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Magic Circuits (魔術回路, Majutsu Kairo?) are a pseudo-nervous system that spreads itself through the human body and what qualifies a person to be a magus. Their normal functions are to act as paths that convert Life Force into magical energy, but humans learned how to control it and use it to perform mysteries. They are that which connects the material world to the astral plane, the paths which connect to the foundations underlying Grand Rituals.[1] If magical energy is the force that actualize the rules of a Thaumaturgical Foundation's system, then the Magic Circuits are the pipelines that converts magical energy and transmit that energy from the magus to the system.[2][3][4]
Magic Circuits reside within the magus's soul, and what is found on the body is just a physical expression of them that stretches itself throughout the body in a fashion similar to the nervous system.[5]
They are composed of core components, which are the actual Circuits so to say, and bypasses that connect those components to the brain. Magic Circuits do not change and once damaged they cannot be repaired. Because organic activity is necessary for the operation of Circuits, it is a common mistake to think that they are literally a part of the magus body. There are rare occasions in which the Circuits continue working even after the practitioner's body has ceased all vital functions. In these cases, destruction of the brain is necessary to stop the Circuits. Their Quality and Quantity are ranked through letters like Magecraft, and their Composition often varies between magi.
Like any other organ, the number of Magic Circuits that one possesses is determined at birth and cannot decrease or increase naturally, meaning that those from older lineages will be more powerful, but it is possible to change that number artificially through a number of methods. One of those methods is through the establishment of a mystic pass between two magi from which the Circuits can transferred. As the Circuits are located in the soul, a fusion of body and mind is required during the transplant. However, the process carries the same risks and complications as a transplant of organs. Furthermore, as the Magic Circuits become unstable if tampered while in use, there is a possibility of mutual destruction if a contract similar to that between a magus and his familiar has not been established beforehand.
For that and other reasons, lineages of magi seek not to tamper with the Circuits of their members while they are alive, but rather try to produce descendants with the greatest "extra" number of Magic Circuits possible. Note that number is not everything, and quality and precision of the Circuits are also an important factor that differs from lineage to lineage. The Aozaki bloodline is known for producing magi with a low quantity of Magic Circuits, but the great quality of their Circuits is more than enough to compensate for that. Meanwhile, the Barthomeloi possess a powerful brand of Magic Circuits known as Blue Blood Noble Magic Circuits (貴い魔術回路(ブルーブラッド), Burū Buraddo Tōtoi Majutsu Kairo?).
A normal person rarely acquires Magic Circuits but in these cases they are considered as sudden mutations. While Kirei Kotomine was born with sudden Magic Circuits not of his lineage, he is not of this type. Kirei's Circuits were a gift from the divine sacrament, rewarding his father, Risei Kotomine, for years of pious worship. Kirei was born with "the right to recreate the miracles in the divine sacrament". This "right", in other words, was the Magic Circuits.[6]
Still, the Circuits are ultimately something unnatural for the human body and their activity will cause pain and numbness to the magus. Their very presence in the human body is something uncommon and an ordinary person will have little to none. Also, the use of Magic Circuits increases the magus bodily temperature, which is what allowed Kiritsugu Emiya to discover enemy Masters on the battlefield through the employment of a thermal sensor during the 4th Grail War.
Magic Circuits are "opened" when magical energy is run through them for the first time. From that point on, the user can activate them at will through the use of a mental trigger. The image that is related to that trigger will differ from a magus to another: Shirou's image involves firing the hammer of a gun, while Rin Tohsaka's is that of a knife stabbing her heart, and Luvia Edelfelt's is imagining her heart as a jewel shattering. There are also those that can only use that trigger under predetermined conditions, such as after performing self-injury or when sexually excited.
Prior to the Fifth Grail War, Shirou Emiya believed that he had to "make" a new Circuit every time he wanted to perform Magecraft. In each attempt to do so, he temporarily (and inadvertently) converted parts of his nerves into makeshift Magic Circuits. A very dangerous procedure, as failure would result in his body breaking down from the inside out and even with success the resulting pain would be comparable to inserting a hot iron rod into the spine. Furthermore, when his natural born Circuits were finally opened, his nervous system went haywire due the sudden intake of energy. At first, neither of his teachers of Magecraft (Kiritsugu and Rin) noticed that habit of his.
Differing from the Magic Circuits of regular humans, Saber and Saber of Black when he was alive have a Magic Core (魔術炉心, Majutsu Roshin?) granted by their Dragon blood. Its capacity is far greater than any human can achieve. While a magus' body can be considered a machine which creates magical energy, Saber's Core acts as a factory which creates magical energy. Something like Prelati's Spellbook has a Magical Energy Reactor (魔力炉心, Maryoku Roshin?), possessing its own enormous magical energy furnaces completely independent of its wielder's magical energy.[7] Kayneth El-Melloi Archibald supplied his magic atelier within the Fuyuki City Hyatt Hotel's top floor, with three Magical Energy Reactors for his personal use.
Magic Circuits By CharactersEdit
- Average magus: 20 Magic Circuits.
- Touko Aozaki: 20 Magic Circuits.[1] She is the first in the history of her family with so many Magic Circuits. Her parents had none whatsoever and it has been implied that her sister does not have much more than them.
- Souren Araya: 30 Magic Circuits.[1]
- Cornelius Alba: Unknown. Implied to have more than both Touko and Araya.
- Shirou Emiya: 27 Magic Circuits.[2] Each Circuit can barely handle 10 units of magical energy while being damaged in the process. Considering the amount that he has, such low quality of Magic Circuit is inconsistent.
- Rin Tohsaka: 40 inborn Magic Circuits and subs that are 30 each.[2] Maximum output is of 1000 units of magical energy.
- Sakura Matou: Unknown. Stated to have the same maximum output as Rin with her natural circuits. However, whatever circuits she had were corroded and assimilated by the Holy Grail Shards implanted into her.[8]
- Luviagelita Edelfelt: 100 Magic Circuits. It is unknown how many of these are natural and how many are from her family Crests.[9]
Regression to the Age of GodsEdit
Beings like Lugh Beowulf and Arcueid Brunestud have Regression to the Age of Gods (神代回帰?, Also called Reversion to the Age of Gods) as their own style of Magic Circuits. It represents the extent at which they are capable of producing Mysteries that existed on Earth before Magic. They are ranked with quantifiable letters like Magic Circuits. Their Quality ranking represents "how distant from what humans are capable of" when reproducing their pure Mysteries. Their Quantity ranking represents power, the higher the quantity, the greater the degree of influence over the surrounding environment. C rank Quantity allows for the display of power over a village at most. Their Composition represents the era of the "Mystery", such as Runes, Kabbalah, and Black Magic do so in magecraft. While similar in concept, things like Alice Kuonji's Ploys are not from the Age of Gods and cannot be assigned a number in Regression to the Age of Gods.[10]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2
[] Kara no Kyoukai Special Pamphlet - Encyclopedia: Magic Circuits [Others], p.039 [T]
Magic Circuits [Others]
The pseudo-nerves existing in the body of a magus.
They are the paths that convert life force into magical energy, as well as the paths which connect to the foundations underlying Grand Rituals.
The number of Magic Circuits is determined at birth. Mage lineages will resort to any means to alter themselves in hope of giving their descendants just one more Circuit.
This is why magi from older lineages are more powerful.
In terms of the number of Magic Circuits, and the quality of the lineage, Cornelius Alba is undoubtedly a first rate magus.
In fact, neither Aozaki Touko nor Araya Souren have many Magic Circuits. Touko has about 20, Araya about 30.
Still, the two are considered geniuses: Touko has talents that are independent of her lineage. Araya's overwhelming power is probably a result of the anguish that he ceaselessly accumulated through the ages.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2
[] Fate/side material - Encyclopedia: Magic Circuits [Magecraft], p.073 [T]
Magic Circuits [Magecraft]
Pseudo-nerves within the body of a magus.
Magic circuits are responsible for converting life force into magical energy, and for connecting to the underlying grand sorcery formula.
Because the number of magic circuits a person has is fixed at birth, magi lineages do what they can to improve themselves and create an heir with even one more magic circuit.
Once the magic circuits have been opened for the first time, the practitioner can switch them on and off at will.
Each practitioner visualizes the flipping of this switch in their own particular way. For Shirou, the image is that of a gun's firing hammer, while for Rin it is stabbing a heart with a knife.
This image tends to be related to how the circuits were opened for the very first time, so there even those who can only open their circuits through sexual arousal or self-harm.
By the way, Shirou's number of magic circuits is an unexpectedly high 27.
Rin, on the other hand, has 40 main circuits, while her sub-circuits are 30 each.
- ↑
[] Tsukihime Dokuhon PlusPeriod - TSUKIHIME Dictionary: Magic Circuit [Term], p.188-189
Magic Circuit [Term]
The foundation for setting up Thaumaturgy. There are two types, but here it refers to the quality within a human body that makes a magus a magus.
Magic circuits are responsible for converting life force into magical energy, and for connecting to the underlying grand sorcery formula.
Basically, sorcery is a formula that causes nature interference by starting up and stabilizing a "rule already established in the world" with magical energy. Or to put it another way, the "rule" is a car, and the "magical energy" is the gasoline that makes it run.
In order to start up sorcery, three things are required:
the necessary amount of magical energy, a key (password/spell/code), and magic circuits to inject the magical energy into the "engine".
If we assume for a moment that magical energy is electricity, then magic circuits would be both the reactor that produces that electricity, as well as the pipelines for running the system.
Because vital activity is indispensable to the operation of this reactor, there is a common misconception that a magus' body = magic circuits. However, though quite rare, magic circuits that continue rotating on their own even after the practitioner's vital activity has stopped do exist.
The reason that an individual's magical energy (od) will be regenerated even if is totally used up is because the magic circuits are still operating. But on the other hand, without magic circuits, magical energy (od) will no longer be generated at all.
They are spread throughout the entire body as pseudo-nerves, and can basically be divided into cores, and pipes that connect these cores together. The pipes are similar to the synapses within the brain, constantly breaking off and reconnecting, but the cores never change.
Strictly speaking, these cores are the actual magic circuits.
They are considered to be a sort of internal organ, that will never increase or decrease in number. Of course, extracting and transplanting them is technically possible, but just like implanting an extra organ into a human body it should go without saying what will happen if you try it.
Magic circuits, once lost, will never return.
As for what magi actually use these magic circuits for, well, that's covered in a different story.
- ↑
[] Melty Blood Act Cadenza PS2 Manual - Dictionary: Magic Circuit [Term], p.049
Magic Circuit [Term]
The foundation for setting up sorcery. There are two types, but here it refers to the quality within a human body that makes a magus a magus.
Magic circuits are responsible for converting life force into magical energy, and for connecting to the underlying grand sorcery formula.
In Melty Blood, the unified gauge for using both EX moves and Arc Drives is called the "Magic Circuit".
- ↑
[] Fate/complete material III: World Material - Theory of Magic - Magecraft: Magus, p.041
•Magic circuit
Magic circuits are the pseudo nerves that a magus has inside himself. These are paths that generate magic energy and access the magic foundation engraved in the world. Magi make magic energy with the magic circuits and use the magic energy to run the magic foundation and thus put magery into effect. To do either of these, the magic circuits are necessary.
As suggested by the description pseudo nerves, these are split into cores and lines joining these together and are spread throughout the body.
The number of magic circuits are fixed at birth and the number won't increase by other than external factors.
•Magic crest
The product of stamping the anchored mystery that a magus had spent his entire life building up. Can be said to be mystical inheritance that defines the magus line as a magus line. While the inheritor is young, it is necessary to implant this little at a time while at the same time having the body adjust to the magic crest by medicine and rituals. The magic association also has technology for extracting just the magic crest from the body and storing it.
•Magus alignment
What determines what kind of attributes a magus' magic is going to be likely to have, or what kind of magic the magus is going to have good chemistry with, is going to be the element aligned with the magus.
In addition to the five great elements of earth, water, fire, wind, and sky, there's the imaginary elements of Hollow and Nothing, for a number of seven.
Some of the five elements will differ according to the school of magic. A famous one is a style in which the five great elements are formed from wood, fire, soil, metal,and water.
Basically, one magus has one alignment, but sometimes there are magi with two alignments (like fire and earth, wind and water) and there are also those called "Average Ones" who have all the five great elements.
Matou Sakura normally would have been a holder of the imaginary element of Emptiness. However, through her magic training, hers had been changed to the water alignment of the Matou line, so she couldn't exhibit her true talent.
Normal alignments
Five great elements Earth One of the two alignments of Kiritsugu. Kiritsugu exhibited his attribute of combining and used magic which combined the wounds of an enemy in a different form than normal, and made them unhealable.
Five great elements Water The alignment that the Matou magi have had for generations. Matou exhibit the attribute of absorption and have passed it on. Sakura's alignment changed from Emptiness to water.
Five great elements Fire The alignment of Tokiomi and also one of the two alignments of Kiritsugu. It is the symbol of life and death and has good chemistry with destructive magic.
Five great elements Wind One of the two alignments of Kayneth Elmelloi Archibold. There are few magi with wind as an alignment
Five great elements Sky An element which makes up celestial bodies that is newly added as a fifth element to the four great elements of earth, water, fire, and wind. This is, in other words, Ether.
Imaginary Elements Hollow The alignment that Sakura was born with. Defined, in magery, as that "which is possible but is not in the physical plane". Also called imaginary numbers.
Imaginary Elements Nothingness Like Hollow, the alignment of an imaginary element. In magery, defined as that "which is not possible, but materializes". Has a different meaning that the "nothing" of physics and math.
•The absoluteness called Origin
If alignment determines the root of one's magic, then even deeper than that, is the origin which determined the root of one's existence. The origin is not only for magi, but is the orientation that all things are born with and it's existence itself is thought absolutely necessary.
Those magi with an origin that is strongly expressed outwardly are sometimes removed from the normal alignments and there are times that the origin itself becomes the alignment. Most of those magi exhibit their talents as extreme specialists.
Because of that, it's said that they can reach higher grounds than normal magi.
•Noble Colors
Of the alignments, wind is called "noble" and fire is "normal". By the way, the term "Noble Colors" is used to refer to special and innate things where he workings of the magic circuit are close to the movements of a celestial body (normally they're closer to the movements of the crust), and is innate and special.
Noble Colors are often used to refer to mystic eyes, and Rider's petrifying mystic eyes are also a noble color.
- ↑
[] TYPE-MOON Fes. Official Pamphlet 10th Anniversary Q & A Booklet:
Q: Kirei's wife Ortensia is covered with wounds in the design draft, is it because she has a body similar to Caren's? Also, Command Spells appeared on Kirei due to the fact that he somehow possesses Magic Circuits despite being born in a non-magus lineage. Does this mean Caren also has Magic Circuits?
Q: Kirei's wife Ortensia is covered with wounds in the design draft, is it because she has a body similar to Caren's? Also, Command Spells appeared on Kirei due to the fact that he somehow possesses Magic Circuits despite being born in a non-magus lineage. Does this mean Caren also has Magic Circuits?
A: Kirei's wife is an albino, and is immunodeficient. As a result, she can die from even a tiny wound, thus her body appears tattered. What Caren inherited is the aspect of "prone to be plagued by illnesses". This is truly an ordeal given by God.
About the Magic Circuits, a normal person rarely acquires Magic Circuits. You can consider such cases sudden mutations. However, Kirei is not of this type. Kirei's Circuits were a gift from the divine sacrament, rewarding his father Risei's years of pious worship. Kirei was born with "the right to recreate the miracles in the divine sacrament". This "right", in other words, was the Magic Circuits. Caren did not inherit the Circuits.
魔術回路ですが、これは一般人にも稀に待って生まれる人がいます。突然变異と思ってください。綺礼はその類 ではありませんが、父・離正が長年の信仰によって得た秘蹟の恩恵で、" 秘蹟を再現する資格"をまって生まれました。秘蹟を再現する資格、なんで言ってますが、ようは魔術回路です 。カレンには受け継がれていません。
- ↑
[] Fate/Grand Order - Gilles de Rais (Caster) Profile [T]
Gilles de Rais - Caster
Illustrator and Voice actor
Illustrator: Azusa
Voice Actor: Tsuruoka Satoshi
Strength: D
Endurance: E
Agility: D
Mana: C
Luck: E
Noble Phantasm: A+
Personal Skills
Mental Pollution: A
Eye for Art: E-
Class Skills
Territory Creation: B
Noble Phantasm
Prelati's Spellbook: Textbook of the Spiral Sunken Castle
Rank: A+
Type: Anti-Army Noble Phantasm
A French noble from the 15th Century. Having repeatedly committed the deed of abducting young boys from the vicinity of his domains and then disgracing・slaughtering them one after the other, things reached the point in which he became known as the model for the later fairytale "Bluebeard".
Level 1 Bond
Height/Weight: 196cm・70kg
Source: Historical fact
Region: France
Alignment: Chaotic Evil Gender: Male
A holy monster that sought for God more than anyone else.
Level 2 Bond
He was once the owner of a highly pious heart, he fell of deep despair and lost sight of God after Jeanne D'arc was executed as a heretic. His cruel deeds were also a means to prove the absence of God (who supposedly punished such vices).
Level 3 Bond
"Textbook of the Spiral Sunken Castle"
Rank: A+ Type: Anti-Army
Prelati's Spellbook.
A grimoire which in itself is equipped with a magic reactor.
It summons monsters from another world in an inexhaustible supply.
Gilles de Rais is not a legitimate magus himself and has no groundings in magecraft, but in exchange this grimoire can exercise magecraft.
Level 4 Bond
At first, Gilles got involved in alchemy along with his friend, the cleric François Prelati, in order to cover up for financial difficulties, but at some point he lost sight of the original purpose and began to concentrate on summoning of demons.
Level 5 Bond
As others began fearing that he would sell over his domains to an enemy nation in order to raise money, as an excuse for the seizure of his territory, Gilles was convicted for his past misdeeds and executed. The censures towards his blasphemy and cruel deeds were all nothing but political pretenses.
This man, who couldn't help but hold suspicions against God exactly because he extolled God too much and infatuated himself with scornfully curse God, was finally destroyed without being judged by God. Probably, only a Master who shows understanding towards such zeal and despair can perfectly employ him as a Servant.
ジル・ド・レェ - キャスター螺湮城教本
属性:混沌・悪 性別:男性
- ↑ Fate : Heaven's Feel Manga Chapter 9.
- ↑ Lord El-Melloi II Case Files - Chapter 3 translated by TwilightsCall
- ↑
[] TYPE-MOON Fes. Official Pamphlet 10th Anniversary Q & A Booklet:
Q: What do the Quality/Quantity/Composition of Regression to the Age of Gods mean in Beowulf's profile? Do Ploys, Arcueid, and Heroic Spirits have such designations? And what would their number be?
Q: What do the Quality/Quantity/Composition of Regression to the Age of Gods mean in Beowulf's profile? Do Ploys, Arcueid, and Heroic Spirits have such designations? And what would their number be?
A: Regression to the Age of Gods represents the extend at which they are capable of reproducing the Mysteries that existed on Earth before True Magic. Consider it to be like that, their own style of Magical Circuits. Quality represents "how distant from what humans are capable of" their pure Mysteries are. Quantity represents power. The higher the quantity, the greater the degree of influence over the surrounding environment. Since Beowulf only has a quantity of C, he can only display his power to an individual, or over a village.
Composition represents the era of the "Mystery". In terms of magecraft, it would be like Rune, Kabbalah, Black Magic and such.
Ploys are not of Age of Gods, so they cannot be assigned a number in Regression to the Age of Gods.
For Arcueid... Princess Arcueid should qualify. "Quality: B Quantity: A++ Composition: Before Common Era, pseudo-deified natural phenomenon"
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Perhaps more than any time in Winter Olympics history, the United States begins competition with a reputation to uphold.
For decades, America was somewhat of a Winter Games pushover, regularly ceding dominance to rival superpower Soviet Union, or smaller states that specialized in cold-weather athletics: Norway, Germany, Austria, Canada.
But that has changed dramatically in recent years, the result of a coordinated and sustained long-term strategy, from the United States Olympic Committee down to individual coaches, aimed at grooming promising young athletes, investing in sports science and targeting resources to sports where America has the best chance at reaping more of the quadrennial medal count.
U.S. & World
Stories that affect your life across the U.S. and around the world.
From Salt Lake onward
This financial arms race has been underway since the mid-1990s, when the United States was awarded the 2002 games in Salt Lake City. That shifted the country's training center from tiny Lake Placid, N.Y., home of the 1980 Games, to an international city equipped with top-notch universities and world-class training facilities, including a Center of Excellence that opened in 2009. It also triggered an avalanche of fund-raising that trickled down from the USOC to sports' national governing bodies.
The result has been remarkable. America's medal output nearly tripled since 1998, culminating with 37 in 2010 in Vancouver — the first time since 1932 that the United States won a Winter Olympics medal count.
In Sochi, America is expected to remain at or near the top. The Dutch sports analysis firm Infostrada predicted that the U.S. will win the most gold medals, 16, and finish behind Norway and Canada in the total medal count, with 29 spread across 10 sports. Alpine skier Ted Ligety, bobsledder Steven Holcomb and speed skater Shani Davis are the Americans most likely to win multiple medals, the company said.
"What's happened here is the U.S. has transformed itself to be competitive with other large countries, which it wasn't back in 1998," Simon Gleave, Infostrada's head analyst, said.
What makes that transformation impressive is while most countries suffer a drop-off in performance after hosting the Olympics, America's performance hasn't faltered in the years since Salt Lake City, Gleave said.
Simply sending more athletes to the Games doesn't necessarily translate into medals. But the U.S. has one of the best per-ratio rates of success in the world, with about 16 percent of American competitors winning medals, Gleave said.
Alan Ashley, the USOC's chief of sport performance, said he's not going into the Sochi Games with a specific medal count in mind. But he sounds confident about America's chances, because of the breadth of talent.
There are few sports where the U.S. doesn't have a medal contender, which is exactly what the long-term development strategy aimed to achieve.
"We've been able to really customize and drill down and see where we can have the greatest impact, whether it was with funding or sport science and medicine, use of our training centers, anywhere we can deploy resources against a specific need, which was going to help athletes prepare better and get a better competition opportunity," Ashley told reporters in a conference call last week.
He added: " I'd like to try to get as many athletes as possible opportunities to become Olympians but to then become successful Olympians as well. And that means really trying to understand the needs of each of the sports, and then try to match those needs up with our resources. It's been a big, big push in these last few years."
One success story
To understand how this has happened, it helps to examine the story of one relatively obscure American team: Nordic combined.
For decades, Nordic combined — a pairing of cross-country skiing and ski jumping — suffered as an American Olympic backwater: little prestige, paltry funding, limited training facilities, terrible results. The U.S. had never won a medal of any kind. Their traveling teams were treated like second-class citizens in Europe.
But two decades ago, things began to change, from the top and from the bottom.
First, there was a ground-level push by head coach Tom Steitz to find young athletes who could be molded into Olympic champions at a single training spot in Steamboat Springs, Colo. Among the early group of recruits were three adolescent boys named Todd Lodwick, Billy Demong and Johnny Spillane. All proclaimed themselves ready to try to become Olympians.
"We really made a commitment to each other as a team to be the best in the world," Spillane said. "That's kind of when it started."
At the same time, officials at the USOC and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association were targeting events that would be good return on investments — spots where the Americans had a chance to pick up the most medals.
With Steitz pushing for more funding and attention, and the USOC looking to boost the overall medal haul, Nordic combined became a target for recruiting world-class specialists, from coaches to experts in exercise science. The budding athletes embraced the intense new workout regimens and competition schedules.
They became good. Very good.
And then, Vancouver. The U.S. team won four medals: Demong took gold and Spillane silver in the large hill competition, Spillane won another silver in the normal hill competition, and the four-man team, which also included Lodwick and Brett Camerota, won silver in the team competition.
It seemed to most of the world as an upset, as if they'd taken the sport by storm. But the guys who lived it know it didn't happen that way.
"It was a 20-year process of financial investment and sweat equity and doing the work," said Dave Jarrett, who took over as the Nordic combined head coach in 2002.
"We took all the necessary steps to being successful at the Olympics," Spillane added.
The hard part, as with any winning team, is to maintain that level of performance as its veterans age. Spillane is retired. Lodwick is 37, but he'll be in Soch for his sixth Winter Olympics, where he will be Team USA's flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony. Demong, 33, is back, too, joined by brothers Bryan and Taylor Fletcher.
"We have the talent for the next two or three Olympics coming up," Jarrett said. "We just have to reinvest our resources in the next generation and provide them with the same long-term planning that we did with the group in 2010."
That's now one of the sports' biggest concerns. Some believe that the USOC's commitment to Nordic combined has waned since 2010, perhaps with the rise of more marketable mountain sports, namely Alpine skiing (eight medals in Vancouver) and snowboarding (five).
"The finding has kind of been diminished and it's harder to keep it going," said Hans Berend, the Colorado father of an an Olympic hopeful who helps raise money for local clubs.
But one of the most bankable ways to stay in the spotlight is to keep winning. Some analysts have predicted at least one medal for the Americans in Sochi.
Sochi outlook
As the Sochi Games get underway, the United States team is poised to compete for medals in almost every event, from Alpine and cross-country skiing to freestyle skiing and snowboarding to speed skating, bobsled and ice hockey.
"The trend is still there," Infostrada's Gleave said.
Ashley, the USOC official, pointed out that there are 12 new medal events this year, including several involving snowboarding and freestyle skiing, which are events that mark deep American influence.
"It just so happens that within those sports we have a lot of really great talent," he said.
He added: "Team USA goes into this in a really good place."

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Callups for tomorrow
For tomorrow, we're going to recall Matt Kemp and James Loney and purchase the contract of Einar Diaz. All three will be in uniform for the game. David Wells has gone to San Diego, so you can all calm down with the crack pipe references.
Also, check out Tommy Lasorda's new posting on his blog.
Tomorrow, we'll be honoring Don Newcombe for the 50th anniversary of his MVP/Cy Young season in 1956.
And you did it! This year, the paid attendance at Dodger Stadium will be greater than ever before. Quite impressive — and the pennant race should keep this place hopping for all of September and hopefully all of October.
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hey josh, what happened to andy laroche?.. how come he isnt getting called up?
"so you can all calm down with the crack pipe references"…lol 🙂
too funny
yeah what happened to Laroche??
Dodgers!!!! down the stretch we come how sweet it is!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is Laroche ok?
He hasn't played in Vegas the last few nights, is he injured?
Lets all hope Wells is a bust with SD !!
My guess would be that LaRoche is due to be shut down for the season, he's been beat up and with some of the problems being his shoulder I would think it's for the best !! It'll be great to see Kemp and Loney. I could use some info on Diaz though ??
Go Dodgers !!!
diaz is this years tom wilson, a journeyman catcher brought in for depth at the position.. i know laroche has had a tough year, but at least bring him up so he can experience the big leauges..
Kuo on board. So that means Loney, Kemp and Diaz will be eligible for post season play. Right?
Padres MLB site says Wells for a player to be named later or cash considerations.
Red Sox site says a player to be named. Expect it will be Kotteras as the Sox are in need of catching help.
i have to admit the crack pipe comment had me chuckling as well :o) i think LaRouche has had some injury issues this year, if you look at his #'s he's having a good year in vegas.
So, does Loney have a place in Vegas and a place in Los Angeles? Or has the Organization bought him an Airstream? Or did Little just attach a really long bungee cord to the guy?
why don't they call up Mark W. Alexander the guy can flat out pitch! from what i heard the guy has a nasty nasty curve he'd serve us well in middle relief.
just thought i'd post this, Don Newcombe was such a great hitter he played left field in Japan.
Josh, can you explain how these call ups work? Kemp and Loney have both been up during the regular season, does this allow the Dodgers to add them to their 25 man playoff roster, should they advance of course? I'm not 100% sure how it works, so if you or anybody on this blog has a clear answer to this question that would be great. Also, a question that's been bugging me…I've been to Dodger Stadium several times during the season, what song is played while the Dodgers' lineup is announced? Thanks!
Sorry Josh for the crack pipe jokes. Misplaced humor I guess. I just couldn't see us trading a top prospect for the temporary services of Boomer. No excuse though. We all had faith in Ned to make the right decision all along… right? : )
Gary… I'm thinking since Wells already has a home in San Diege, he really preferred to be there rather than in Los Angeles. So you can bet that Kotteras will be one of the players since the Red Sox really need some catching help, and then one other… probably a young arm to fill the void left by Wells. Neiter of which the Dodgers were probably willing to give just yet as well… so it's San Diego for Boomer.
why wait till the vegas season is over to call up laroche?, there season has been over for a long time.. and i really want to see at least 2 pitchers called up, our bullpen is overworked and could use some depth..
I see what you mean Kevin, makes sense !!
Harold, Loney & Kemp do qualify for the post season by virtue of their call ups during the season. With all of the DL's this year we actually have 29 players we can pick from for the 25 man roster. And now we also have the new guy from the Nats that is eligable as well.
Trust in the GM Ray !! Grady said that they were going to bring them up in shifts, not all at once. The first guys will have post season potential and I assume the next shift will have the pitching your looking for. Plus now that Ned bought another Utility player from the Nats he's pretty full with hitters.
BELIEVE IN THE GM Ray !!
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 6:44 pm
Post subject: Anybody on the east coast use a Northwave sail?
We're curious to know if anybody on the east coast uses Northwave Sails.
We would love your feedback! What do you think of your sails? What colors would you like to see for custom options? Have you tried our new lightest sail yet, the Sinewave ?
Happy Sailing!
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I love my Northwaves! Have both a 2.8 and 3.5.. They are an older model, but are great when things get extreme.
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Seen them in Hatteras but never here in the northeast as I recall.
Would imagine the conditions specific to the sails are rarer here than in the Gorge. People who have them swear by them I'm told.
Send me a Sinewave and I'll give you my review.
Could've used it Sunday and yesterday at Horseneck.
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Victor and Bob are often riding northwaves on their sup's.. have seen them ripping up some nice waverides. i have a very small older northwave that i have not tried yet. we are in jupiter area of se florida.. pretty sure i have seen others from time to time as well.. Best wishes
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Got a full quiver (3.7 to 6.2) of the ZXL's from 2007 and two newer ZXL's from 2011. Love the sails and use them about 70% for B&J and 30% wave sailing in NJ. Been a fan of Northwaves since the early 90's. Had the Tri-Lights back then and really liked the single cam option for B&J conditions.
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Post subject: Re: Anybody on the east coast use a Northwave sail?
northwave wrote:
We're curious to know if anybody on the east coast uses Northwave Sails.
We would love your feedback! What do you think of your sails? What colors would you like to see for custom options? Have you tried our new lightest sail yet, the Sinewave ?
Happy Sailing!
Got custom colored 5.7 ZX9 in 2013. Using it for lake sailing in NH. Absolutely love the sail. Huge range and tuneability. Very well built, seems bomb-proof.
Still would be great to have rigging videos as other sail makers provide. It took me a while to figure out the details.
P.S. One thing. It takers forever to dry the sail. Literally forever. Somehow water gets trapped between the layers.
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Great feedback guys. Thanks a bunch! We will work towards putting out comprehensive rigging videos and instructions. Our sails absolutely require proper rigging and tuning for the conditions.
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I haven't dried a sail since the early 1980s, when PVC would absorb and retain water. I'll even derig and roll 'em up and bag 'em in the water if the beach is too gnarly, then pour out the excess before tossing them into my RV dripping wet. Of course, that's all fresh water, not the sodium chloride stew you coasties have. They're plastic, and they dry without any effect or effort.
I've owned almost every -- have sailed EVERY -- model of sail NW has ever produced. I can't get enough of them, and have bought 12 to 14 quivers of them this century alone. With each passing year, I tweak the design and materials of my sails (at no extra cost unless more expensive materials are involved) according to my evolving skills, objectives, and age.
Up to last month, I was riding Featherlights, customized highly but not in any manner not available to any other customer. I get zero freebies, just the same excellent service anyone else gets. My customization included options which extend the wind range in both directions, so I was constantly getting razzed about rigging too big (never mind that I continued playing while everyone else kept going ashore to re-rig as the wind fluctuated ... just one of over a dozen reasons I prefer to rig big). While others rigged 5.2s, then 4.7s, and then sometimes 4.2s, I just stuck with my 5.7 for hours for one simple reason: I was having far too much fun to waste my time slogging across the wind shadow and the weedbed just because everybody else did.
Then a couple of months ago I got my hands on a Sinewave. A couple of round trips across the Columbia in a wide range of winds running from 18G30 to 30G>35 (mph) made it crystal clear: this 5.2 Sinewave had more power AND a wider wind range than my 5.7 Featherlight, but felt in my hands and flipped in the air as lightly as most 4.2s. I very quickly traded in my 3.7 to 5.7 Featherlight quiver for a 3.2 to 5.2 Sinewave quiver covering a
wind range, because I no longer have any need for a 5.7
. I did keep my 6.2 Featherlight for emergency niche use, but the 5.2 Sinewave's range covers most of the 6.2's.
And those custom performance options I used to choose for a broader wind range? No mas. This sail is too good out of the box to benefit from them.
The Featherlight is still a great sail, with a little bit of stability advantage over a Sinewave at the very top end ... but now when the FL 6.2 is thoroughly powered, I'll jump onto my SW 5.2 instead for a MUCH smaller feel in the turns.
Crap! An hour of my time and not even a free fin screw to show for it. That's OK; I'll be eating swell for lunch Thursday.
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At Northwave,
What material is used on the rope , in the autobatten system?
Which sail is the lightest weight in comparable size , say 4.5 ..? And what is the weight ..?
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I'll leave it to NW to discuss grams and materials, as I care about neither. Here's what I DO care about in my sails after owning hundreds of them and testing another few hundred of many brands.
Scale weight and dynamic, perceived -- especially rotational --weight comparisons can be vastly different, depending on many factors. They include aerodynamics, whether the sailor spins the sail about its center or "barn-doors" it around the mast during jibes and directional transitions, mass distribution, profile, roller vs fixed hook, downhaul and outhaul tuning, materials (e.g., water retention), size, power*, and more, maybe including scale weight.
* Power counts more than sq meters when choosing or comparing sails. I've sailed my FL 5.7 all summer, because it works very well in winds averaging from 20 to 30 mph by the sensor at my usual site, which has been a very common range this year. I'm dialed into that sail, and always rigged it when the wind was in that range. The only exception was if the wind was averaging close to 30 and I expected it to hold or increase.
That went out the window when I laid my hands on a short quiver of Sinewaves and found over many windy days that the 5.2 SW wind range perfectly covered the FL 5.7's wind range. Just substitute "5.2" for "5.7" in the above paragraph. Thus the most useful scale weight comparison, for folks who consider that relevant to anything, should be between a Featherlight of one size and a Sinewave of the next smaller size.
It's much like the difference between race sails and B&J sails. Race sails (and Featherlights) are
to be run big compared to their more laid back stablemates. They hold their COE exceptionally steady and produce less drag when pushed to their upper limits, so in skilled hands and on the right boards they are capable of producing higher top speeds. The folks who prefer to rig efficiently never deliberately tap that performance regime and thus usually bypass the FL's or a race sail's strongest advantage. With the SW, however, efficiency buffs can rig small and eat their cake, too, and the hell with rigging big for the dozen or more reasons I used to rig so big. The Sinewave is simply a more efficient (as defined by its ratio of power to square meters) sail.
That it maneuvers and spins -- i.e.,
-- smaller than many other sails in its wind range, let alone its size range, is a huge bonus, especially for efficiency buffs. They CAN still slog their butts ashore and rerig All. Day. Long. if they enjoy using only the lower third of each sail's useful range and if they'd rather swap sails than actually
, but they don't HAVE to. They can use the whole range of just one light sail rather than rigging three, and can thus wear themselves out on the water than on land. TOW always beats TOL, and the SW is a very noticeable step in that direction.
I will add this about the Autobatten system: I've never had one second's problem with it. I
snug it up at the end of the first season if I spot a wrinkle in a batten sleeve. That 90 seconds is the only time or thought I EVER give to my entire batten system. It's within 90 seconds of being like the crankshaft in my car engine; it's there for the duration and completely invisible to me.
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Venice: The Masters in Boston
Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice
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Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese: Rivals in Renaissance Venice
MFA Publications, 315 pp., $65.00; $40.00 (paper)
On view now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the first group show ever organized in America about Venetian painting of the late sixteenth century. Moderate in scale, the exhibition does not attempt a comprehensive survey of the period. Rather, it pre-sents only the three most important Venetian painters of the time—Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese—and it focuses on a selection of their works that is meant to reveal their mutual influence and competition. The exhibition seeks to demonstrate that the rivalry of the three artists was a major force in the growth of Venetian art.
As Frederick Ilchman rightly observes in the excellent catalog of the show, such a rivalry could only have occurred in Venice, where the art market was fundamentally different than in other Italian Renaissance cities. Venice was a large mercantile republic whose considerable wealth was relatively widely distributed among its richer inhabitants. Private citizens, religious confraternities, and many governmental bodies, such as the senate and the treasury, had both the means and the desire to stand out in the patronage of the arts. Virtually the entire city was an arena of struggle among patrons trying to outdo one another; as a result, there were constant chances for artists to compete for work, as well as enough commissions to keep many excellent painters simultaneously employed.
In contrast, most other Italian cities were governed by a single lord or oligarchy, and the demand for art was usually sufficient to occupy only one dominant painter at a time. Besides Venice, the only exceptions to this rule in the sixteenth century were Florence and Rome, yet comparison with them again shows that the art market in the maritime republic was unique. In Florence many artists flourished under the dominion of the Medici, but this one family had nearly absolute control of prestigious commissions. In Rome the patronage of the arts changed with each new pope, about every ten years or so, and the scale of the most ambitious projects was extraordinarily large, requiring teams of painters and sculptors. These conditions encouraged artists to learn to collaborate rather than compete. Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese painted alongside one another in Venice for thirty years. No other sixteenth-century Italian city could attract and nourish a triumvirate of great painters, or for so long a time.
The three painters may have been rivals, but they were not equals: without question Titian was the apex of the triad. Born around 1488, he was a generation older than Tintoretto and Veronese, who were born about 1518 and 1528, respectively. Titian was recognized as the supreme artist in Venice before the other two were alive; and he was acknowledged to be the greatest painter in Europe before they had even begun their careers. By mid-century Titian painted regularly for the international market, and relatively little for local clients.…
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