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The Valdez High School swim team participated in their regional tournament this past weekend.
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VHS Swimmers recently traveled to partcipate in the Homer Invite from Sept. 4th - 6th. Overall the swim team did exceptionally well with a high enough combined score to place Valdez 5th overall at the meet. Top performances for Valdez included, Riley McNelly who took 1st place in the Girls 100 Butterfly with a time of 1:05.74. Also placing 5th in the same event was junior Emily Doyel. The Girls relay team consisting of Emily Doyel, Tess Turnbull, with Josie and Riley McNelly received a 3rd place finish in the Girls 200 Medley Relay. For the boys, Senior Sergei Wegner placed 6th in Boys 200 Freestyle and the Boys 500 Freestyle. The relay team of Christopher Cummins, Sergei Wegner, Jacob Balowski, and Stuart Relay took 7th in the Boys 200 Medley Relay with a time of 2:00.70.
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This past weekend the Valdez High School Swim Team traveled to Fairbanks to compete in Lathrop High School's swim meet.
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24 Teams and 270 student/athletes competed in 40 games over two days from across the state. Here are the results:
Girls B Division
1st Place – Valdez Huskies
2nd Place - Tok Wolverines
Girls A Division
1st Place – Valdez Huskies
2nd Place – Cordova Wolverines
Boys B Division
1st Place – Valdez Huskies
2nd Place – Cordova Wolverines
Boys A Division
1st Place – Valdez Huskies
2nd Place - Fort Greely Grizzlies
2014 Sportsmanship Awards – Girls:
Cordova: Aaliyah Malazzo & Shania Hernandez; Ft. Greely: Keely Harris & Veronika Malek;Glennallen: Anna Lorence & Sydney Shedlock; Monroe: Maya Pelayo & Helen Sarrimanolis;Tok: Marrett Mollnow; Tri-Valley: Erin Przybylski; Valdez: Dezi Wiley & Jade Watts
2014 Sportsmanship Awards – Cheerleaders
Ft Greely: Megan Hancock & Madison Hatfield; Valdez Huskies: Taylor Gilson & Aspen Walli
2014 Sportsmanship Awards – Boys
Cordova: Dane Eckley & Micha Whitcomb; Ft. Greely: Drenen Magee & Ryan Zarecki;
Glennallen: Luke Weimer & Gabe Jones; Monroe: Alex Nolin & Joeseph Balko;
Tok: Timothy Titus; Tri-Valley: Caleb Graham; Valdez: Austin Williams & Evan Alexander
Pictured above: GMS Boys B & Girls B teams Photo Courtesy of Jennifer Watson
CLICK HERE for the VHS Cross Country Running Schedule
This past weekend the spirited cross country team traveled to compete in Su – Valley. Coach Melissa Cockerham said, "They show nothing but respect for each other and they push each other because they really want their team to be strong." All runners beat their personal best times while competing. James Hancock, who had suffered a knee injury still managed to shave off his personal best with a time of 23:06.00. Junior Cody Greene had the fastest overall time for the team at 19:12.00, which beat his personal best by 47 seconds. Junior Katy Merioles shaved off the most time by beating her best time by 57 seconds, and had an overall time of 23:40.00. The lone senior of the team and captain, Wesley Colapietro beat his person best by 16 seconds with a time of 21:44.00. The runners now look toward training for the upcoming regional race which will be held September 27th through the 28th in Kodiak.
From September 5th through the 6th the VHS XC Running team traveled to compete in two different meets. On Friday, even though the team was all suffering from colds, they started off the weekend by competing in the ACS 3K. Junior Katy Merioles finished 18th out of 56 runners. Also, Junior Cody Greene had a successful race placing 29th out of 86. The lone senior Wesley Colapietro set out a personal goal of wanting to passing 13 more people, but instead had exceeded his expectation passing 22 more people. On Saturday the team had their final race for the weekend in Palmer. All three runners had an acceptional race with each of them finishing around the 20 minute mark. Colapietro had a finishing time of 23 minutes flat. Merioles with a time of 24:23, and Cody Greene had the fastest time of the 3 finishing just under 20 minutes. The team now looks to prepare for a 5K race in Seward.
The VHS football team had their second home game on the newly constructed Astroturf field. They played the Seward Seahawks on the afternoon of Saturday, September 20th. The teams quarterback, Preston Fifarek who missed the previous game against Nikiski due to injury made a partial return during the game on Saturday. Only being allowed to play the offense, Fifarek got some game time to get back into the game flow before their upcoming game against Eielson. Unfortunately the Buccaneers still weren't able to pull out a victory losing their game 46 – 6. The Bucs however did show some glimmer of hope. In the final seconds of the game, Junior Mickey Radotich had an epic catch just before time expired on the clock. The Bucs now have their biggest competition coming up against the Eielson Ravens. Eielson is currently undefeated and ranked #1 in the states small school rankings. In addition to that, according to Maxpreps rankings, Eielson is ranked 12th in the overall state rankings.
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There is a great Thai restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn called Sea that we love. It's a cute trendy spot with a great vibe and a DJ. When I go, I always get the fried rice, because it's just amazing. We don't go that often because it's about a 50 minute car ride without traffic, so I was on a mission to make this myself, and after researching and experimenting, I managed to get very close. Thai fried rice gets it's unique flavor from the fish sauce, soy sauce and chili peppers. The jasmine rice is a must! I used chicken this time, but I have also made this with shrimp, or pork. Here's the recipe.
Thai Fried Rice
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Servings: 4 • Serving Size: 1/4th • Old Points: 6 pts • Points+: 8 pts
Calories: 320.8 • Fat: 7.0 g • Carb: 43.9 g • Fiber: 2.5 g • Protein: 20.2 g
- 8 oz chicken breast, cut in small cubes
- 3 cups jasmine rice, cooked
- 1/2 large onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 scallions, chopped
- 3 egg whites, scrambled
- 1 whole egg, scrambled
- 2 tomatoes, sliced
- 3 Thai chili peppers (optional)
- 4 tsp vegetable oil
- 4 tsp soy sauce (or more to taste)
- 2 tsp fish sauce
- salt and pepper
Prepare rice ahead of time according to package instructions. It's best if it's made slightly on the dry side.
Heat a wok on a high flame. Meanwhile, season chicken with salt and pepper. When the wok is very hot, add 2 tsp oil. When the oil gets hot, add the chicken and cook on high a few minutes, tossing so that its browns all over. Remove chicken from wok and set aside, add the eggs and salt and cook a minute or two until done. Set aside.
Add the remaining oil to the wok and add the onion, scallions and garlic. Saute 1 minute, add the chili pepper and tomatoes and stir in all the rice. Add soy sauce and fish sauce stir to mix all the ingredients. Keep stirring a few minutes, then add egg and chicken back to the wok. Adjust soy sauce if needed and stir well another 30 seconds. Serve with sliced cucumbers.

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I've never been a football fan. I did see Pele play in a Brazil v Sheffield Wednesday friendly at Hillsborough in 1972 but even that historic event didn't convince the young Williams that the cold and drizzly, red-thighed afternoons of soccer on the school top pitch were anything more than a form of legalised child abuse. A gig at Wembley still holds a certain something though, with memories of many great shows here and in the arena (the former 'Empire Pool') next door. The Police in '82 (I was working with The Alarm who were opening); Live Aid in ;85; Bryan Adams doing a full week here in '94; George Michael opening the reconstructed stadium in '07. Oh and T.Rex at the Empire Pool in '72, but I wasn't working at that show.
The stadium was torn down in 2002, and after an embarrassingly tortuous construction process eventually re-opened in 2007. It makes a reasonable enough performance space, a nice unbroken sweep of seats, high stands and so forth, though has none of the charm or finesse of the Stade de France or Berlin's reborn Olympic Stadium. The Germans particularly did a stellar job, by bringing an important, iconic building into the 21st century whilst preserving its original character. The Brits opted for total demolition including that of the 'two towers' which had been the symbol of Wembley since it opened. The big idea for a new 'icon' is a single curving white metal truss that loops above the building which, it has to be said, hardly puts it in the same league as Sydney Opera House or the Taj Mahal, though would sit comfortably enough in, say, a shopping mall in Huddersfield. (Although that's probably unfair to Huddersfield).
Anyhow, we came, we saw, we echoed. Another eccentricity about the new building is that it has a partial roof that is able to retract. The roof covers the grandstand areas and - according to one of our sound team - reflects the crowd noise back onto the pitch, which makes it a very exciting experience for the players. If true, it would be understandable that it might raise some problems for an event at which quality sound was paramount. The roof retracts but apparently part of the licensing agreement is that the roof has to be closed for concerts. Consequently, Joe had a real struggle tonight, though the sheer power of the sound did win the day.
The audience were great though and there was an undeniable feeling in the air of being at a special event. Unusually, the band decided to stay at the venue after the show to greet their countless guests. It took me a little while, but I found the party eventually...
Saturday 15th August 2009. London. Show 2.
We woke up to a great deal of newspaper coverage from last night. It was all positive, though many reviews were reluctantly good, in that begrudging English way which makes a man feel embarrassed to share a passport with these, ahem, critics. I personally rather scored as a result because, when faced with an undeniably great show, several writers who just couldn't bring themselves to actually compliment the band, settled for lavishing praise on the stage production.
When I got back to Wembley, the roof had been magically opened, transforming the building both visually and especially sonically. I can only imagine the conversations that had taken place behind closed doors but naturally I was delighted. I really enjoyed the night with the open sky above. This stage needs some space around it in order to breathe and feel comfortable. Good show, followed by a surprisingly early night.
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In the early days of Lisp, and programming languages in general, scoping was a hot issue of debate. What is better, lexical scoping or dynamic scoping?
Scoping refers to where a function looks for the definitions of symbols that it doesn't have locally. Given
(fn [x] (+ b x)), where does
b come from? With lexical scoping, b is taken from the lexical environment, i.e. the forms surrounding the function definition, or from the global namespace if the lexical environment doesn't have a
b. The lookup typically happens when the function is compiled. With dynamic scoping, the lookup happens at runtime and by following the call stack: first the calling function is checked for a definition of
b, then the calle's caller, etc.
By now the issue has been settled: lexical scoping is the default in all modern programming languages, including all modern Lisp dialects. And that includes Clojure, of course. Lexical scoping is more predictable and permits compile-time analysis of which value a symbol refers to. It also permits closures, which have become a popular technique in functional programming.
However, dynamic scoping is of use in some occasions and it can in fact be simulated in Clojure. In this post I will show how and what to watch out for.
First of all, why would one want dynamic scoping? Here is one example. Recently I wrote an implementation of macrolet and symbol-macrolet for Clojure. These are both macros that modify the macro expansion procedure by adding local macro definitions. This means that a stack of macro definitions must be maintained: each macrolet adds definitions to the stack, and at the end of the macrolet form the new definitions are popped off again.
One usual way to handle this would be to pass the stack around among the functions that do the macro expansion, which could modify it as needed. Another approach would be hiding this passed-around state using the state monad (see part 3 of my monad tutorial). But in the specific situation of macro expansion, Clojure's
macroexpand-1 enters into the call chain. I couldn't modify this function to pass on the macro definition stack, so I had to work around it in some way. I could have avoided using
macroexpand-1, for example. But I chose to try simulating dynamic scoping at this occasion.
With dynamic scoping, a function that wants to modify the stack just redefines the variable containing it, calls the expansion recursively, and sets the stack back to its old value. A function accessing the stack just uses the current value of the variable, which is looked up in the call chain.
How can this be simulated in Clojure? The obvious candidate is
binding. The
binding form redefines a var in a namespace for the duration of the execution of its body. The redefinition is valid only inside the thread that is being executed, so other threads are not affected. In my macro expansion code, one of the stack vars is defined by
(defvar- macro-fns {})
and modified in each call to
(defmacro macrolet [fn-bindings & exprs] (let [names (map first fn-bindings) name-map (into {} (map (fn [n] [(list 'quote n) n]) names)) macro-map (eval `(letfn ~fn-bindings ~name-map))] (binding [macro-fns (merge macro-fns macro-map) macro-symbols (apply dissoc macro-symbols names)] `(do ~@(map expand-all exprs)))))
Well, that's almost all there is to say about it. Except that the definition of
macrolet given above does not work.
The problem is laziness. The
binding form changes the definition of macro-fns only for the duration of the execution of its body and then resets it to its previous value. But the execution of the body is just a call to
map. This doesn't actually do anything, it merely returns a package that calls
expand-all as soon as the first element of the sequence is requested. And that happens only after the
binding form has been left.
Once the problem is identified, the solution is simple: add a
doall around the
(defmacro macrolet [fn-bindings & exprs] (let [names (map first fn-bindings) name-map (into {} (map (fn [n] [(list 'quote n) n]) names)) macro-map (eval `(letfn ~fn-bindings ~name-map))] (binding [macro-fns (merge macro-fns macro-map) macro-symbols (apply dissoc macro-symbols names)] `(do ~@(doall (map expand-all exprs))))))
However, adding all then necessary doalls requires careful attention. Forgetting does cause errors, but not necessarily immediately. For this reason, simulating dynamic scoping should be avoided except when there is a good reason. In retrospect, I am not even sure if my reason was good enough, and perhaps one day I will rewrite the code in a different way.


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Welcome to the "People's Republic of Cork" and to the island's largest county. Sprawling all over the south-west, this is the place that gave us revolutionary political leader and Clonakilty man Michael Collins. This is the county that takes in everything from Cork city to some of the island's most fertile farmland, its wildest peninsulas and its most colorful islands.
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West Cork is known the world-over for its wild beaches and jagged peninsulas; and for its Irish-speaking islands like Cape Clear and Sherkin. At the very tip of the Beara Peninsula, you can even take a ride in Ireland's only cable car – to the Atlantic outpost of Dursey Island.
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The 1993 Midwest flood was one of the nation's worst natural disasters of the 20th century. Damages totaled 15 billion dollars, 50 people died, and thousands of people were evacuated, some for months. Hundreds of levees failed as the flood unfolded through the summer. The flood was unusual in the magnitude of the crests, the number of record crests, the large area impacted, and the length of the time the flood was an issue. The Mississippi River is most likely to flood in the spring, when snowmelt is often around to play a supporting role. The upper Midwest did have a wet spring in 1993, but it was torrential rains in June and July that triggered the full calamity.
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Another week gone by; a spring snow came last Thursday night and it is now rain and snow this week. It is getting very scary how much snow is in the high country; with hopes that it stays cool this spring and it comes down gradually. Everyone is very skittish and concerned.
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Another week gone by. Cold, icy, and now nice. That is Colorado. We can be lucky we don't live back east. Time for LHS track and baseball so we need some good weather.
THE FLOOD: The only good thing I can think of about the flood, is that it helped us get acquainted with our neighbors, with others about town, with FEMA folks throughout the world (such as Maryland, Puerto Rico, Oklahoma), with state and county folks, with those from neighboring towns, with volunteers groups, etc. It has brought people together,
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A windy week, with more to come. The TV said we had eighty mile an hour wind gusts! Greg Berman, the Lyons weatherman, is keeping an "eye" on the wind and weather. He has started a network of weather watching, and is meeting with various State and County officials, as well
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Another cold week gone by. Around five to ten degrees below freezing. Several have had their pipes freeze. Be sure to let the water drip a little. Doesn't take much, but you need some water circulating. We have had a hard winter, and on top of the flood. Woe is us! (Editor's note: grammatically, I believe "Woe are we" is correct)
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- Great Brazilian RestaurantUpperwest123VIPDined on 11/21/2014This was our first time at Circus. We really enjoyed it the food, wine and atmosphere. We'll definitely be back!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- definitely worth a visitDiner60VIPDined on 11/15/2014Very cute place. Greeted very nicely. Diverse enough menu so everyone will find something they like. The food was delicious. The service was great. The caipirinhas were fantastic. The price was very reasonable. Definitely a place to go if you're tired of the same old French and Italian, but don't want to go too much off the grid.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Much better in the pastNYCGourmandVIPDined on 11/8/2014The ambiance can't be beat. Romantic, sophisticated....if only the food compared! The thing is, Circus used to have tremendous entrees and succulent steaks, chops and other meat dishes. Food and cooking you'd write home about. They put Brazilian cuisine on the map in New York versus the pedestrian cooking in Little Brazil on 45/46th Streets between 6th and 5th Avenues. Nowadays, they are all about cutting corners. Way too much ice in the caipirinhas but higher price for a teaspoonful of cachaca! Note to restaurant: Don't offer the drinks if you need to cheat your customers with so much ice in each glass! The moqueca (a coconut-milk based fish stew) is a weak (and now diluted significantly) cousin to what used to come out of the kitchen, a vibrant, chock-full of great tasting fish that you couldn't wait to have again and again. Sadly, those days are long gone. They need a new chef or someone to double-check what's coming out of the kitchen before it lands up on their customers' table.
- Nice Brazilian fareWiglafVIPDined on 11/5/2014A great place for something a little different. Hearty Brazilian fare, friendly people, and fairly reasonable -- considering it's Midtown -- pricing.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Just okayCTBethDined on 10/27/2014We went with our Brazilian friend to have an authentic Brazilian meal. A few things weren't prepared the way she expected, and we thought the food wasn't anything special. Probably won't go back.
- SUPER BIRTHDAY LUNCHSashaVIPDined on 10/16/2014A wonderful place for an intimate and friendly gathering. The food is delicious, the service is excellent, and a great time was had by everyone.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Excellent but...OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 9/26/2014Excellent service, wonderful ambience. Drinks were amazing. But the food was inconsistent. Shrimp was superb, beef was a little dry, and steak was overcooked. Deserts were fantastic. Lunch for three @ $200. should have yielded a more consistent dining experience.Special Features:
- you're missing out on a great find!FruiPrandiumDined on 8/29/2014Took my colleague, who is Brazilian, for lunch. He chose the dishes and we both thoroughly enjoyed them. Tucked away off the corner of Lexington, this is a sparkling eatery that more people should know about. I imagine it would be great for after-work dining, when you can also have a few more caipirinhas(!) While attire is casual, it nonetheless feels rather elegant. A delicious menu and comforting experience this first time so I will be back--with more friends!Special Features:
- Our favorite Brazilian RestaurantReddevilsVIPDined on 8/20/2014If you want good Brazilian food, Circus will never disappoint. We love the food as well as all the paintings, cartoons, etc. related to "circus" on the walls. We were in Brazil in June for the World Cup and wanted to have Brazilian food again!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Place for lunchNotafoodieDined on 8/19/2014This restaurant has great ambience. The food is also delicious.Special Features:
- Great Brazilian food!OpenTable Diner Since 2005Dined on 8/15/2014Best I've had in the city! Thanks for a little taste of home.Special Features:
- CIRCUS!!!!!!!!!DinerMcEaterVIPDined on 8/14/2014What a nice place tucked away on UES sidestreet - I had a great time, extremely friendly waitstaff - will be back soonSpecial Features:
- Restauart week gemcrumpetDined on 8/7/2014Went for restaurant week, the cuisine was excellent. The value was great and the service was out of this world. Everyone who go to Circus hopefully will have as good of time that my husband and I had.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great eatsBevyDined on 8/6/2014had lunch here with my daughter, it was restaurant week and the meal was great. clean plates. the serivice was very good and it was worth the money. decent portion for restaurant week.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- CircusTempoVIPDined on 8/5/2014REally enjoyed trying Brazilian food for the first time. Very nice atmosphere and excellent service.Special Features:
- Delightful find.OpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 8/2/2014This was my first time dining at Circus and what a delight it was. The atmosphere , service and food were excellent. It was my first time at a Brazilian restaurant and what a delicious experience it was. I've already recommended it to friends and family and I hope it will be around for a long time to come.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- The following 171 reviews are from the Circus - NYC reviews archive.
- Pleasant dinnerCariocaNYCDined on 7/31/2014We took advantage of the New York Restaurant Week to visit this Brazilian gem and were pleasantly satisfied. I ordered the moqueca, which was just good, lacking a bit of the Brazilian taste I'm used to, but my wife enjoyed a lot the picanha. For dessert, the pudim was a notch better than the one my mom used to make (psst, don't tell her).Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FlickerDined on 7/31/2014Very nice décor. Food, particularly bread and dessert were excellent. Circus theme was subtle but very inyeresting.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- AmazingGigi130Dined on 7/19/2014My uncle recommended Circus for me and my friends. The food was delicious and the signature drinks were amazing. It's a hidden gem.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Decor is lovely and food is superbCeeBeeDined on 7/12/2014We were a party of seven with very different tastes. Everyone enjoyed the shared appetizers and the varied and unusual entrées. I did not know what to expect of a Brazilian restaurant with a circus theme and I was concerned it would be loud and gaudy but that is not so. The decor is lovely and the food is superb. I highly recommend this restaurant if you are looking for something that stands out from the ordinary.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Truly Brazilianfabio1974Dined on 7/4/2014If you are one of thousand Brazilians in NYC and is missing our home cuisine, do not hesitate to visit Circus. It is a Brazilian Dinner without overcharacterization. Imagine a good and fair restaurant in Jardins or Leblon. That's it.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- So excited to find Circus!OpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 6/30/2014I was looking for a place to grab a bite and stumbled on Circus. Such amazing food! And the service was very attentive.Special Features:
- Brazilian SpotOpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 6/21/2014this is the first time I tried Brazilian food, AWESOME!! I loved everything about it, they have this specialized Brazilian drink with a nice kick to it as well. overall I would come back in a heart beatSpecial Features:
- Good food!OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 6/7/2014This place is awesome for groups. Had a ladies dinner and we got pretty loud (too many drinks perhaps). No one complained which was fabulous. We had lots of fun and truly enjoyed the food.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Fantastic Dinner at a great place!TonyDined on 5/22/2014I am from Ohio going to "The City" for a special occasion. I did a lot of research for a restaurant in NYC not too far from Carnegie Hall and settled for Circus and I am glad I did. Circus is extremely cozy with a warm and "homey" feel to it. The manager and host were amazingly friendly and accommodating (they even brought a dessert, free of charge, and sang to The Graduate at the end of the dinner); service was outstanding and the food was truly amazing. The Calamari and Pastels were extremely tasty appetizers; All main courses (9 total) were delicious, the Acebolado (Seared Strip Steak Medallions with Onions); Churrasco; Feijoada - Brazilian National dish and the the Salmon. If in NYC will definitely go back, want to try the entire menu!Special Features:
- Great venue good foodBMo22Dined on 5/9/2014The atmosphere and service are excellent. The food is almost there just some seasoning issues. Both my girl friend and I felt the main part of our meals were under seasons while the sides were over seasoned. I my case it was a steak special with a risotto, hers was the salmon.
- Picture gallery2dineDined on 4/19/2014The food and service are outstanding but the picture gallery of the circus is just wonderfulSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Delicious Brazilian foodDrescu05Dined on 4/17/2014If you want to try a Brazilian restaurant, but do not want to go to your typical CHURRASCARIAS, you should try this place. Finally a decent Brazilian restaurant, with great ambience and good food. The menu is very traditional and simple, but well made. The decor is nice without being overdone. The staff is very nice, especially the hoster and the water boys. Unfortunately our waitress was either new or really did not know what she was doing. A little arrogant, I must say. She never checked on our table. Thank God for the water boys! They took care of us!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Beautiful BrazilianMericVIPDined on 4/12/2014Once ruffle food and nicely served in a warm and happy room..keep up the good work.Special Features:
- Always a treat. Friendly smilesOpenTable Diner Since 2013VIPDined on 3/29/2014Always a treat. Friendly smiles and delicious food!Special Features:
- Not a good experienceLeticiaVIPDined on 3/29/2014The restaurant was smelling cleaning products so hard that we couldn't feel the food taste. And the famous cheese brazilian bread clearly was heated, it wasn't fresh. I am not planning to come back there
- Brazilian gemEdgarDined on 3/19/2014I've been there many times throughout the years and each time the food, the service, the ambiance make for a fantastic experience. My friends from Rio approved!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Brazil in NYOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 3/18/2014Very warm and welcoming. The evening we were there, there was live music too. Service was friendly and knowledgable. Food was authentic - all agreed the meal was delicious, served piping hot with plentiful portions.Special Features:
- Restaurant week lunchsrm1VIPDined on 3/6/2014Met friends at this place for lunch for restaurant week. The best thing on the fixed price menu was the fried calamari and zucchini. The fish with okra was very salty and disappointing. The desserts were OK. The service was OK. Not the best experience.
- Unexpected SurprisebobbyjohnVIPDined on 3/1/2014We selected this restaurant because of its proximity to a theater. We had minimal expectations. It's sort of hidden away with a simple entrance; it's not very big. The staff was professional. The cadillac margarita was among the best I've had around the United States. Every food item we ordered was cooked to perfection and flavorful. I can't wait to go back. It's a little pricey, but worth it. The calamari was like eating fresh fish with tasty, light bread crumb - not the chewy, greasy breaded stuff you get most other places. The black bean soup was not heavy, the herbs and spices again had a crisp, freshness. The pastel were fresh and you can get a selection. I had the Feijoada; again, it was fresh and flavorful.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great foodLolenDined on 2/25/2014I went here for restaurant week, and the choices and size of the dishes were amazing... prob one of the best restaurant week menus I ever had..... LOVE it.................and we had a bonus a band playing was beautiful.... my boyfriend and I were STUFFED when we left.... Try the Brazilian Sausage - amazing- the flan- amazing ............Special Features:
- Lovely Birthday PartyJohnnyDined on 2/21/2014Our group of friends, six of us together, go out to celebrate our birthdays usually at a steakhouse but this option was a lovely substitute. I thought that the seating at the restaurant is ample to provide my group with a level of privacy that isn't usually afforded at the other places we've been but didn't leave us out of the action. The servers were friendly, and ready with suggestions. They were also very courteous and attentive, clearing the table promptly after meals were finished to make room for the next course. Closing at the restaurant is listed at 11:30p but we never felt rushed out even though our dinner got a late start due to typical subway shenanigans.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Food was pretty decent. TheJulietta25Dined on 2/21/2014Food was pretty decent. The service was not as pleasant. Some of the staff seemed nice but our particular waiter was rude and the whole time we were there we felt like he was looking down on us.Special Features:
- Great food and nice back room spaceCassandraResearchDined on 2/20/2014Really enjoyed my experience at Circus! Vasco (not sure if I'm spelling his name right), was very accommodating when I asked for a 20 people group- last minute reservation, and had the back room set up as soon as we walked in, taking our coats, and making sure we were comfortable. The food was delicious, the steak to die for, and the coconut flan is by far the best dessert I've ever tasted. Make sure to check this place out! We went on a Thursday and it was quiet to start but by 9:00pm it was crowded with great people!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.


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Ofcourse the ignorant outsider will see Amsterdam as one of the few places in the world where prostitution and smoking pot are legal. However, the capitol of The Netherlands is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, with a very rich tradition. The city center consists of mainly warehouses built a few hundred years ago. It was that the ships set out to explore the Americas and the far east. Nowadays, people are among the best English speakers in Europe and the city is one of the safest places I know. It's a multicultural example for the rest of the world.
Amsterdam was a thriving city when New York was a puddle of mud - and it shows.
โดย Rubbaduck 28 มกราคม 2004
Here is a picture of Amsterdam's Red Light District.
my hometown
Capital of The Netherlands, known as Jamaica of Europe because of it's tolerant (soft)drugs policy. The best example for any major city and an extremely nice place to be at.
My time in Amsterdam was really fucking great, I only wish I'd remembered something
โดย Jan-Peter Balkenende 08 เมษายน 2004
The Capital of the Netherlands. Most known as the Jamaica of Europe, because of the legalization of marijuana. The government in Amsterdam differentiates marijuana from other hard drugs (cocaine, heroin, crack, etc) Other things that are legal are prostitution, (selling sex for money) Euthanasia, (assisted suicide) and absinthe. (a drink illegal in America, because it causes you to hallucinate) Amsterdam is famous for its red light district. The people are known for speaking English very well, as well as Dutch. To Americans it seems like heaven!
Amsterdam is heaven.
โดย <julien> 13 มกราคม 2007


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Part 1. Prologo e Introito: Allegro, dolce e solenne
Part 2. Pezzo giocoso: Vivacamente, ma senza fretta
Part 3. Pezzo serioso. Introductio: Andante sostenuto, pensoso
Part 4. Pezzo serioso. Prima Pars: Andante, quasi adagio
Part 5. Pezzo serioso. Altera Pars: Sommessamente
Part 6. Pezzo serioso. Ultima Pars: A tempo
Part 7. All' Italiana. Tarantella: Vivace In un tempo
Part 7: All' Italiana: Tarantella: Vivace In un tempo
Part 8. Cantico: Largamente Hebt zu der ewigen Kraft Eure Herze
I. Prologo e Intrioto
The Prologo contains one main broad idea in C major presented simply on strings, followed by a cadence-group in two sections: a descending melody and an arresting horn-call. These ideas are expanded in tutti, when a chordal string figure surges under the horn-call and presages the Introito and the soloist's entry, which continues the surging chords. The orchestra interposes subdued dramatic tremoli and the soloist's melody is emblazoned on woodwind and then on trumpet. The orchestra's comments become more explicit in scalic ejaculations, contrasting the tonalities of D flat and D. The piano welds these into a continuous passage which provides the bass to woodwind reminiscences of the opening. After a cadenza, the second subject emerges (E major saraband rhythm) on lyric woodwinds, with piano and strings etching in the background. The second subject in turn accompanies a tender Italianate melody on the oboe, later joined by clarinet and flute. Episodic development leads to the central cataractous cadenza in D flat, which gradually subsides into a rippling accompaniment over which solo oboe, then flute recall the first subject in the E major key and lyric mood of the second subject. A chain of trills leads to the recapitulation in variation form, with the piano in treble figures over the theme in pizzicato. A sudden drop to B major, pp. The accumulative passionate intensifications consciously parody Wagner. Anxiety abates and the orchestra again recalls the opening. The strings come to rest on a softly held dramatic chord, above which the piano begins its final cadenza in a veiled mist of sound. The orchestra modulates to a dominant pedal in C and the piano has a free passage in triple trills. The cadence-theme rings out heroically on the trumpet above tremolando strings and piano scales. Then a serene coda on a tonic pedal recalls the opening and stretches out like a vista, a vision of the Roman Campagna.
II. Pezzo giocoso
The piano leaps in with light fantastic runs, over a drumroll, will-o'-the-wisp trills on strings and Berliozian woodwind cackles. In its highest register, the piano glistens like shattering stained glass above a mock-heroic fanfare, and the point is reached in a spirited 6/8 orchestral danza in A major. A most diabolical dance follows in the piano's lowest register, punctuated by the cloven-hoofed thud of bass drum and cymbal. Syrinx-like gales of hollow woodwind laughter greet the rounds of the dance and spur it on to a whirling vortex. A dynamic tutti is unleashed, quasi con brutalità. The piano enters the fray with a bold cadenza which accompanies a new round of the dance. The storm ultimately cedes to a barcarolle of arpeggi low on the piano. A shuddering pizzicato dance accompaniment introduces the Neapolitan sailors' song Fenesta ca lucive ('The light from yon window') played with the deep melancholy of chalumeau clarinet and divisi cellos. It is the résumé of the song—the best of it—remembered long afterwards, with the phrases coming slow and long pauses in between, filled in by the piano's lapping arpeggios. Then the piano sings a Caruso-like serenade and plucked strings pulse like a big guitar. Memory is distilled, time is momentarily arrested and the solo continues alone in a somnambulent cadenza. The orchestra enters with a grisly memory of the diabolic dance and draws the solo along with it, until the piano assumes veritably orchestral sonority. A sudden diminuendo, and a low tremolo on the piano rumbles like distant thunder. Above this, the solo makes valedictory reference to the Neapolitan song in sombre low octaves, answered by opaque woodwind echoes. Gloom submerges everything in the diabolic darkness of the dance of death. Oriental scales on the piano vanish like vapour. A sad defeated fanfare on a ruined glory of D major, and a string chord hangs like a breath on the air.
III. Pezzo serioso
This master-building in music contains an introduction and three parts conceived on the grandest scale and executed in the grandest manner. The lower strings initiate a baroque bass in D flat, and clarinet, bassoon and viola intone a stark recitative. A full close leads to agitated woodwind tremolandos under the dramatic dirge of unison oboe and cor anglais. The lament becomes more clamorous as clarinets are added and strings take over the tremolando from the woodwind. Basses darkly echo the lamentation. After a brief quasi-improvised solo, the brass and low woodwind suggest an E major chorale, the piano commenting with descending scales of chords at every pause, scales echoed by the lower strings, when the piano accompanies in dominant preparation which leads to Part I and the full solo statement of the chorale. An orchestral chorale-prelude variation ensues. The piano then alludes lyrically to the Chopin Nocturne, Op 62, whereupon the chorale returns on the winds over tremolando strings. A sudden brilliant solo arpeggio pyramid terminates the first part.
Part II opens in C major with pulsating strings and low winds accompanying a bold sculptured theme in single notes in the piano's middle register. The orchestra assumes the melody. Over hieroglyphic pyramids of pianistic figuration, the orchestra develops the previous ideas. The initial baroque bass is now electrified into tempestuous piano chords that seethe under an impassioned iteration of the dirge, now treated in stretto. The piano traces spectral shadows of the dirge, with orchestral reminiscences interposed. A curtailed restatement of the introduction follows, and there are two more chorale-variations (always in D flat), increasingly intricate but constantly tranquil. Cellos evoke the Chopinesque nocturne-theme, set against a lace-work of piano figuration. A long dominant pedal finally yields to a last intensified statement of the dirge.
Part III begins with a throbbing horn dominant-pedal in F sharp minor below plangent Italian cries on the woodwinds. The music modulates back to D flat and reposes in an orchestral idyll.
IV. All' Italiana
Muted violins shimmer and colloquies of woodwinds cascade: fountains in sunlight. The piano establishes a low rumbling accompaniment against which the woodwinds suggest scraps of the previously heard Neapolitan song, transmogrified into a canzone a ballo in F minor. A solo cadenza leads the music on through various keys, like dancing through streets festooned for a festival. The strings take mutes off when the sun comes out in C major. Piano solo is pitted against orchestra in mock combat. A slightly graver section suggests a passing reminiscence of the slow movement. A new danza in B flat minor, in modo popolare, adds a note of insistence, and the piano heightens its brilliance by transposing it up a semitone and treating it in Italianate 3rds and 6ths that reek of garlic and tar. An unusual comic effect results from treating a popular Italian march as a Rossinian acceleration without the expected crescendo. This 'cuckoo' song will not be missed in its pointed bassoon and pizzicato orchestration. The march-song (in dialect with optional facetiae) is known to all Roman bersaglieri, those colourful counterparts of the dashing Highland soldiers. Its burden is: E si e si e si / Che la porteremo. Perhaps Scots best conveys its braggadocio panache: Och aye och aye och aye / Wi' yon fedder i' your bonnet / Quick merch to the bloody colonel / Tae Hell wi' Houghmagandie [fornication] / An' pledge ye're sodgers leal. The march is prostituted into a tarantella. Audacity accumulates until the piano hammers out a chord, as though to silence the charivari. But it summonses it to fresh assault instead. La stretta commences innocuously with a silly music-hall vamp, continues with two clarinets in licentious harmony, and goes on gathering orchestration, speed, and, this time, volume also. The idea of out-Rossini-ing Rossini by presenting the accelerando twice—once without crescendo and once with it—is a throw of theatric genius and builds the music up to an unbelievable breaking-point of excitement. Then, as if that were not enough, we have yet another stretto, superimposing march on tarantella. The soloist eclipses everything in a brilliant cadenza which reaches a frenetic climax, after which it only remains for the orchestra to re-assert the tonic chord of C in a battery of sound. When all seems over, one learns that the silence is deceptive. Three soft pizzicato chords unexpectedly turn the music into the minor key and make it disappear like fantastic shadows of the last merrymakers vanishing into unimaginably mysterious alleyways.
V. Cantico
This opens gravely in E minor with piano and string arpeggios and sustained trumpets. Bassoons and horns recall the sculptured theme of the slow movement's middle section, and trumpets and trombones answer while the glockenspiel casts its magical aura over all. The oboe remembers a melody from the first movement: everything seems to return now in memory's kaleidoscope. The idyllic end of the middle movement is resumed in E major on low muted strings, and the invisible male chorus adds another registration to the music and sings a mystic hymn in German words by the Danish poet, Adam Oehlenschläger: Hebt zu der ewigen Kraft Eure Herzen (Lift up your hearts to the Eternal Almighty / Draw ye to Allah). It is also an ode to the great enduring achievements of ancient civilizations. The music of the chorus is taken from the grandiose piano entry in the first movement. The C major middle section of the slow movement is again recalled, the bold sculptured theme this time being sung. The surging chordal figure of the Prologo returns like the tide. Below it we hear a whole-tone variation of the Neapolitan sailors' song. Then the unexpected: profundity is brushed aside by a brilliant bravura peroration. Professor Dent was in error when he dismissed this ending as 'merely conventional'. It is a gesture of despair but not of exhausted invention. Its message is vanitas vanitatum. It is like the Babylonian woman in the Book of Revelation: upon its forehead is MYSTERY and in its heart is despair. MULTAE TERRICOLIS LINGUAE, COELESTIBUS UNA.
from notes by Ronald Stevenson ©