to rise gradually at this point from (amplifier) pump light which leaks from the amplifier housing (scattering from the rod) striking the detector. The Q-switch delay is set for 900μs which is where the first laser pulse appears - if the Q-switch voltage is set properly. The laser pulse does not occur here - only the electrical 'spike' caused by the pulse generator. The fact that the 'spike' is not actually laser output can be verified by the fact that the height is proportional to the applied Q-switch voltage throughout the entire range! The second laser pulse (QS2) is fixed in time and occurs at 1000μs with the spike seen here.
In the lower photo, the trace is re-adjusted so that the trigger point is 100μs to the left. Pulse #1 is not firing here (the thyratron misfired in this example) and pulse #2 is seen to produce lasing - evident here by the fact that the optical output not only 'spiked' (the width of the laser pulse is about 50ns and the horizontal scale is 100μs per division so the laser output appears as a 'spike' in the figure), but the detector also saturated with the intense energy of the pulse.
Conventional (Burst) Operation
Conventional operation is thee easiest operating mode of a pulsed solid State laser. The optical cavity consists of the laser rod, a totally reflecting mirror, and a partially reflecting output mirror. There are no polarizing elements such as calcite polarizers or Brewster stacks in the cavity.
Pulse-On Q-Switch Operation
In the pulse-on method of Q-switching, the optical elements are arranged so that laser action can occur only when there is voltage present on the Pockels cell. This requires the presence of two crossed polarizing elements in the laser cavity with the Pockels cell inserted between them. In the case of ruby the rod itself serves as one of the polarizers since its gain is orientation dependent. Only one additional polarizer is then required. With no voltage on the Pockels cell, ligh will not be transmitted by the combination of crossed polarizers. When the halfwave voltage appropriatee for the particular pockels material and laser rod is applied to the Pockels cell, light will be rotated 90 degrees in passing between the two polarizers allowing the laser cavity to achieve a high Q condition and initiating the formation of a laser pulse. Halfwave voltages using KD*P are approximately 8 KV for ruby and 11 KV for Nd:glass.
Double-Pulsed Operation
The technique used to obtain two Q-switched pulses in succession is a modification of the pulse-on Q- switching technique. The modification consists in driving the Pockels cell with voltages of variable amplitude. This allows one to control the Q of the cavity in an arbitrary manner. With no voltage applied to the Pockels cell 1 the Q-switch is closed and the cavity Q is very low. With optimum voltage applied to the Pockels cell, the Q achieves its maximum value and the net cavity gain is maximum. With intermediate voltage, it is possible to achieve a cavity Q switch will result in the production of a Q-switch pulse, but which will not completely deplete the stored energy in the laser rod. The subsequent application of the optimum Q-switch voltage will deplete the remaininig energy stored in the rod and produce a second Q- switched pulse. This is the essence of the technique. It should be noted that both pulses are generated within the same volume of the laser rod. The pulses exit collinearly from the laser and have the same polarization.
Two distinct regimes of pulse separation times can be identified. For short pulse separation from 200 nsec to about 50 μsec, the flashlamp does not appreciably repump the laser rod between pulses. Thus, the total stored laser energy available for use is that which is present in the rod at the time the first pulse is emitted In general this energy may be distributed between the two pulses in an arbitrary manner. In order to produce a sequence of two pulses, it is necessary to apply the first Pockels cell voltages to only open the Q-switch part way and leave some energy for the second pulse. The long pulse separation regime is characterized by pulse separations of 100 μsec or greater. For these times, the rod will be sjgnficantly repumped between pulses. The Pockels cell voltage may then be adjusted to give optimum Q for both pulses.
Once the desired pulse separation has been set, there are only three control settings which must be varied to obtain two Q-switched pulses of equal energy. There are: vary the timing of the flashlamp with respect to the first Pockels cell pulse; vary the input energy to the flashlamp; and vary the Pockels cell voltage on Pockels cell #1 (Pockels cell #2 on extended pulse separation systems). It is assumed that Pockels cell #2 (Pockels cell #1 on extended pulse separation systems) is always set to optimum. In the case of short pulse separations we may use the following procedure to obtain the desired pulse train. The attached curves are helpful in arriving at initial settings.
Set the Pockels cell timing controls for desired pulse separation.
Set Pockels cell #1 (Pockels cell #2 on extended pulse separation systems) voltage to 0.
Set Pockels cell #2 (Pockels cell #1 on extended pulse separation systems) voltage to optimum.
Set lamp timing so that either pulse one or pulse two could be produced.
Adjust oscillator input voltage to give a pulse larger than that which will be eventually required.
Begin robbing energy from the second pulse and putting it in the first pulse by gradually turning up the Pockels cell #1 (Pockels cell #2 on extended pulse separation systems) voltage control. Once two pulses have been achieved, they can be adjusted in relative amplitude by any of the three general control methods mentioned above.
For long pulse separations of 100 to about 500 μsec, both Pockels cell voltages may be set for optimum. Energy is distributed between the two pulses in this case by varying the lamp timing control. It may also be necessary to vary the lamp voltage control.
Pulse separations of greater than 500 μsec can be achieved with extended pulse separation systems. The technique involves firing the oscillator lamp twice in succession with two separate capacitor banks. The timing for the second capacitor bank (Bank #2) is variable from 500 μsec to 1 sec; thus, pulse separations up to 1 second are possible.
Manufacturer's Test and Parameter Data
Double Pulse Settings #1 typical settings for equal-pulse operation
Double Pulse Settings #2 control panel settings
Output vs. Oscillator Delay indicating optimal delay for oscillator lamp
Output vs. Amplifier Delay indicating optimal delay for the amplifier lamp
Output vs. Q-Switch Voltage indicating hos Q-switch voltage (via the thumbwheel) affects power output
Amplifier Gain showing how the amplifier depends on capacitor voltage
Pockels Cell Data
Excepts from the inspection report from Cleveland Crystals, Inc. (Evaluated 1-12-01)
Type: QX1020, Serial # 9214
Type: KDP
Electrical Specification (Halfwave voltage vs. polarity @ 633nm):
V1/2+ = 8.35 kVDC
V1/2- = 8.50 kVDC
Optical Specification:
ICR (Intrinsic Contrast Ratio) = 4800 (centered)
ICR (Intrinsic Contrast Ratio) = 4800 (optimized)
VCR (Voltage Contrast Ratio) = 136 (centered)
Insertion Loss = 5.6%
Halfwave Voltage at User Wavelength (λuser):
V1/2 - User = V1/2 - 633 nm * (λuser / 633nm)
Operating Procedure
Revised 2011/05/17 by M. Csele
Preparing the water cooling system:
When the system has been sitting for a period of time, stagnant water in the system becomes contaminated and conductivity of the cooling water becomes low. Each time before running the system the water cooling system must be purged and refilled with fresh deionized water.
Remove the Haake C-10 circulator (by lifting it) in order to observe the coolant level in the tank
The coolant level can be easily observed through the opening for the circulator. Ensure the unit is OFF before removing it from the unit as seen to the left. To the right, the circulator is installed.
Open the DRAIN valve (ORANGE handle) beside the chiller to the right
Turn the HX-75 chiller ON. The chiller will begin draining
When air bubbles appear in the coolant lines (and the coolant level is at the bottom of the tank), turn the chiller OFF
Close the DRAIN valve (ORANGE handle)
Open the FILL valve (BLUE handle) on the wall behind the chiller. The chiller will begin filling from the microelectronics DI water supply
When the chiller tank has filled within 5cm of the top (as seen through the circulator hole on the top of the chiller unit), close the FILL valve (BLUE handle)
Turn the HX-75 chiller ON and allow coolant to circulate through the laser
Re-install the Haake C-10 circulator/heater unit into the tank (the entire bottom of the unit including the pump and heating coils must be immersed)
Turn the street water cooling loop flow ON via the quarter-turn valve on the rear wall and adjust water flow to a low rate (about 1 litre per minute) by observing the out flow
Turn the Haake C-10 circulator ON, set for 21 degrees C, and allow the water to heat until the yellow HEAT ON indicator oscillates slowly indicating the coolant is at the proper temperature
STARTING the laser
Don safety glasses suitable for use with a ruby laser (694.3nm).
Chiller unit must be turned on (as per the above instructions) and coolant water circulated for 10 minutes minimum and settings must be per this manual (approximately room temperature) prior to any Laser operation. Cooling system integrity (i.e. no system leaks) must be verified prior to any Laser operation - ensure the WATER FLOW interlock indicator is extinguished.
Turn on the power supply which must "warmup" after power-up for 10 minutes minimum in "dumped" condition prior to any Laser operation. If an interlock is open, it will be indicated on the front panel and the DUMP lamp will blink rapidly. Ensure all interlocks are closed.
If the experiment requires it, turn the alignment HeNe laser on
External optical components must NEVER have plane surfaces parallel to Laser rod ends (perpendicular to beam propagation vector). All plane surfaces must be set at some small angle off perpendicular to beam propagation direction vector to prevent back-reflections from propagating back into Laser rods and flashlamps.
Complete optical cleanliness must be maintained at all times. Full power Laser pulses must propagate through external optical components without impediment. Any debris or dirt on optics (including Laser pulse induced) will cause severe damage to optics and/or Laser rods and flashlamps.
Upon Power Up of chiller unit and power supply entire laser system must be checked for water leakage in laser housing, at water lines (internal and external), and in enclosure.
Chiller must be filled with only DE-IONIZED water. Chiller water temperature setting In operation should be adjusted so that coolant temperature in laser system is approximately room temperature, i.e.: around 70 degrees F / 21 degrees C.
OPERATING the laser (summary)
Setup the voltage and Q-Switch controls as per the instructions in this SOP (and as required by the experiment).
Set the OSC lamp voltage to 4.5kV (or as required by the experiment)
Set the AMP lamp voltage to ZERO if unused
Set the OSC delay time to 350μsec (or as required by the experiment)
Set the QS1 delay time
Set the QS1 and QS2 voltages
Once the laser is ready, and after the ten minute preheat cycle, the MANUAL mode lamp will be lit and blinking slowly.
Turn the SAFETY switch to ARMED ONLY when ready to fire the laser - turn it to SAFE immediately after use and when working near the front of the laser
Press the CHARGE button to charge the capacitors. If the capacitors fail to reach full charge within ten seconds, an error will be indicated by blinking DUMP and FIRE lamps - seek technical assistance if this happens.
Once charged, the FIRE lamp will illuminate. Press the button to fire the laser.
After firing the laser, the DUMP lamp will illuminate (without the MANUAL lamp illuminated) and blink for approximately 45 seconds during which time charging is inhibited (this prevents rapid-firing the laser which will damage the lamps).
When the MANUAL mode lamp lights again, the next charge/fire cycle may be initiated.
When using the laser for holographic exposures it may be necessary to turn off the front-panel indicator lights using the small toggle switch in the center of the control panel. Normally, this switch is left in the UP position allowing the indicators to operate.
SHUTTING DOWN the laser
Turn both the POWER and SAFETY keyswitches on the power supply
Turn the Haake C-10 Circulator/Heater OFF
Wait one full minute to allow the chiller to remove latent heat in the pump lamp chambers
Close the street water cooling flow valve (quarter turn)
Turn the HX-75 chiller OFF and the alignment HeNe laser OFF
Maintainence Information
Water Cooling System
The water cooling system must not incorporate any brass fittings - only stainless steel or plastic must be employed in the system. Main coolant lines are 'food safe' poly lines. The chiller has been modified with a lowered intake allowing almost complete draining of the reservoir tank. Tees bring DI water from the V13C (cleanroom) system into the system. A low-flow GEMS flowswitch (0.1 gpm min) is installed in the loop immediately beside the chiller. The flowswitch is powered from 24 VDC from two adapters and a simple contact closure indicates adequate water flow. Electrical connection is made to the laser power supply via a specially-keyed 5-pin DIN connector.
Plumbing inside the laser rail features two valves allowing the isolation of the amplifier from the rest of the coolant system. Should the experimenter desire, the amplifier rod could be substituted for the oscillator rod by isolating the coolant system and re-installing the amplifier housing where the oscillator normally resides.
Periodically the chiller reservoir must be cleaned thoroughly to remove particulate matter which accumulates.
Power Supply System
Interlocks were added to comply with CDRH and ANSI standards. As shipped, the unit featured only a single interlock loop for the power supply door and the rack. A single relay under the main chassis (lower left side) is used to indicate interlock status - the coil has a white/org and white/red wire. The white/red wire connects to the interlock switches which are in series (Green ground -> switches in series -> white/red relay coil). Unregulated Power is derived from the logic board (Drawing 100388) in slot J1. Additional interlocks are added on the (-) side of the relay coil as a series circuit incorporating the water flow sensor, two external inputs (one on the back of the power supply - intended for the room door interlock, one at the laser head - intended for a class-I interlocked experiment), and a cover interlock switch.
If the dump solenoid fails to pull-in, or pulls-in intermittently (this is often seen as a failure for capacitors to reach full charge), replace the PUMP relay (a Potter&Brumfield K10P-11D15-12 unit) under the HV chassis (pull the supply out of the cabinet half-way). This relay is socketed.
Copyright (C) Niagara College, Canada, 2004-2011
This page is part of the SOP Repository Page


SINGAPORE based travel startup Travelstop has raised US$1.2 million (S$1.65 million) from leading investors in Singapore and USA, and is launching in Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia (SEA).
The seed investment was led by Singapore-based venture capital firm SeedPlus, along with a leading, focused venture capital firm based in the US. Several industry veterans including Dan Lynn and Vikram Malhi (ex-Expedia senior business leaders and founders of Zuzu Hospitality Solutions), David Ko (President & COO of Rally Health), and Jarrod Howe (Regional Operations Director at Hyper Island Singapore) were also part of this round of funding.
Travelstop chief executive officer Prashant Kirtane says, "This round of funding will be used to drive product development, build a world-class development team in Singapore, and to ramp up growth through sales and marketing.
Travelstop is a modern AI-powered software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform aimed at simplifying business travel for corporates in Asia.
It provides easy to use tools that simplify the business travel booking process, while automating expense reporting and providing meaningful insights to business owners.
SeedPlus partner Michael Smith Jr comments, "Travelstop is led by an experienced team of founders who have significant experience in solving complex consumer problems.
While current business travel solutions are designed for large corporations and traditional business travellers, the unmanaged travel space in Asia, which is increasingly dominated by millennials, needs a simpler and more flexible solution: one that keeps costs low, allows a level of flexibility and gathers all data and expenses into a single, easy-to-use interface.
Travelstop addresses this gap by providing a platform that simplifies business travel booking and automates the expense reporting process for employees.
It uses advanced machine learning and AI-powered personalisation to make flight and hotel recommendations, reducing the hours needed by business travellers to research and book their travel. Employees also have access to an intuitive expense reporting tool that simplifies the expense reimbursement process.
Kirtane adds, "Young millennials and business travellers in Asia are technology savvy, socially driven and are smart travellers that actively participate in the sharing economy.
Travelstop plans to bring all the product innovation happening in the consumer space to the enterprise world, leveraging technologies such as machine learning and AI-driven personalisation to build a compelling and modern experience for today's business traveller.
Travelstop chief technology officer Vijay Aggarwal says, "Business travellers deserve to experience all the innovation and progress that the consumer space has made over the last several years.


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As it struggles to resume the Doha Round of international trade talks, the Geneva, Switzerland-based World Trade Organization (WTO) is about to get a new Director-General. He is Pascal Lamy, the highly respected former trade commissioner of the European Union. A formal vote on Lamy's selection is scheduled to take place on May 26. His term begins Sept. 1.
"Pascal's experience and prominence in international trade will enable him to be a strong public advocate for the WTO as an institution and for open markets," says Rob Portman, the U.S. Trade Representative. "His commitment and leadership will be essential to all our efforts for a successful Hong Kong Ministerial [meeting] in December and for concluding an ambitious and far-reaching result to the global trade talks next year."
The Doha Round originally was to have been concluded by Jan. 1, 2005, but has been delayed, among other reasons, by sharp differences over agricultural policy.


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Нгаван Намг'ял (; 1470 або 1482–1544) — фактичний правитель Центрального Тибету в 1512—1517 роках.

Життєпис
Походив з роду Рінпунпа. Син Цок'є Дордже, регента Тибету. 1510 року його родич і фактичний правитель Донйо Дордже призначив Нгаван Намг'яла командувачем війська у поході проти бунтівного князівства Г'єладрінг в регіоні Уй. 1512 року після смерті Донйо Дордже в обхід його заповіту домігся посади цонпена Рінпуні й фактичного правителя У-Цангу.

1515 року спалахнула війна з десі Нгаван Таші Дракпою, що намагавсяповернути собі реальну владу. Невдовзі на бік останнього перейшов рід Г'ялхарцзе, до того часу вірним Рінпунпі. 1517 року Нгаван Намг'ял зазнав тяжкої поразки, втративши владу в регіоні Уй і столицю Лхасу. Водночас десі призначив Сільнонпу (сина Донйо Дордже) цонпеном Рінпунпи з надії почали боротьбу в регіоні Цанг. Але Нгаван Намг'ял вміло продіяв цьому наміру, залишившись фактично самостійним правителем Цангу. Ситучки тривали декілька років, але без якоїсь переваги.

В 1520-ті роках розпочав підкорення дріюбних володінь Панам і Сенгеце в Цангу. Для піднесення авторитету свого роду впровадив звичай носити одяг і прикраси стародавніх тибетських царів під час урочистих церемоній.

1533 року Мірза Мухаммед-Гайдар, яркентський намісник Кашміру, з Ладакху вдерся до Цангу. Ворог просунувся до озера Манасаровар, після чого захопив частину регіону Нгарі. Нгаван Намг'ял виявився не здатним щось протистояти. В результаті Мірза Мухаммед-Гайдар зайняв землі Цангу, прсоунувши до кордону з Уй. Втім втрата більшості коней, незвичний клімат та нестача харчів змусила того повернутися до Кашміру. 1538 року почалася нова війна з десі, де жодна зі сторін не досягла перемоги. Все це дещо послабила вплив Рінпунпа в Цангу.

До початку 1540-х ркоів підкорив князівств Західного Тибету — Латолхо і Латочанг. Помер Нгаван Намг'ял 1544 року. Йому спадкував другий син Дондуп Цетен Дордже.

Культурна діяльність
Був відомий як знавець «5 малих наук» і «64 мистецтв» (літературна майстерність, астрономія, сценічне мистецтво тощо). Бувпокровителем художниківй скульпторів.

Джерела
 Tsepon W.D. Shakabpa, One Hundred Thousand Moons, Leiden 2010
 Olaf Czaja, Medieval rule in Tibet, Vol. I—II. Wien 2013
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Booster Shot
By David Amsden
It costs two bucks to shoot Osama bin Laden in the head. All that's required is a trip to Westside Rifle and Pistol Range in the Flatiron district, where you don't need any experience with guns to sign up for a class, and within fifteen minutes find yourself firing a .22 or 9-millimeter rifle at a $2 paper target of the Al Qaeda mastermind, clad in his signature fatigues, his vintage Kalashnikov aimed smack at … you.
"This is pretty damn fun!" Jamie McCarthy hollers over the earsplitting pop pop pop of the .22 that he's pointing at the terrorist's forehead. "I wonder if they'll let me try the 9. You could really blow the shit out of him with that."
After September 11, McCarthy, a hip, spiky-haired 27-year-old celebrity photographer, felt that it might be a good idea to get some practice with firearms – if only to alleviate his mounting tension. So he joined Westside, dropped $50 for today's lesson, and applied for a handgun license (a process that can take six to nine months in gun-shy New York). "Obviously, this isn't gonna solve any problems," he says. "But I'd feel better if after a long day I could shoot a few rounds at Osama. I can't be over there with the troops, so it's sort of all I can do."
"Some people from the Japanese media came in and asked me if the Osama thing is immoral," says Robert Derrig, the gruff president of the club, which is the only shooting range in Manhattan. "I guess it is, but it appears to be what people want."
And not necessarily the kind of people you might expect. Before the attacks, most liberal-minded Manhattanites thought of guns as politically suspect, and more than a little tacky – something for the folks who choose Nebraska as a lifestyle over Nobu. (And with Death Wish crime stats a distant memory, would-be Charles Bronsons have been far less prevalent of late.) But now, for people like McCarthy, a few hours at the shooting range may prove even more relaxing than an afternoon of yoga.
Though the Police Department hasn't tabulated the numbers yet for recent gun-license applications, Larry Goodson, a consultant who specializes in steering clients through the process, says he's "been three times busier than normal." Likewise, Derrig says that phone calls from curious New Yorkers are up, and that October membership has nearly tripled: "I had a guy say he knows he won't save the world with a gun, but he'd just feel safer if he had something at home and knew how to use it."
As McCarthy heads back to work, he passes a man named Dean and his fiancée, Adeliza, in the Westside's bare-bones lobby. The thirtysomething couple have also decided to become members. "Look, I don't want to sound alarmist," Dean says, "but just say there's a biological attack, or something massive where the city is evacuated. There's gonna be chaos, looting in the streets, all that. I just want to be prepared." Adeliza, who grew up with gun-owning parents in Puerto Rico but has never fired a shot, has a less apocalyptic outlook. "I'd just like to learn how to do it. I want to buy one of those little James Bond-type guns. My mother says they can't hurt anyone, but I just want to be cool."
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Portnow has been at the center of Academy scandals recently, notably when he said in an interview following the 60th Grammy Awards that women needed to "step up" if they wanted to be better represented in the music industry.
Neil Portnow, president/CEO of the Recording Academy, will step down from his post when his contract expires, sources tell Billboard. Portnow, who has served as the head of the organization that produces the Grammy Awards since 2002, has a deal that runs about another year, the sources said, meaning a new leader should be installed by next summer.
The decision comes at a time when the Academy has been facing increasing public pressure and backlash amid a number of scandals, many of them self-inflicted. Portnow himself has been at the center of several of them, beginning the night of Jan. 28, 2018, when he said in an interview following the 60th Grammy Awards in New York City that women needed to "step up" if they wanted to be better represented in the music industry. The comment came in response to the fact that — despite a list of nominations that was widely praised for its diversity after years of criticism — Alessia Cara was the only woman to receive an onstage televised award at the Grammys this year.
Portnow was swiftly criticized by artists and executives alike, with high-profile artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Iggy Azalea, Katy Perry, P!nk, Halsey and Charli XCX all condemning his words. Days later, a publicly circulated petition that called for his resignation received more than 30,000 signatures, while an open letter signed by more than a dozen women executives in the music industry also urged his resignation, saying that Portnow was "part of the problem."
In response, Portnow apologized, saying, "I regret that I wasn't as articulate as I should have been," and added, "I remain committed to doing everything I can to make our music community a better, safer, and more representative place for everyone." On Feb. 1, Portnow released an open letter of his own announcing that the Academy would establish an independent task force to address "where we can do more to overcome the explicit barriers and unconscious biases that impede female advancement in the music community."
That announcement did little to stem the tide, however, and the open letter would prove to be the first of three letters signed by high-ranking industry figures that called for change at the Recording Academy. On Feb. 5, six high-ranking women music executives — Universal Music Group executive vp Michele Anthony, Sony Music executive vp business affairs Julie Swidler, Universal Music Publishing Group CEO Jody Gerson, Atlantic Records co-chairman Julie Greenwald, Epic Records president Sylvia Rhone and Roc Nation COO Desiree Perez — wrote a letter that called the organization "woefully out of touch with today's music, the music business, and even more significantly, society," though it stopped short of advocating for Portnow's ouster. Three days later, an additional letter signed by 38 male music executives, including Paradigm's Tom Windish, SB Projects' Scooter Braun and Q Prime's Cliff Burnstein, among others, called on the organization to address "structural flaws" that "have led to systemic issues in the selection of nominees and winners for the awards."
On March 6, Billboard reported that Tina Tchen, former chief of staff to Michelle Obama, would lead the task force. The full 16-member committee, revealed May 9, includes the likes of Anthony, Swidler, now-former BET CEO Debra Lee, ASCAP CEO Elizabeth Matthews and Lionfish Entertainment CEO Rebeca Leon, as well as artists and songwriters including Common, Sheryl Crow, Andra Day and Jimmy Jam.
Internally, the Academy's trustees and staff stood by Portnow, who was well-liked within the organization and well-regarded for his demeanor and management style, as well as for his ability to boost the Academy's profile and revenue through philanthropic and fundraising endeavors, including in his role as president/CEO of the MusiCares Foundation. And, sources have told Billboard, many saw the establishment of the task force as a positive move overall, one that could open the door for long-overdue changes to the structure and processes surrounding Grammy voting and the Academy's operations at large.
However, a fourth letter, released May 23, brought about another round of bad press for Portnow and the Academy. In the letter, former MusiCares vp Dana Tomarken accused Portnow of steering money away from MusiCares in order to fund a deficit created by this year's Grammy telecast shifting from its longtime home in Los Angeles to New York City for 2018. Tomarken, who was fired on April 16 after 25 years at the Academy, also alleged that Portnow was behind a deal to hold the MusiCares Person of the Year event at Radio City Music Hall instead of Brooklyn's Barclays Center, which resulted in a drop in fundraising to $1 million in 2018, down from $5 million the year prior.
Tomarken's letter coincided with the Academy's board of trustees' annual meetings in Hawaii last week. Portnow's decision to step down arrives after the conclusion of those meetings.


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Mike Downey (born August 9, 1951 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and raised in the nearby village of Steger, Illinois) is a retired American newspaper columnist.

From 2003 to 2008, Downey wrote the "In the Wake of the News" column for the Chicago Tribune originated by Ring Lardner in 1913, replacing Skip Bayless in that position at the Tribune. He has also been a columnist in news, entertainment and sports for the Los Angeles Times, Detroit Free Press, Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Daily News. In retirement, he has written book reviews for the Times and columns for CNN.com.

Downey began a career in journalism at age 15 for a newspaper chain in the south suburbs of Chicago and graduated at 16 from Bloom Township High School in Chicago Heights, Illinois. He did not attend college. He has been a police reporter, entertainment writer, editor, critic and columnist and has covered national political conventions, murder trials and twelve Olympic Games. Among his assignments have been an America's Cup yacht race in Australia, tennis at Wimbledon, British Open golf in Scotland, the Tour de France bicycle race, Stanley Cup hockey finals in Montreal and World Cup soccer in Italy, as well as Pan-American Games competitions in Argentina and Cuba.

He also has been a columnist for The Sporting News and Sport Magazine and for 15 years wrote a humor column for Inside Sports magazine known as "The Good Doctor." He was a featured sports correspondent for KABC radio in Los Angeles and for WJR radio in Detroit and has often been a panelist on ESPN television's weekly talk show, The Sports Reporters. He is a voter for the Baseball Hall of Fame.

In statewide voting by peers, Downey has been selected National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association sportswriter of the year eleven times, in Illinois (twice), Michigan (twice) and California (seven times).

He was honored for his news column by the Los Angeles Press Club in 1998 and won the 1994 Eclipse Award, thoroughbred racing's highest honor. Downey's writing has appeared in a variety of national magazines including GQ, Parade, Entertainment Weekly, Disney Adventures, American Way, Reader's Digest and TV Guide.

He was included as a character in the Elmore Leonard novel Be Cool.

Downey resides in Rancho Mirage, California. He is married to singer Gail Martin, daughter of the entertainer Dean Martin.

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