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What my ears heard -- and still hear -- the announcer saying: " ... The prize is awarded for the best components ...'
I had watched the presentation live, and then right afterward, re-wound to make sure I heard correctly.
Just now, I went back to re-listen yet again.
The word "Components" is clearly visible on Mirai's plaque. I had posted the link in the Lombardia thread and will re-post here:
Excerpt of what Tom Z wrote: "So proud that Mirai won the award for premio components in honor of the late Anna Grandolfi ..."
Not trying to be belligerent about this lovely prize that Jason won
But while some of you enjoy the minutiae of projecting future scores for Jason (and I have absolutely no problem with that), my brain gravitates toward establishing an accurate understanding of what the prize is for.
If/if/if next year, Skater X's PCS is 0.01 higher than Jason's and Skater X receives the Grandolfi prize, would not surprise me if some people in this thread will be wondering whether Jason in fact deserved the prize more than X. (Based on what I have heard/seen this year, my opinion [only an opinion] will be that the prize automatically goes to the skater with higher PCS.)
topic: point: Giorgio Moroder is cool, but he is to EW&F like Nathan Chen is to Jason: not doing the same thing at all. 
oh to be young and athletic!
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2016/09/08/200218650/lombardia-letters-brown-blogs-from-bergamo
Jason updated the blog! His final post (I presume) is about how his family got lost getting to Lake Como.
Well, it turn out pretty well for him in the end! Mindset makes a difference.
I will not share whether I think Shoma is best served by that jacket.
On my iPad, can't link.
Tarah Kayne's makeup YouTube channel has a vid of Jason prepping his hair, and yes, he used the straightening iron and you can see the steam rising. He also talked about burning himself on the iron once. Too much pain not any gain for this curly gal, but I'm not skating
I also would like to know why Uno kun rather than Shoma kun?
Speaking of which, I'm so excited that Tarah is coming to Finlandia Trophy! As I'm such a huge fan of her makeup tutorial videos, I'm thinking about giving her some Finnish makeup as a present. I won't toss it on the ice because I'm too lazy to get up from my seat/I'm usually holding a pint of beer and it's just not convenient, but I might send it to her hotel room 
I don't know about you but I find the story of this particular makeup brand's international marketing history fascinating. The brand wanted to break into the UK market in the late 90s/early 2000s (when I lived in the UK), but even though it's a quality brand and they used fancy ingredients and the prices were very reasonable, people just wouldn't buy it. They looked into the matter and it turned out that the prices were too low - nobody wanted mid-price cosmetics at Harrods or Selfridges. They bumped up the price by something like 70% and the brand became quite successful (I don't know if it still is).
I always imagine them being on a strict diet, that's why I never even thought of it
At one of Jason's competitions last year (IceChallenge) the starting order was determined by which chocolate bar they chose. In this instagram post he was really happy to get that bar and I'm sure most skaters would feel the same way.
