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Botanical Gardens
Botanical Garden Concept Plan: Setting a New Standard
For decades, Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens has given Jacksonville and Northeast Florida residents a place to love animals. Now our mission is to offer our community a public place to love plants, while setting a new standard for zoos in the process. We are in the process of building a first-of-its-kind botanical garden inside our Zoo that, unlike other zoos, is integrated among the animal exhibits. Unlike most other growing and culturally-rich cities, Jacksonville cannot list a botanical garden as one of its cultural treasures.
Beyond filling an educational need, botanical gardens benefit their communities in many ways. They become tourist attractions, benefit the green industry, serve as an employer and pump millions of construction dollars into the regional economy. Over the past 400 years, botanical gardens evolved from a menagerie of medicinal plants to entering the 21st century with a strong focus on the concept of environmental sustainability. While some zoos have enhanced the natural habitat of their animal collection, none to our knowledge have committed to the idea of combining a zoo and botanical garden. This combination will only serve to strengthen each institution's ability to foster a clear vision of sustainable conservation of our natural resources. With the help of a nationally-renowned botanical garden design firm, the Zoo developed three major garden zones in its Botanical Garden Concept Plan:
The Main Path, known as the River of Color: Visitors will begin their garden journey in the Main Camp Garden greeted with a celebratory display of striking foliage and flowering plants. They will be drawn toward the River of Color by drifts of colorful bloom swirling through ribbons of contrasting foliage and textures in the distance. Throughout the Zoo, the River of Color will be a linear garden that links garden destinations and animal exhibits.
Themed Pocket Gardens: Distinct and unique garden jewels of horticultural display that immerse the visitor in through plant themed forecourts to the animal exhibits that follow. Each garden is about 2 acres in size. Currently our Pocket Gardens include the African-Savanna Blooms Garden, South American-Range of the Jaguar Garden, the native gardens of Wild Florida and Play Park, the formal Gardens of Trout River, and the Asian Garden.
The Primary Gardens: In Jacksonville, visitors to the Zoo have recognized the unique relationship the Zoo shares with the Trout River. The beautiful native water-edge plants and spectacular panoramic views over the River set this area aside as something quite special. Recognizing this potential, we selected this area as the home for the Primary
Gardens which will cover approximately twelve acres and include Collection Gardens and the Conservatory.
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Gardener's Corner
Defense Mechanisms of the Plant World
By Harry Owens, Horticulture Technician II
Plants are for the most part, immobile: they cannot run away from predators or feet stomping on them. Over thousands of years, vulnerable plants have developed defense mechanisms to ensure their survival and ability to reproduce. Defense mechanisms can be broken into two categories: structural and bio-chemical. Structural defense mechanisms are simply modified parts of the plant's form, such as thorns, prickles, and spines. Bio-chemical defense mechanisms are a more complex process in which the plant produces toxins or other irritable chemical compounds that can have an array of effects on the intruder including a nasty taste or smell, irritation, mind alteration, and sometimes even death.
Thorns, spines, or prickles can be found along the plant's stem, leaves, or in some cases both. Thorns are modified branches that are long and sharp like a toothpick and are common on citrus trees. Spines are modified leaf parts like on cacti or palm fronds. Prickles can be thought of as coarse hairs coming out of the "skin" of the plant; these can be found on roses. Despite popular belief, every rose does not have a thorn, every rose actually has a prickle. Prickles are more easily removed than spines or thorns because they lack vascular bundles, so they are only attached to a plant and not a part of the plant. Think of the spines and thorns as fingers and toes and prickles as hair. They can all be removed but prickles are easier to remove and have a less lasting effect on the plant. Overall, physical defense mechanisms stab, cut, and poke trespassers.
Bio-chemical defense mechanisms are created by the plant. Milky sap is a white liquid secreted by certain plants when their tissue is torn. It contains latex and glycosides which can be detrimental when ingested and can cause irritation upon contact with skin. Milky sap can be found in milkweed, jasmine, oleander, and many others. Monarch butterflies have adapted an immunity to the sap in milkweed and it in turn makes them toxic to predators. Another bio-chemical defense mechanism is urushiol, an odorless, colorless oil found in the leaves of poison ivy, poison oak, and poison sumac. These plants are not actually poisonous but can cause very painful rashes and irritation. The oil is easily transferrable and could take days to show any signs of rash. There are a countless amount of plants that produce toxins that can be deadly if ingested. Nightshade, mistletoe, and pokeweed are a few examples on our toxic browse list here at the zoo.
Allelopathy is another type of bio-chemical defense plants use to kill or inhibit growth of near-by competing plants by hoarding all the soil nutrients, water, light, and space for themselves. This is common in some invasive plants. Australian pine is a problem in southern Florida. It has an allelochemical in its leaves that inhibits understory growth once they fall and begin to decompose. Nutsedge may be one of the farthest-reaching weeds in the world, taking root in over 90 countries. It releases allelochemicals through its roots negatively affecting all vegetation around it. Garlic mustard was introduced to North America in the 1860s as a culinary herb and is now invasive due to the lack of insects and fungi that would eat it in its homeland. Garlic mustard produces allelochemicals that suppress mycorrhizal fungi which is essential for most plants to reach optimum growth. Elderberry, black walnut, and eucalyptus are also suspected of being allelopathic.
There are too many defense mechanisms to fit in this article. A majority of plants have adapted at least one, which is hard to believe since they have no brains for memory or central nervous systems to feel pain, only a will to survive, reproduce, and the ability to protect themselves that has been developed over millennia. So next time you are on hike you may want to be more aware of the flora around you, in some cases it can be just as dangerous as the fauna.


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Universal Music Publishing Group is currently seeking an eager and exceptional Manager – Global Finance. The position will be responsible for overseeing the reporting of the global consolidated financial results for the group and providing analysis to senior management, including the VP - Global Finance and the CFO, as well as other support and ad hoc analyses as required.
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• Ensure accuracy and completeness of global consolidated financial results for monthly/quarterly actual, forecast and budget reporting
• Identify and analyze variances within results with thorough understanding of drivers and outliers
• Preparation of business / variance commentary for global senior management on monthly basis
• Assist in financial modelling for new artist spend and investment, including IRR / DCF analyses
• Maintenance and updates of Hyperion Financial Management models related to actual reporting and forecast / budget; expected to enhance and modify models and procedures as needed
• Oversee finance related aspects of global royalty circulation for the music publishing company
• Support international offices as needed, including forecast and budget guidance, financial templates and accounting policy compliance
• Coordinate and monitor global corporate policies for the music publishing company, including Sarbanes Oxley
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• Clear and efficient writing abilities
• Effective communication skills, particularly in dealing with international colleagues
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This is the time of year when films that premiered back in January at the Sundance Film Festival start to appear on movie screens across the country, and the rest of the nation discovers what we've known for a while - there were some really cool movies at the festival.
This week, the big talk has been about Patton Oswalt ("King of Queens," "Ratatouille") taking on the dark, sad role of the obsessed NY Giants fan in Robert Siegel's ("The Wrestler") "Big Fan." I had the chance to talk with Oswalt & Siegel about the film during the festival, here's the edited interview:
For more on the film, check these out:
New York Times: Successful Comic and Rodent Tries Unfamiliar Role: Sports Fan
NPR's Fresh Air: Patton Oswalt & Robert Siegel
Also this week, the NY Times Magazine featured actress Carey Mulligan on the cover of their Women's Fashion issue, noting her tremendous turn in "An Education." PCTV was ahead of the curve on this one as well, talking with Mulligan and the film's director, Lone Scherfig on Mountain Views as well.


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|Mar 27, 2001
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|Mar 6, 1998
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|Mar 6, 1998
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|James Giebel, Thomas Mazz, Constanzo DiFazio, Mik Stern, David Goren
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|Symbol Technologies, Inc.
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|Patent Citations (26), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (27), Classifications (5), Legal Events (10)
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to light scanning systems for reading data. In preferred embodiments the invention is useful in compact moving spot scanning systems for reading bar code symbols.
2. Description of Related Art
Various optical scanning systems have been developed for reading bar code symbols. In many such systems a laser spot is swept across the bar code. The bar code symbols reflect or absorb the incident light. A photo detector receives reflected light and produces a signal from which the data is obtained. Normally, in such systems the laser spot scans the bar code symbols in such a way that it crosses all of the bars and spaces which make up the code. These various optical scanning systems require apparatus for sweeping the spot across the bar code symbol.
For this purpose, it is known to use a stationary source of light, a scanning mirror and a driver to repetitively oscillate the mirror, so that an incident light beam from the source is repetitively swept through an angular distance at a rate, for example, of tens of oscillations per second. Such a system is shown, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,816,660 to Swartz et al. An electric motor may be used to drive the mirror. Alternatively, a swept beam may be produced by a semi conductor laser whose output beam is directed by a piezoelectric driver. Such a system is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 5,625,483 to Swartz et al. Magnetic fields may also be used to drive small mirror elements.
In motor driven mirror scanning systems, conventional motor controls are used to insure the appropriate scanning. In these systems, the components, such as photo diodes, mirrors, motor parts and control circuits are separately manufactured and then assembled. The components must be accurately aligned for proper operation. These production steps are costly. Use of a micro machined permits partial or total integration of the scanner into a miniature package with components formed on one or a few substrates. However, in a system based on the use of a driven, micro machined scanner element, there is the need to insure the proper movement of the scanner in a way which is compatible with the micro machined parts in terms of size and structure, and in terms of the manufacturing steps used to make the micro machined parts.
Micro machined scan mirrors have been described in prior art literature. However, there are unique challenges in designing a scan mirror for bar code scanning. In particular, the mirror is advantageously several millimeters on each side to accommodate the scan beam. Handheld bar code scanners operate at very low frequencies, scan large angles, and need to survive large shock loads. The mirrors may be operated at resonance in order to reduce power consumption. Low resonant frequency dictates a large mass on relatively weak suspension, which makes it difficult to provide the required shock resistance. Another important requirement is low cost.
A micro machined mirror for scanning a light beam is disclosed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/483,163 filed Jan. 7, 1995 to Swartz et al. entitled AN INTEGRATED SCANNER ON A COMMON SUBSTRATE, which is hereby incorporated by reference. In this system, the mirror may be driven by various techniques including electrostatic actuation, electromagnetic actuation, and heat actuation. However, such mirrors are difficult to operate due to the high Q of the mechanical system and the drive requirements for such a system.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a simply and inexpensively fabricated miniature light beam scanner having an accurately controlled, moving optical component, such as a mirror.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a simple and accurate system for sensing the position of a moving, micro machined optical element in a light beam scanner.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a system for controlling at least one of the amplitude and frequency of a moving optical element in a light beam scanner.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a system for controlling a micro machined, resonant mirror for hand-held bar code readers.
These and other objects and features of the present invention will be apparent from this written description and drawings.
A light beam scanner is controlled to direct a light beam to move in a predetermined pattern such as a back and forth pattern traversing a symbol to be read. The scanner includes an optical element, such as a micro machined mirror, at least a portion of which is moveable in relation to a supporting substrate and/or a light source.
An electrically actuated driver applies a driving force to the optical element. In a preferred embodiment, the electrically actuated driver is a driving electrode located proximate to the mirror and a voltage controlled power supply, which together provide an electrostatic driving force.
A sensor detects movement of the optical element, for example by detecting variations in the capacitance between a pick-up electrode and the mirror caused by motion of the mirror. In preferred embodiments, a carrier signal is applied to the mirror, and a varying voltage signal is induced in the pick-up electrode containing information concerning the amplitude and phase of the movement of the optical element relative to the pick-up electrode.
Feed back circuitry controls the electrically actuated driver to drive the optical element at a resonant frequency and predetermined amplitude.
A related method is disclosed for controlling a moving optical element, which involves applying a periodically varying electrostatic force to the optical element to vary its position, sensing the position of the mirror, and modifying the applied electrostatic force in response to the sensed mirror position.
A scanner element of a preferred embodiment of the present invention includes an optical element, which provides a light beam having direction which varies as the element moves. In a preferred embodiment, the optical element is a micro machined mirror suspended for torsional oscillation on a pair of conductive hinges. One or more electrodes are formed on the substrate adjacent the optical element to apply an electrostatic driving force to the optical element and to sense the position of the element.
The subject matter of the invention is set out with particularity in the appended claims.
The particulars of the present invention will be understood from the following descriptions, considered with the drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a partial schematic and perspective view of a bar code scanner including a moving optical element, sensor and driver;
FIGS. 2a and 2 b are, respectively, side and plan views of an electrostatically driven, micro machined scan element employed in embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a side view of an electrostatically driven, micro machined scan element of an alternate embodiment of the present invention and associated circuitry;
FIGS. 4a and 4 b are, respectively, side and plan views of an electrostatically driven, micro machined scan element adapted for scanning two-dimensional bar codes and employed in embodiments of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a side view of an electrostatically driven, cantilever mounted micro machined scan mirror and associated electrodes employed in embodiments of the present invention;
FIGS. 6a and 6 b are, respectively, a top view of a micro machined mirror die and a side cross sectional view of a packaged scan element of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a schematic block diagram of a moving optical element, driver, detection and control circuitry employed in a scanning system of an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a moving optical element, driver, detection and control circuitry employed in a scanning system embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a graph of various waveforms discussed in connection with the description of the circuitry of FIG. 8.
FIG. 1 illustrates schematically a system for sensing the position and controlling the movement of an optical element in a light beam scanner. The optical element may be a mirror, photo diode, refractive body, polarizing body, or other optical element whose movement alters the direction of an incident and/or outgoing light beam. In the embodiment of FIG. 1, the moving optical element 2 is a mirror, mounted for rotation about an axis A—A. A semiconductor laser 4 provides a beam of light which is reflected by the mirror in the general direction of a bar code symbol 6.
The system shown in FIG. 1 is retro reflective, i.e. light reflected by the bar code impinges on the mirror, from which it is reflected to a photo detector 8. It will be apparent, however, that the teachings of the present invention may be applied to non retro reflective systems in which light reflected by the bar code system does not return to the moving optical element, but is instead directed along a fixed beam path to a lens and photo diode. In either case, the detector communicates with circuitry (not shown), which decodes data from the bar code.
The moving mirror 2 of FIG. 1 is driven by a driver 10 responsive to electrical signals provided by control circuitry 12. A mirror position sensor element 14 is employed in the detection of mirror position. The control circuitry 12, produces a signal responsive to mirror position, drives the oscillation of the scan mirror at its mechanical resonance and regulates the amplitude of the oscillation of the mirror. This, in turn, assures that the beam of light reflected from the mirror 2 scans through a predetermined angular range 16, adapted to sweep across the bar code symbol 6.
FIGS. 2a and 2 b are, respectively, side and plan views of an electrostatically driven micro machined scan element 20. The scan element 20 can be manufactured using either monolithic integration or hybrid integration. techniques. In a preferred embodiment, the scan element is fabricated on a substrate 30. The substrate may be a semiconductor material such as silicon and the micro machined mirror fabricated using known VLSI technology.
The scan element 20 of FIG. 2 consists of a scan mirror 22 suspended by two electrically conductive torsional hinges 24 over two substrate electrodes 26 and 28. The mirror is rotated about its hinges by applying a voltage to one electrode (drive pad 24) thereby producing an electrostatic force between the drive pad and the mirror. When a voltage is applied and removed from the drive pad, the mirror scan element acts as a driven torsional oscillator and the mirror 22 rotates about an axis B—B defined by its hinges. The rest position of the mirror 22 is shown in FIG. 2a and is a position in which the principal plane of the mirror is parallel to the principal plane of the substrate 30. The scan element is designed to rotate about an axis B—B by approximately +/−20 degrees from the rest position, at a frequency of less than 100 Hz and preferably at a frequency of between 20 and 30 Hz.
The other electrode (pick-up pad 28) is used for sensing the position of the mirror. The position of the mirror is detected by sensing the capacitance between the pick-up pad and the mirror. This capacitance varies in inverse proportion to the distance between the mirror 22 and the pick-up pad 28.
During operation, a voltage is applied to drive pad 26, which applies an electrostatic force to rotate the mirror 22. The applied voltage creates charges of opposite polarity between the drive pad 26 and the mirror 22. The resulting attractive force pulls the closer side of the mirror 22 downward, thus rotating the mirror 22 about rotation axis B—B.
Alternatively, the mirror may be rotated by application of electromagnetic force. Magnetic field sensing may be used in conjunction with appropriate circuitry to determine mirror motion and control the mirror driver.
FIG. 3 illustrates an alternative arrangement of electrodes useable in various embodiments of the scan element and associated circuitry. Two drive electrodes 26′ are provided in the scan element of FIG. 3 and are biased with voltages to apply driving forces to both sides of the mirror. In this way the desired mirror amplitude may be induced by applying smaller voltages. Two sensor electrodes 28′ sense the position of the mirror. An improved signal to noise ratio in the detection signal can be obtained by using this sensor electrode structure.
FIGS. 4a and 4 b illustrate another alternative structure for a scan element usable in embodiments of the present invention. FIGS. 4a and 4 b illustrate, respectively, side and plan views of a scan element 40 which provides two dimensional scanning. The scan element 40 consists of a scan mirror 42, suspended on four beams 44. A beam scanner of this type is illustrated, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 5,097,354 to Goto. In operation, the mirror can be driven to rock about two axes identified as C—C and D—D by drive pads 46.
The scan element of FIG. 4 includes pick-up pads 48, which are used for sensing the position of the mirror 42 by sensing the capacitance between the mirror and each of the pick-up pads 48.
Two dimension scanning may also be achieved by using two one-dimensional scanning optical elements such as shown in FIGS. 2a and 2 b to vary the direction of the light beam in orthogonal directions.
FIG. 5 illustrates another alternative scanning element 60, in which a moving mirror 62 is mounted on a central pillar 64. Electrode 66 is a drive pad and electrode 68 is a pick-up pad. Electrostatic force is employed to drive the mirror in periodic motion. The position of the mirror is sensed by detecting the capacitance between the mirror and pad 68 as discussed below.
FIGS. 6a and 6 b show preferred embodiments of a micro machined mirror die 70 and packaged scan element 72, respectively. The Figures illustrate certain fabrication information and structures adapted to protect the scan element from mechanical shock.
Referring first to FIG. 6a, a gold coated silicon island 74 acts as a mirror and is suspended by two hinges 76 on the silicon frame 78. A mirror size of 3�3 mm (i.e. on the order of 10 mm2 in area) may be used to accommodate the scanning light beam, and to account for positioning errors in the assembly. The micro machined die shown is a flip-chip adapted to be surface-mounted on a substrate. The island is grounded with respect to the drive and pickup electrodes (not shown).
The packaged scan element of FIG. 6b includes the micro machined mirror die 70, a ceramic travel stop 80 and KOVAR travel stops 82. A cover glass 84 protects the mirror surface. An anti-reflection coated on the glass may be employed to reduce optical losses. In a preferred embodiment the dimensions of the packaged scan element are 7.5�6�2 mm.
Fingers below and above the hinges 76 are provided to limit the up and down motion of the island on impact, without interfering with the rotation of the mirror. The fingers 86 on the reflector side overhang the edge of the mirror, but leave most of the reflective surface unobstructed. The frame 78 also serves as the side travel stop. For additional protection four fingers 88 (FIG. 6a) may be provided protruding from the island into corresponding cutouts 90 in the frame to limit travel when the mirror is subjected to a shock. The frame has vents on the sides to allow free air passage during operation.
The packaged scan element is designed for wafer scale assembly, which significantly reduces the device cost. Since the electrical connections are made via the bottom substrate, the device is surface mountable, and can be handled in a manner similar to other electronic components during the higher level assembly.
A device dimensioned in accordance with FIGS. 6a and 6 b and the foregoing description may be designed to have a resonant frequency of from 25 to 35 Hz. Added circuitry generates the required drive voltage from a 3 V power supply. The power consumption of the mirror and the drive circuit may be about 10 mW, but most of the power is consumed by the voltage converter. Such packaged scan elements may operate over a temperature range of close to 100 degrees Celsius, and be able to withstand more than a 2,000-g acceleration.
FIG. 7 illustrates in greater detail how the position of a moving optical element such as mirror 100 is detected. The mirror is set in motion, for example, by a 60V square wave, sine wave, or non-periodic pulse imposed on a drive pad 102. The position of the mirror is detected by sensing the varying parasitic capacitance Cf(d) between the mirror 100 and a pick-up pad 104. This capacitance, which is extremely small (0.05 pF), is sensed by placing a high frequency carrier voltage Vc on the mirror and detecting the induced voltage Vam on the pick-up pad 104. It will be understood that Vam is amplitude modulated (AM) by the position of the mirror in response to the changing capacitance between the mirror and the pick-up pad. An AM demodulator 100 is then used to recover the envelope of the AM signal which is the position signal. The input voltage to the AM demodulator Vam results from the voltage divider action of Cf(d) and load capacitor CL. The voltage Vam is an AM waveform that can be approximated as
A cos(wct) is the high frequency carrier Vc and Cf(d) is the function that describes the capacitance between the mirror and the pick-up pad as a function of distance d.
Cd is the change in Cf(d) resulting from mirror movement, C0 is the value of Cf(d) when the mirror is at rest, φ is the phase shift of the mechanical system measured with respect to the phase of the driving voltage, and wo is the frequency of the driving voltage. The output of the AM demodulator 106 is Vpos which is the mirror position signal.
It will be understood that by superimposing signals of different frequency, a single electrode may be employed as the drive pad and pick-up pad.
Techniques for controlling the scan element system and driving it at its natural resonance frequency will now be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9. A scan element control system for moving mirror 200 is shown schematically in FIG. 8. This system oscillates the mirror 200 at mechanical resonance by creating a drive signal based on positive feedback derived from the sensed mirror position. The use of positive feedback creates instability in the system which causes oscillation. The gain and phase of the positive feedback loop is chosen such that oscillation will only occur at the resonant frequency of the scan element. An amplitude control loop is also provided to regulate scan amplitude.
In FIG. 8 the mirror 200 is driven by an electrostatic force created by a periodic voltage imposed on drive pad 202 by a voltage controlled power supply 204 that has an adjustment range from 0V to 240V, and is controlled by the output of a chopper 206. The high state of the chopper's output is controlled by an output signal 208 based on a determined amplitude error. The chopper, in turn, controls the output level of the power supply 204. When the output of the chopper is low, the power supply is off.
The frequency at which the power supply 204 is switched on and off, as well as how hard the mirror is driven, depends on the feedback from the mirror. Mirror position is detected as previously described in connection with FIG. 7, by pick-up pad 210 and an AM demodulator 212. The output of the Am demodulator 212 contains both scan amplitude and mirror phase information. Scan amplitude information, i.e., the magnitude of the position signal at its peaks, is used to regulate scan amplitude via the scan amplitude error detector 214. Mirror phase information determines when the power supply will be switched on and off. The phase of the feedback is determined by the phase shifter 216 and limiter 218. A phase shift of 90 degrees may be used to compensate for phase shift caused by the mechanical system.
The operation of the circuitry of FIG. 8 is reflected in the waveform diagrams of FIG. 9 which show the signals found at the corresponding numerical locations in the circuitry of FIG. 8 as a function of time. The time period represented in FIG. 9 begins when power is applied (t=0). Steady state is reached in the example at t=200 mS. At t=0, the initial conditions of the system are as follows:
(a) Scan mirror high frequency carrier (1) is on;
(b) Scan mirror is at rest (signal (2) is unmodulated and scan amplitude (3) is zero);
(c) Scan amplitude error detector output signal (6) is at maximum (the error is large because scan amplitude is zero);
(d) Limiter output signal (4) is high. Output signal 6 high is passed through chopper 206 to a control input of the Voltage Controlled Power Supply 204;
(e) The output of Voltage Controller Power Supply 204 (not shown) is at maximum (the loop is trying to remove scan amplitude error by driving the mirror with maximum drive voltage).
After t=0, the transient produced by sw1 closing causes the system to oscillate at a resonant frequency of the scan element. Maximum drive voltage is used until the scan amplitude approaches the required steady state level. As the scan amplitude grows, the amplitude control signal (6) is reduced because scan amplitude error diminishes. At steady state, the scan amplitude error has been removed, the power supply output voltage is regulated at a voltage that maintains minimal scan amplitude error, and the power supply is switched on and off at the scan element's resonant frequency.
The circuitry of FIG. 8 may be adapted so that it may be formed in the same semiconductor substrate as the scan element. This provides a compact, inexpensive scanner on a chip.
The described embodiments of the present invention are intended to be illustrative rather than restrictive, and are not intended to represent every embodiment of the present invention. Various modifications and variations can be made to the disclosed systems without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims both literally and in equivalents recognized in law.
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Slow cooker Chinese beef and broccoli
750g lean diced beef
1 large onion (sliced)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
350ml beef stock (from a cube is fine)
100ml soy sauce
1/2 tsp 5 spice powder (if liked)
1 tbsp cornflour
1 head of broccoli (cut up into florets)
1 tsp sesame seeds
Place the beef, onion, garlic, stock , 5 spice and 75ml of the soy sauce into a slow cooker. Mix well and cook on high for 4 hours or low for up to 6-8 hours.
Take off the lid then put in the broccoli and push gently down into the sauce, Pop the lid back on and leave for another half hour or so until the broccoli is tender.
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Serves 4 at 1 syn per portion
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Rajendran Muthiah
The Merciful Hand Of America - Poem by Rajendran Muthiah
Sad are the hearts which watched in calm
when the surrendered and the bravely stood tigers,
the civilian Tamils of Eelam of SriLanka
were maimed, butchered and raped
by a lawless army, with the cannons
of some cannibalistic Asian nations.
Silent are the tears that fall
from the blind eyes of the UNO,
which had been in deep slumber for a year,
when the Tamils were treated inhumanly in fenced camps.
It is now waking up to browse the dusty CDs back.
Remorseful is the mind of British,
a sinner who gave the uncut fruit of freedom,
to the majority, Buddhist Sinhalese to rule,
but in the case of India, the land was rent into two.
Shocked is the cosmopolitan brain of America,
whose hand crushed terror and cremated the dictators,
for democracies to bloom, but remained dumb to surprise all,
when the wombs which gave birth to tigers were bombed
and the hands -tied naked rebels were shot and killed
and the war-field was scattered with molested corpses.
Grief-stricken are the Great, great grand dads and mums
of Tamil Nadu, who were unable to stop the supply of Indian arms.
The Indian government took revenge upon the entire Tamils,
for the alleged killing of her leader by the tigers.
Mournful are the souls of the beloved parents and uncles,
In Canada, Malasyia, Aussie and African lands.
Solemn are the faces of Pakistan and China
for their weapons used for the ethnic cleansing.
They would reap what they sowed in history.
The occupiers of the lands of other nations
don't feel the pulse of the freedom fighters.
The funeral mass for the late Tamils will be held
in the cosmological chapel in Lemuria
and the ashes will be committed to the Indian ocean.
Your battle for freedom is over; we're missing you greatly.
Your thirst for liberty still remains in our hearts.
Rest in peace in the ocean where our forefathers were deluged.
We fondly remember and adore your courage.
The merciful hand of America will render justice.
Till then your memories will not leave us to sleep.
Comments about The Merciful Hand Of America by Rajendran Muthiah
Saravanan Sivasubramanian (5/24/2017 11:54:00 PM)
Dear poet,
my heartiest thanks for giving such great poem.
The merciful hand of America will render justice.
Till then your memories will not leave us to sleep.
nobody render justice for the tamil eelam peoples....
still all tamils are disappointed so much (Report) Reply
Eric Cockrell (3/20/2012 11:08:00 AM)
injustice cries, and the world shudders! good poem! (Report) Reply
Parithi Muthurasan (3/18/2012 7:29:00 AM)
Silent are the tears that fall
from the blind eyes of the UNO--very very stunning words.you are great (Report) Reply
Wahab Abdul (3/18/2012 4:47:00 AM)
The poem is appropriately logical and emotionally charged too, we, readers, must respect the sentiment created in the poem, and i am 100% agree with Subhulakshmi............ (Report) Reply
The struggle is clearly written here and brings back te hmemory of Prabaharan, Who was completely cheated and abandoned by our Tamil Leaders who jumped like apes from one party to another party for personal gains. We have had the vision and all the educated Tamil, of either Eelam and Tamil Nadu origin are timid and cowards to vest the huge struggle on the shoulder of a less educated human. May Prabaharan's family rest in peace and forgive each and everyone of the hypocrites! ! ! (Report) Reply
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The pair attempted a bullish correction yesterday and halted at 1.2400 - 1.2410, where it returned to fluctuate near key support 1.2310. The expected direction in overall for today bearish over an intraday basis, where it starts with the breach of the mentioned support leveland heads towards 1.2190 initially. It is vital that 1.2410 remain intact to maintain chances of achieving these expectations.
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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - July 3, 1997, New Braunfels, Texas Herald-Zeitung □ Thursday July 3,1997 □ 3AMora! path can safely lead from secrecy of confessional Dear Abby: You printed a query from the Baptist regarding the secrecy of the Catholic confessional. The writer asked whether a priest would disclose the confession of a murderer if disclosure would save the life of a wrongly convicted person who is to be executed for a crime he did not commit. The response from Cardinal Roger Mahoney of Los Angeles stated that the priest could refuse absolution to the real murderer if he refused to turn himself in to die police, but under no circumstances could the priest break the secrecy seal of the confessional, even to save the life of the innocent person who is about to be executed. As an ethics teacher in a Catholic college, I find this answer unsatisfactory. When I discuss such dilemmas with students, I encourage them to find a solution that will respect the moral demands of both horns of the dilemma. In this case, the priest should try to save the life of the innocent convict while also respecting the confidentiality of his penitent. For example, the priest could document the details provided by the real murderer and take the statement to appropriate authorities, while keeping the identity of the murderer anonymous. Although the priest's evidence is hearsay and may not be admissible in a trial court, his willingness to swear that he has heard the confession of the murderer and is convinced it is authentic should at least lead authorities to-reconsider the planned execution. Cardinal Mahoney's argument for absolute secrecy on grounds that penitents could stop using the sacrament if they were not guaranteed secrecy is parallel to arguments made by psychiatrists in die Tarasoff case, where a patient had told his psychiatrists he planned to kill Ids girlfriend and then carried out the threat. On appeal, the California Supreme Court rejected the psychiatrist's argument supporting absolute confidentiality, saying that a psychiatrist had a duty to warn or protect an identifiable potential victim, and enunciated the principle now universally accepted by psychiatrists, therapists and social workers. Confidentiality is limited by the right of others not to be harmed, and is most strongly limited by the right to life held by innocent persons. CAROL A. TAUER, ST. PAUL, MINN. Dear Ms. Tauer: When I printed the question, abd then Cardinal Mahoney's response, I had no idea it would generate suchjuflood of angry letters. Some were from Catholics accusing me of having printed an Manti-Catholic, trick question." However, most were from treaders who vigorously disagreed with the church's position on allowing an innocent person to die for a crime he did not commit. Since I am not of the Catholic faith, I hesitate to criticize church doctrine. However, I think your letter is an important one, and your argument has merit. Dear Abby: I just finished reading about another senseless crime. A high school student fatally gunned down his high school principal and one of his "tormentors." The most troubling part of the tragedy is that the killer's friends knew that he had frequently made death threats. However, they didn't think he would carry it through because it was "just, you know, teen talk." Anyone who considers this kind of conversation "just talk" is making a terrible mistake by not confiding in someone who can help. I am out of high school only 16 years, but no one in our school ever spoke that way. Is violence the only way people believe they can solve their problems? SCARED MOTHER OF TWO Dear Scared Mother: Don't be too hard on teen-agers who may not have realized the seriousness of such a threat However, let me go on record: Death threats and threats of suicide are both serious, and should be reported to a responsible adult. They are indications of serious underlying problems for which professional intervention is essential.ReavesFrom Page 1 doesn't want them to be behind other districts and he wants them to be ready for college." Mark Scheffler, associate superintendent for Northeast Independent School District, was an assistant principal under Reaves at Lee High School. He said Reaves would refuse to take the popular approach if it was not in the best interest of students, and Reaves challenged his faculty to think in those terms. Scheffler said when a decision could not be reached on an issue, Reaves simply would ask if it was in the best interest of the student "If we couldn't answer him with a lot of confidence, he would tell us to go back to the drawing board and rethink it," Scheffler said. Ivan Fitzwater was superintendent at NEISD, and Reaves was his first administrative assistant. He said Reaves was "one of the brightest young men I knew." "His career took off like a rocket, and in every assignment he ever had he did it very well," Fitzwater said. "He wants what is best for kids and won't let anyone stand in the way of that" In addition to being described as a children's advocate, colleagues also described Reaves as fair, sensitive, genuine, professional and intelligent. Roy Benavides, executive director for the Education Service Center, said Reaves was also demanding of his employees. "He's a challenge to work for because he's not going to let you sit back and maintain the status quo," said Benavides. "His general philosophy is based around serving others." Fitzwater said he saw Reaves as a firm leader who could be gentle at the same time, realizing that "you don't have to be loud when you say vt no. These colleagues also were able to shed light as to who Reaves the person is. They described him as a good and trustworthy friend — honest, reliable, a good family man and a fun person to be around. "He kind of zings you without you knowing it, it hits you about an hour later," said Scheffler, referring to Reaves "dry sense of humor and wit." Benavides said Reeves has a confidence and presence about him, but "fee's not as complex as you might think." He said he may look stoic, but he's just "pensive." Benavides added, "What you see is what you get. He doesn't put on a facade." Although Reaves has not been in the community long, he already is looking for ways to get involved. Reaves said he joined New Braunfels Rotary and planned to join other organizations "because I get to know the people " Reaves said once he had finished the transition period and had a better grasp on where the district was, he planned "to take it to the next level." "Part of the process to that is you need to know where you are and where you want to be" he said. "Then you work toward it." Reaves and his wife have two children, a daughter who is 25 and working in Houston and a son who is 21 and works in the criminal justice field. Reaves' wife Jeanette will teach at OakRun School during the upcoming school year.MarsFrom Page 1 November 19%. The third spacecraft, Mars '96 from Russia, also was launched in November 19%. Eric Hayne, a spokesperson for the National Aeronautics Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said the job of Pathfinder is to look at Mars' environment. "It is a geology mission," Hayne said. "They (spacecraft) will be studying not only the geology but the weather conditions and atnKMphere (as well)."Tuans facing higher Insurance rates AUSTIN (AP) — Many Texas homeowners could face up to double-digit increases to the cost of their insurance policies. Texas Insurance Commissioner Elton Bomer on Wednesday heard arguments from insurer and consumer groups on the setting of residential property benchmark rates. Regulated insurance companies, covering about one-third of Texas' residential property, set their rates from 30 percent above to 30 percent below the benchmark rate set in each of the state's 23 rating territories. Unregulated companies cover the majority of Texas homes. Campaign Notes Early voting for the Aug. 9 election to fill four seats on die New Braunfels Independent School District board of trustees begins July 21, and residents will have several opportunities to get to know the candidates. There are two at-large seats up for election, as well as the District I seat and the remaining year of the District 4 term. At-large seats cover the entire NBISD district, and any registered voter in the district can vole in the at- Pathfinder is a tetrahedral-shaped spacecraft weighing 772 pounds and 32 feet tall. On its trip to Mars, Hayne said, Pathfinder will have a weather station, a camera unit and communications hardware for the mission. A stereo imager mounted on an extendible mast with 12 spectral filters and an atmospheric structure instrument will be on the lander as well. Pathfinder carries a rover. Sojourner, which was carried in a stowed configuration with its chassis and Wheels (bided up like an accordion to the lander. Regulated rates within the territories vary widely, based on insurance companies' policies, the location of the insured properties and other factors. The Insurance Department encourages Texans to shop around. Two state administrative judges have urged Bomer to approve an overall 13.5 percent increase to the statewide average benchmark rate. That includes a 14.8 percent increase to the average benchmark for homeowners* policies and no change to the renters' average benchmark.convicted of bank fraud AUSTIN (AP) — State Land Commissioner Garry Mauro is large races. District I straddles Interstate 35, from the Guadalupe River to the county line. District 4 coven the area immediately west of Business 1-35 and south of the Guadalupe River. The following are the voter forums currently scheduled: ■ Association of Texas Professional Educators and Texas State Teachen Association, 7 p.m. July 22 at the Education Center. "The Sojourner rover will travel across the terrain of Mars," Hayne said. "The Sojourner has a couple of geology analyzers which will look at the rock scenery and see what's going on. It has a spectral analyzer which allows to determine the chemical makeup of rocks are." Hayne said Pathfinder's primary mission will be for 30 days and that depending on its batteries should be in operation for about a year. "Any (more) missions (to Mars) in the future will be based on what we teamed here," Hayne said. Pathfinder is part of the Mars Surveyor program, which is NASA's defending a decision to hire a man convicted of bank fraud to help direct a new, $52 million veterans nursing-home program. The Dallas Morning News on Wednesday reported the May 16 hiring of Ruben Johnson, a onetime Democratic contributor, as director of special projects at the General Land Office. The post pays Johnson, who's on probation after serving most of an eight-year federal prison sentence, $61,343 a year. "I believe in giving people a second chance," Mauro said Wednesday in a written statement. "I hired Ruben Johnson because of his expertise, even though I knew it might generate some headlines. But I hire people based on their qualifications, not political ■ League of Women Voters, 7 p.m. July 24 at the Education Center ■ New Braunfels Rotary, noon July 30, at the Comal County Senior Citizen Center. All candidates will have five minutes to tell the audience about themselves and their campaign. There will not be time for questions and answers, lf you plan to eat with the Rotary Chib, you need to let the group know. program of robotic exploration of Mars. The purpose of the program is to help scientists to know more about potential past life on Mars, climate and resources which could give researchers clues about the future of Earth's environment. NASA has a goal of sending two pair of spacecraft every 26 months to Mars to the year 2005. The Global Surveyor will arrive in the Mars atmosphere in September. "It achieves orbit after Pathfinder (lands)," Hayne said. "The Mars Orbiter will map the entire surface of the planet and have more detailed considerations, and that's one reason we have the best veterans program in the country," said Mauro, who is considering a run for governor next year. instruments on it than Viking (lander) did 20 years ago." Pathfinder is expected to land in the ancient flood basin known as Ares Vallis. Updates on the mission can be found on the Web at http://www.nasa.gov. This connects to 15 corporate and public web sites as well as five international web sites. The Best Pizza In Town- faut! WE DEUVER 625-5165 For AK Your Body Shop NeedsBECKER MOTOR CO 547 S. Seguin, New Braunfels 606-3463 SAFETY v \Please don't shoot the works. Huge ArtArt Shorn In One Days Only Soil Sun IO am-6 pm' Hundreds ofArtists-Thousends of Pointings FiNf UtT 6 GMM7MF MSITKP AMMB 6MU err HWU-Humane ueonemu it •Stn&i»§ Artist' Mtois $14. - $49. Aff Statics f* Museum Quality *Ftae Art Sectfam' - (Vdut ta SUWU S55. - MSO. 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Chief customer officer
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A chief customer officer (CCO) is the executive responsible in customer-centric companies for the total relationship with an organization's customers. This position is relatively new addition in the CxO hallway, and was developed to provide a single vision across all methods of customer contact. The CCO is often responsible for influencing corporate activities of customer relations in the call centre, sales, marketing, user interface, finance (billing), fulfillment and post-sale support. The CCO typically reports to the chief executive officer, and is potentially a member of the board of directors.
Chief Customer Officers may be known by many titles; however, according to the Customer Officer Council', the CCO is properly defined as "an executive who provides the comprehensive and authoritative view of the customer and creates corporate and customer strategy at the highest levels of the company to maximize customer acquisition, retention, and profitability."
Today's customer requires access in many forms of media to meet their preferences and lifestyle, such as traditional voice agent, outsourced/offshored voice agent, automated voice (interactive voice response or IVR), Email, traditional mail, web chat, web collaboration, web co-browse, text, point of presence (PoP) such as sales register or kiosk, faxes, etc.
A consistent customer experience across all methods of access is required by customers, who often choose to change vendors if they do not get the support they require to meet their expectations. Consistency and accessibility of the customer experience have become an essential component to winning competition for customers as companies realize the financial benefit of customer satisfaction as its proportionate relationship to loyalty and profitability.
The Chief Customer Officer Council has documented that there are approximately 450 executives worldwide with the CCO title or having comparable authority and responsibilities under a different title. While growing steadily from fewer than 30 in 2003, CCOs are the newest, and by far the smallest, component of the C-suite. With an average tenure of just 29 months, the chief customer officer has the shortest lifespan among all C-suite executives, according to research conducted in 2010 by the Chief Customer Officer Council.
Because the CCO role is still so new, there is as yet no executive MBA program or even a Harvard Business Review treatise about becoming a CCO. Jeanne Bliss, who was the Chief Customer Officer for Lands' End, Microsoft, Mazda, Coldwell Banker and Allstate Corporations has written a book called "Chief Customer Officer" that she wrote as a field guide, based on her twenty five years' experience in the role.
The role, however, requires more education, understanding and awareness of its benefits and challenges among the C-suite, throughout the business and with customers. The CCO Council find that a number of CCOs still have to explain what their role is when they hand over their business card to customers.
While not a requirement that the CCO be a board-level position, to be effective, the Chief Customer Officer Council advises that the CCO must be one of the senior-most executives of the company. Chief Customer Officers typically report directly to the CEO, although there are some exceptions.
A 2009 study of over 860 corporate executives revealed that companies that had increased their investment in customer experience management over the previous three years reported higher customer referral rates and customer satisfaction (Strativity Group, 2009).[1]
- ^ Strativity Group (2009), 2009 Global Customer Experience Management Benchmark Study, Strativity Group, Inc.
Further reading[edit]
- Bingham, Curtis, founder and executive director of the Chief Customer Officer Council. Classifying Chief Customer Officers
- Bliss, Jeanne. Chief Customer Officer: Getting Past Lip Service to Passionate Action.
- Schumpeter, "The magic of good service", The Economist, 22 September 2012 [1]
- www.ccocoach.com Blog by Jeanne Bliss that provides learning from work in coaching CCO's into their positions since 2006


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Take a trip to the North Pole and visit Santa's Home. Inside, kids will find Santa updating his naughty and nice list and surrounded by toys. The wood stove in the corner keeps the home nice and cozy, while the decorated Christmas tree spreads holiday cheer. Use the ladder to get up to the loft, a great place to store toys or take a ride on the rocking horse. Outside on the front patio, there's extra wood for the stove and a snowman on the lookout for visitors. Set also includes an elf figure, trumpet, soccer ball, guitar, and other assorted toys, cat, mouse, candlestick, tree stump with ax, table and bench, mugs, mailbox, and other accessories. Recommended for ages four to ten.Warning. Choking Hazard. Contains a small ball and small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
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Le Mercury Deuxieme
Starters (carpaccio and ravioli) were very tasty, however I wouldn't even call them small - they were tiny.
Mains and desserts were OK, but nothing exceptional.
Service excellent.
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Overall rating
Food 5 | Service 10 | Atmosphere 7 | Value for money 6
La Bota
We were passing by looking for a place to eat. La Bota looked busy, so we decided to give it a go.
Unfortunately all the tapas, except for fried peppers (which were very good), was not fresh and I mean not fresh in a sense that you could taste that it was prepared a while ago; all the dishes with sauce- a week ago or more, sitting in the fridge.
Monk fish was disgusting, not pieces of fish, but the greasy bits that everyone normally throws away
Perhaps it was a matter of choice, however we had 7 dishes and enjoyed only one.
Would definitely not recommend.
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 3
North Road
Very uninspiring... We had a set lunch in the North Road. Admittedly £20 for 3 courses in a Michelin restaurant is not much, however I would still expect highest quality food.
We have tried all the dishes from the menu and although the cooking was adequate, there was nothing outstanding there, nothing really tasty.
I consider myself very adventurous and would eat just about anything, however some combinations in this menu were strange what is the reason behind adding mayonnaise to a dessert? Perhaps my pallet is not sophisticated enough, but to me the mayonnaise felt oily and out of place in fact rather repulsive.
If £20 is not enough to provide good flavours, it may be advantageous for the restaurant to increase the price and make their food really tasty.
On the top of this, the ambience is very uninspiring.
Evidently Im not the only one who doesnt think much of the restaurant. The area is busy and other places were full of people, but North Road was empty only 3 tables taken throughout our time there 12:30pm-2pm...
Sunday, January 08, 2012
Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 1 | Value for money 2
Encouraged by the excellent reviews, I had chosen Tatra to introduce friends to Polish cuisine. And what a disappointment! Despite reservation 3 weeks in advance, the table wasn't ready for us, we had to wait for another party to leave. Other then that the service was good.
The only dish that was actually fresh was the herring salad and crumble on the apple and rhubarb crumble. Everything else was definitely prepared in advanced, frozen and reheated - including pierogi!
In both duck and pork shank, meat was very dry and very unpleasant to eat. Dumplings accompanying the duck were burned to the point that they were not edible. Seriously - nothing was fresh there (not even the cabbage side dishes!) - not tasty, really not nice to eat; in fact we haven't finished the main courses.
Cream brule and crumble were OK, however cheesecake clearly wasn't as both portions went back to the kitchen only half eaten.
This was an important dinner for me and I deeply regret choosing Tatra.
Perhaps the food was nice and fresh there in the past - not anymore!
Very, very poor quality of food.
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Overall rating
Food 1 | Service 4 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 1
Great Nepalese Restaurant
We went there today, encouraged by great review. Ordered only special Nepalese dishes, to experience the different cuisine.
And huge disappointment: it was just like any VERY ORDINARY Indian food. Whats more it wasnt fresh or tasty.
Im amazed by the previous reviews. But maybe Im spoilt by our local Indian restaurant that serves food cooked with fresh ingredients...
We will not be coming back for sure.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 5 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 2
Michael Moore
We visited the famous Michael Moore restaurant yesterday evening. And from the beginning it was one amazing experience.
Lets start from the beginning:
1. We were seated promptly and drinks were served quickly. The restaurant is small and very cosy with tables very close to each other, which was a bit uncomfortable. I had to actually squash myself to the wall when the waiter was serving next-door table.
2. Then we waited for 20 minutes for orders to be taken and next 15 minutes for bread.
3. Bread was not fresh, and very boring; butter was stale.
4. For starters we took Artichoke lobster salad with wild mushroom timbale and Filo baked goat cheese. Both were reasonable although nothing exceptional.
Except that there was no artichokes in the artichoke salad (when asked waiter said that the white paste that tasted like cottage cheese was artichoke, hmmm ., please read further for waiters explanations).
And there was no filo in Filo goat cheese. The goat cheese was baked sandwiched between 2 white bread slices (they were pressed to be very thin).
5. Main courses: Foie gras was perfect, absolutely fantastic. Cinnamon venison too dry and slightly boring. We also ordered side dishes veggies and potatoes.
Could you believe that they forgot about potatoes and we got them when everything else was actually eaten?
6. Desserts: Fig dessert with almond and orange leaves (guess what there was no orange and almonds leaves on the plate). Before ordering I asked the waiter what it is and the explanation was very attractive layers of filo pastry and fig. Well, there were 2 layers of fig (4 slices), 2 paper thin layers of filo and masses of some kind of cream. Eatable but rather boring.
Another one, this time not eatable: Grand Marnier muss with lemon grass sauce. Sounds nice, doesnt it? And that was it, the name. It was some kind of really nasty orange cheesecake, you would get better one in any supermarket, it didnt even taste home made, not even fresh. There was not a trace of Grand Marnier taste and not a trace of sauce. I asked the waiter where is the lemongrass sauce. He hesitated and then said that it is inside. (That would be strange, especially that the cake was a very small one.) I cut it through, still no sauce. Further questions resulted in waiter bringing us a saucepan of sauce and explaining that normally there is a layer of sauce inside the cake (hmmmm........) (and the sauce wasnt good either)
And then we waited another 20 minutes for the bill to be sorted.
This kind of things can sometimes happen. But not with virtually every course and not in this standard of restaurant. And they have not even apologised.
Is this restaurant regarded so highly because nobody remembers what the menu said, or everybody is too polite too comment?
After reading reviews on this website, I had great expectation. The experience was so different.
If you decide to go, try to remember the menu for some amusement.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Overall rating
Food 2 | Service 2 | Atmosphere 4 | Value for money 0


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