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Regents and Presidential Scholarships
The UH Board of Regents established the Regents and Presidential Scholarships to support students with a record of outstanding academic achievement.
Regents Scholars receive a full tuition waiver for four years of undergraduate study, and Presidential Scholars receive a full tuition waiver for two years of undergraduate study. All scholars receive $4,000 a year and a one-time travel grant of $2,000.
Regents Scholarships are awarded to 20 outstanding freshmen who receive an SAT total score of at least 1340 or ACT combined score of at least 29, maintain at least a 3.5 GPA in academic subjects in high school, and whose extracurricular achievements are shown to be remarkable.
Presidential Scholarships are awarded to 10 college juniors who have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.7 for all college level work, a record of sustained progress in academic courses, and evidence of superior academic achievement or creative endeavor.
Apply for a ScholarshipFor scholarship application information, please visit:
UH Manoa
UH Hilo
UH West Oahu
The Regents and Presidential Scholarships are administered by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs at UH Hilo, UH Manoa and UH West Oahu in cooperation with the UH System Office of the Associate Vice President for Student Affairs.
List of recipients from 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007 and 2006.
2014 Scholars
Regents Scholars
Name and high school
Malia Andrade Stout, Honokaa
Angusina Campbell, Hanalani
Maria Cashdollar, Sacred Hearts
Kimberly Chun, Kalani
Joslyn Hamada, Hawaii Baptist Academy
Emma Jordan, Waianae
Luke Kimura, Baldwin
Jacquelin Kojima, Punahou
Ashley Laybon, Kamehameha Kapalama
Katie Lee, Sacred Hearts
Leah Miyasato, Moanalua
Aiko Murakami, Roosevelt
Lynn Nguyen, Punahou
Christina Rivers, Iolani
Katelyn Saiki, Pearl City
Jonathan Teraoka, Mililani
Brenna Usher, Hilo
Cindy Vuong, Mid Pacific
Miranda Yip, Iolani
Jeffrey Zheng, Kaiser
Presidential Scholars
Name and campus last attended
Christina Amundsen, UH Manoa
Zachary Cansler-Kipp, Leeward CC
Nicolyn Charlot, UH Manoa
Kaylie Chong, Maui College
Nicole Chong, UH Manoa
Kendra Fujioka, UH Hilo
Desiree Jale, Kapiolani CC
Bryson Nakatani, UH Manoa
Kelsie Sasabe, UH Manoa
Rebecca Weible, UH Manoa


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Place the first four ingredients in a salad press, mix and screw the top down to apply pressure. If a salad press is not available, a large mixing bowl can be used. Place all ingredients in the center of the bowl and mix. Place a 6" plate on top of the salad. Fill a 1/2 glass jar or a bowl with water. Place the jar on top of the plate. This applies pressure to the the plate. Let sit for one hour. Remove, rinse with cold water in a colander to remove excess salt and squeeze to remove excess liquid. Place the salad in a serving bowl and gently toss in the dulse, dried fruit and pumpking seeds.
Per serving - 70 calories, 3 g fat (39% calories from fat), 3 g protein, 7 g carbohydrate, 5 g fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 716 mg sodium

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Whether you prefer countless shopping centres, theme parks or colourful souks, there is no reason to be bored in Dubai. Those who are looking for some peace and quiet may head to one of the many beaches and forget the hustle and bustle of the city. A tour along Dubai's best beaches.
Although Dubai offers a number of beautiful beaches, visitors should be careful with the strong sun. Dubai has a warm and dry desert climate and temperatures often soar above 40 degrees Celsius. Protect yourself by renting a beach parasol and avoiding the sun during the hottest hours of the day.
Beach-goers who make a statement by avoiding Jumeirah often head to Al-Mamzar Beach Park. This area boasts 4 artificial but very pleasant beaches with separate swimming areas, lawns, summer houses, picnic areas, 2 swimming pools and various eateries. The romantic winding trails are perfect for a stroll or a bike ride, or board the train for a ride around the 90-hectare Al-Mamzar Beach Park. The 2 swimming pools have permanent lifeguards who keep an eye on playing children. Gentlemen please note: on Wednesdays the beach is open to women and children only.
"10-kilometre-long Jebel Ali Beach is Dubai's quietest beach"


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Lucy in the Sky
There's a point at which this joke stops being funny and turns sad, and it's very early in its over two hours runtime.
There's a point at which this joke stops being funny and turns sad, and it's very early in its over two hours runtime.
The fact that Midnight Traveler even exists is a bit of a miracle.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about the 4K restoration of George T. Nierenberg's "Say Amen, Somebody" currently receiving a limited theatrical release.
An article about the second annual Ebert Symposium, "Creating an Inclusive Cinema and Media Ecosystem," scheduled for Friday, September 27th at the University of Illinois…
An article about the 4K restoration of George T. Nierenberg's "Say Amen, Somebody" currently receiving a limited theatrical release.
An article about the second annual Ebert Symposium, "Creating an Inclusive Cinema and Media Ecosystem," scheduled for Friday, September 27th at the University of Illinois…
A reappreciation of a Billy Wilder classic.
FFC Seongyong Cho looks back at Alan J. Pakula's twisty thriller Presumed Innocent.
An interview with producer Liz Trubridge and actors Michelle Dockery and Laura Carmichael about Downton Abbey.
A hub for all of our content from the 2019 Venice Film Festival.
"Trance", Danny Boyle's new thriller, is slick, silly, and frequently very entertaining. Its vibe is twisty and pulpy. Its style is candy-colored visual escapism — every shot hyped up for maximum pop. Viewers who get hung up on story logic — or prefer movies that feature at least one sympathetic character — will spend much of "Trance"'s 101 minutes gritting their teeth.
The movie opens with a London auction house being robbed at gunpoint. Assistant auctioneer Simon (James McAvoy) is tasked with taking the auction's most valuable item — Francisco Goya's 1798 masterpiece "Witches in the Air" — to safety. On his way to the auction house's basement vault, Simon is intercepted by head robber Franck (Vincent Cassel). Franck knocks Simon unconscious and grabs the painting — or, rather, what he believes to be the painting. Once inside the getaway car, he discovers that the canvas has been cut from its frame.
In a movie that runs largely on outlandish plot twists, it hardly qualifies as a spoiler to reveal that Simon was in on the robbery. The problem, though, is that the knock on the head delivered by Franck has made him lose his memory; he can't remember where he hid the painting, or even why he hid it. After torture proves ineffective, Franck decides to try a more unorthodox method: hypnosis. He hands Simon an iPad ("Trance" is sick with Apple product placement) and lets him pick out a hypnotherapist. He chooses American expatriate Elizabeth (Rosario Dawson) because, he says, he likes her name.
It doesn't take long for Elizabeth to figure out that Simon isn't really looking for his lost car keys. She confronts the gang and makes Franck give her an equal share in exchange for retrieving "Witches in the Air." Simon, she says, can't remember what happened to it because of repressed anxieties. Finding the painting means first figuring out what makes Simon tick.
It goes without saying that Simon turns out to be more than just a patsy, and that Elizabeth's motivations go beyond wanting a break from the monotony of treating overeaters and premature ejaculators. Part of what makes "Trance" entertaining — if not especially believable — as narrative is its go-for-broke nihilism. Its plot plays fast and loose with the audience's sense of the characters, some of whom go from sympathetic to downright scary.
"Trance"'s major problem is also its selling point: It's a Danny Boyle movie. Shot by Anthony Dod Mantle — who won an Oscar for his work on Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" (2008) and has shot all but one of the director's features since "28 Days Later" (2002) — the movie has all of the hallmarks of a digital-era Danny Boyle flick: hyper-saturated colors, deliberately mismatched angles, and eccentric compositions that disorient the viewer without ever embracing Tony Scott-style abstraction. While not as visually kaleidoscopic as "Slumdog Millionaire" or "127 Hours" (2010), "Trance" is still a lot of fun to look at.
It has the sort of manic energy that makes Boyle's movies so interesting; unfortunately, it also has many of the flaws that make them so frustrating. It's no coincidence that most iconic moments in Boyle's work — the "Choose life…" monologue from "Trainspotting" (1996), the zombie attacks from "28 Days Later" — involve the characters running. Boyle is a sprinter: His movies start out fast and energetic, but can't sustain the pace for too long. His career is full of films that are great for the first hour and then devolve into generic blandness ("Sunshine" (2007) and "The Beach" are two of the most obvious examples).
While "Trance" never falls apart, its closing stretch involves several shifts in emotional perspective that the movie doesn't really pull off. To make matters worse, Boyle ends the whole thing on a sentimental note which doesn't jibe with the nihilist tone of the final act (this is also a common Boyle problem). The awkward shoehorning of Big, Serious Themes into the pulp premise doesn't help, either. However, if you can look past the sputtering conclusion — or the pseudo-intellectual banter about memory, modern art, and other assorted nonsense — what you'll find is a brisk, breezy, style-heavy crime flick that happens to be one of the most purely entertaining movies Boyle has made in a long time.
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I started cosplaying in 2004 at Otakon, and things just kind of took off from there. Simple as that, really.
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Recently Rich Wolski (UCSB Eucalyptus project) and I were discussing grid computing vs. cloud computing. An observation he made makes a lot of sense to me. Since he doesn't blog, let me repeat here what he said. Grid computing has been used in environments where users make few but large allocation requests. For example, a lab may have a thousand-node cluster and users make allocations for all 1,000, or 500, or 200. Only a few of these allocations can be serviced at a time; others need to be scheduled for when resources are released. This results in sophisticated batch job scheduling algorithms of parallel computations.
Cloud computing is about lots of small allocation requests. The Amazon EC2 accounts are limited to 20 servers each by default, and lots and lots of users allocate up to 20 servers out of the pool of many thousands of servers at Amazon. The allocations are real-time, and there is no provision for queueing allocations until someone else releases resources. This is a completely different resource allocation paradigm, a completely different usage pattern, and all this results in completely different method of using compute resources.
I always come back to this distinction between cloud and grid computing when people talk about in-house clouds. It's easy to say "ah, we'll just run some cloud management software on a bunch of machines," but it's a completely different matter to uphold the premise of real-time resource availability. If you fail to provide resources when they are needed, the whole paradigm falls apart and users will start hoarding servers, allocating for peak usage instead of current usage.


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|2004-09-10, 00:35
|Link #61
Never Knows Best
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Canada
Age: 35
Animeish.com... heard of it?
I just stumbled across this site a couple of days ago, searching for a rather scarce Love Hina wallscroll. They have good prices, and I do plan to buy from them, but nowadays, you can never be too careful.
They don't have an "About Us" section, so I have no idea where they are or how long they've been operating. Their transactions are handled through PayPal... do they have some sort of quality-assurance system set up?
|2004-09-10, 01:43
|Link #62
Join Date: Dec 2003
Age: 37
In terms of the risk, though, since payment is processed by Paypal, your biggest risk would be the price of whatever you purchase - and since most of their merchandise seems to be $10 (US, I assume), it's not a huge risk. Normally, I wouldn't deal with companies that don't have a long-standing reputation and a solid online store infrastructure, but as I said, worst case scenario, all you lose is $10, and you could even use Paypal's dispute policy to resolve that if need be.
So in other words, you're taking a risk, but all you've really got to lose here is about $10. If you get the merchandise and it turns out to be of good quality, then everybody wins.
|2004-09-12, 02:16
|Link #63
Never Knows Best
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Canada
Age: 35
Well, I do really want to order from them, but they still haven't responded to the emails I sent a few days ago. We'll see.
And also, I'm absolutely shocked at how low the prices are at DVDPacific! Even with conversion to CDN, and S&H, I still stand to save more than $20 on anime DVDs, which are ridiculously overpriced up here!
|2004-09-12, 02:31
|Link #64
Never Knows Best
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Canada
Age: 35
Has anyone ever heard of AnimeCheap.com ? Just stumbled across them...
|2004-10-10, 14:06
|Link #65
To Bid You Farewell
Join Date: Oct 2004
Let's see if I can bring in something useful:
United Kingdom DVD's:
· http://www.dc-dvd.co.uk
· http://www.amazon.co.uk
United Kingdom Merchandise:
· http://www.otaku.co.uk
DC-DVD is slightly pricey though, so Amazon.co.uk is your best bet. However, they don't do as much anime... it all depends on what series you want to buy ^^;;
|2004-11-07, 04:21
|Link #66
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Hong Kong
recently i ordered MKR 1 +2 (yes i know it's old). i got my MKR2, and i was wondering why there was no MRK1 coming. 2 days ago i got an email from dvdpacific,
"Before we can ship your new order we will require the following further information from you as detailed below. Unfortunately this is necessary due to the large amount of fraudulent activity we have recently experienced. This will be a one time request only unless you at some time in the future amend your credit card details to a different card. Please send the following information to firstname.lastname@example.com and they will quickly verify and proceed with placement of orders.
1.Utility Bill (water, electricity, phone etc.) which clearly displays your billing address.
2. Credit Card Statement current for period within the past 3 months again clearly displaying account number and billing address."
did any of u guys get this or is this one of those email pranks..cus HK has a bunch of pranks in regard to citibank already. o_O
and if i screw up dad's credit card i'm not gonna get anything online anymore
|2004-11-07, 07:36
|Link #67
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
I suggest you email email@example.com and forward the email you received and ask them if they did send it. It sounds genuine mind you (as they did recently have problems with credit cards, see GHDpro's post earlier)
|2004-11-08, 09:49
|Link #68
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Hong Kong
so i changed it to "accounts@..."
i haven't got ANYTHING back from them.
neither have i got anything by mail. but it's so expensive, i might as well get the DVD version in HK. they're produced in taiwan..i can't even say if they are pirated or not. much cheaper though. 120HKD VS. 1200HKD (10x difference!!)
and the shipping cost is also $$$.
but then again, i want a nonpirated copy. they provided a fax number. i wonder if i should fax them and see if they reply - but long distance fax -.-"
|2004-11-08, 10:01
|Link #69
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Netherlands
Age: 40
I think the problem is where you live. I'm not sure if it's discrimination or if they simply get a lot of
fraudulent orders from Hong Kong or elsewhere in Asia, but I do think this is why.
Certainly requesting a copy of your credit card statement is not unusual in this case. A copy of
your utility bill is though. The only time I ever have been requested to be that thorough would be
when I opened a back account when I was staying in Ireland.
I myself have had to send a copy/scan of my credit card statement and/or credit card itself when:
- ordering server(s) for AnimeSuki and other sites -- these are expensive, so they want proof
- buying from online game shops such as www.tronixweb.com and www.therage.com
Example: TronixWeb shows this text on their "Shopping Cart" page:
"Please note: New customers may be requested to FAX (212-727-8934) over additional
information before order processing. Your faxed information is completely private.
We only require this additional information if we cannot easily verify card ownership and address."
Note: you may assume that pretty much all international orders fall under above clause.
So... DVD Pacific is just doing this to protect them against fraud. Most likely if you comply with their
request they'll send you the DVDs without futher questions, plus it'll be 1-time only, you won't need
to go through the same trouble when ordering again.
Edit: Just read the part where you indicated already having ordered (succesfully) from
DVD Pacific before. In that case it's really odd they're sending this mail out. But again:
if you comply they'll send the DVDs out, and it'll be 1-time only. I would recommend waiting
for a reply on that email though, and also recommend trying the email address they used
to reply just in case.
|2004-11-08, 10:18
|Link #70
Junior Member
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Hong Kong
just checked the fax number, it does corresspond to website. but i guess i will call them haha hopefully then i won't have to scan all that stuff or else parents will be skeptical of ordering online again *sigh*
yet i wonder why i got MKR2 and not MKR1 grr. not like i didn't pay them
|2004-11-08, 10:43
|Link #71
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
I've had email replies from them ranging from 2 to 20 hours after I sent them.
|2004-11-09, 12:43
|Link #72
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2004
initial d box sets
i got an original box sets of initial d a long time ago. the box set of stage 1, box set of stage 2, and box set of stage 3, extra, and battle, but these were a gift so i have no idea where the person got them from because he just bought them when he went back home to japan for vacation. is there anywhere online that sells the original japanese boxsets, NOT the released tokyopop version.
|2004-11-09, 13:09
|Link #73
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
|2004-11-13, 21:39
|Link #74
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Boston
I thought some of you might be interested in this, DeepDiscountDVD is having a 20% off for all in stock items. Find the coupon code in from the following link:
It's starting now and finishes on 11/20. So go check it out. They usually have the lowest price anyway, and also free shipping. I just place my $200 order with them.
|2004-11-14, 21:07
|Link #75
Film Snob
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pultneyville, NY
Remember that great 20% off sale...?
Deep Discount DVD is doing it again. Right now! Until the 20th. Just showed up in my inbox.
Not affiliated with them, but I'm about to spend a couple of hundred well-discounted bucks there and I want some company.
|2004-11-27, 01:59
|Link #76
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Tico of the Seven Seas / Tico and Nanami
Anyone have an idea where I might find this? The series has been released on DVD (albeit not with English subtitles), but the sites mentioned in the "where do I buy" thread don't have it. Do you know of anyone who ships this to America?
Also, has anyone watched this anime before? What opinions do you have on it?
|2004-11-27, 03:36
|Link #77
Just call me Ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: U.K. Hampshire
Tico & Friends (Tico of the Seven Seas)
|2004-11-27, 15:26
|Link #78
Tennis rookie
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Peru
Age: 36
A beatifull anime, on my country (Perú) a local channel(managed by the goverment) puts on air... 4-5 year ago.
The r2 dvd como with japanese subtitles.
I only have the first four dvd´s , on near future will be buying the rest ^^.
*A piece of collection.
Someone knows others stores similar to cdjapan? (in nihon)
money order(ipmo) as payment option will be better.
|2004-11-27, 21:28
|Link #79
Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Re: CDJapan/Tico of the Seven Seas
While I'm disappointed there's no English version, thanks for your help.
A side note: do you know if any fansub group might try their hand at this cartoon?
|2004-12-07, 16:42
|Link #80
Senior Member
For dvdpacific.com:
1) When you buy from there, do you become a member and so pay the member prices? or do you have to pay a fee to be a member?
2)What's the last date you got to order to ensure christmas delivery?
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U.S. Equal Employment
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Federal Agency Says Company Fired Successful Worker Because of Bipolar Disorder
PHOENIX -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced today that it has settled a disability discrimination lawsuit against Phoenix-area property management firms Riverstone Residential, SW, LLC and Realty Management, charging the companies with failing to accommodate and then firing employee Shaun Oldridge because he suffers from bipolar disorder.
According to the EEOC's suit, EEOC v. Riverstone Residential, SW, LLC; Realty Management, CV-09-02038 PHX-JAT, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in Phoenix, Realty Management / Riverstone Residential hired Shaun Oldridge, but on or about March 21, 2008, Oldridge informed Realty Management that he had been involuntarily hospitalized, whereupon Realty Management unlawfully discharged him, even though his immediate supervisor said he was a good employee. The suit further charged that during his employment, Oldridge requested on a number of occasions to have one hour off to see his health care provider. Each request for this reasonable accommodation was unlawfully refused.
By settling the lawsuit, the defendants agreed to pay Oldridge $30,000 as compensatory damages. The consent decree settling the suit also provides that the defendants will provide appropriate training about disability discrimination to its employees, including managers. A notice is also required to be posted. The defendants will be enjoined for two years from retaliating or otherwise violating the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). All of the companies' policies will be required to reflect the law against discrimination based upon a disability and the requirement to enter into an interactive process to determine a reasonable accommodation.
Oldridge, upon whose behalf the EEOC brought suit, said, "I think what they did was inappropriate and unethical. Hopefully they will be more careful and sensitive to employees with disabilities. I hope this experience will encourage them to hire someone with a disability in the future. People who have disabilities have something to offer, if given the opportunity."
EEOC Regional Attorney Mary Jo O'Neill said, "People with disabilities are an untapped resource that employers should utilize. Many disabled persons are qualified, ready and willing to work -- all they need is an equal opportunity. Some employers simply do not know that people with disabilities are protected from discrimination."
Rayford O. Irvin, acting district director of the EEOC's Phoenix District Office, added, "We will continue to vigorously pursue our mission of fighting employment discrimination on all fronts. We encourage employers and employees to sit down together and cooperate to find a reasonable accommodation that works for all parties involved, regardless of the disability. The quick result by our legal unit here should be commended."
EEOC Trial Attorney Guy Knoller was glad that this matter was resolved quickly, fairly and without much cost to the defendants because they chose to settle before having lawyers file an answer on their behalf and litigating. It took about two and one-half months from instituting the lawsuit to the final resolution.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing the nation's laws prohibiting employment discrimination. The EEOC's Phoenix District Office has jurisdiction for Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and part of New Mexico (including Albuquerque). Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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A Warm Welcome
There are so many ways you can welcome someone home.
You could do it "sincerely:"
You could do it musically:
You could add an extremely specific qualifier:
You could also rant about the bakery's poor spelling skills...
(Isn't it ironic? Don'cha think?)
...times "sevan":
Or - my personal favorite - you could leave a note on the counter for the travelers to find around 11pm after spending 9+ hours driving through tornado warnings and stopped holiday traffic and harrowing accident-filled highways on the way home from Dragon*Con. That way, they can stagger through the door, drop their many bags, and gaze with wonder and appreciation at your thoughtful missive:
So sleep tight, y'hear?
Thanks to Loretta, Tess S., Val D., Gini M., Lisa P., Courtney S., and to John's mother, Mum, without whom this post would not have been possible, since I might have been sleeping tonight instead of writing it. Must. Stay. Awake. [twitch] WHAT WAS THAT? DID YOU HEAR THAT? DID SOMETHING JUST BUZZ?!


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Sadie sent me an email:
Would you post this and ask your clever and knowledgeable readers to answer mine or Dirty Harry's question: Well, do you feel Lucky. Well do ya, Punk?
I am not feeling warm and fuzzy. Admission: I am warm enough, but very fuzzy on details about internal drones because DHS hasn't explained the purchase of 450 million hollow-point bullets (they're the type of bullets that expand after entry). Show and tell video below.
California is searching for Christopher Dorner, who has murdered 3 people already and has a "kill list". The administration has a "kill list" as well, which is only geared towards Americans on foreign soil, along with foreign jihadists/Al Qaida. Add to the mix that Congress approved the use of 30,000 drones by 2020 within our borders.I can see the program's usefulness in apprehending Dorner, but ….
It's not as if the electorate was asked if an internal drone program is a good/bad idea. Is it?
The Federal Aviation Administration has finally released a new drone authorization list. This list, released in response to EFF's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit, includes law enforcement agencies and universities across the country, and—for the first time—an Indian tribal agency. In all, the list includes more than 20 new entities over the FAA's original list, bringing to 81 the total number of public entities that have applied for FAA drone authorizations through October 2012.


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Projectors for Imperfect Rooms
I've been covering video projection since the early 1990s, but last week was the first time I walked into a product display and had a hard time figuring out which projector was showing which picture.
In its showcase of new products last week at Stewart Filmscreen, Display Development showed that it can deliver bright projected pictures in situations that most other projection companies couldn't cope with. Every projector was positioned at some weird angle to its screen—but every picture looked really good.
When we first encountered Display Development last year, it was a start-up seeking to deliver projected pictures as bright as the images seen on flat-panel TVs. Only a year later, it seems poised to become one of the largest players in high-end video projection — if it isn't already.
Company co-founder Jim Burns told me that his company has taken over U.S. distribution of Projectiondesign. Projectiondesign is a Norwegian company known as an actual manufacturer (as opposed to rebrander) of high-end video projectors. Display Development will be working with projectiondesign in its development of Avielo-branded products for the residential North American market, and will continue to sell projectors bearing the Display Development brand."
The most interesting projector Burns showed was the $45,000 Display Development IW4, a vertically oriented projector designed to be installed inside a wall. The projector points straight up, and its image reflects 90 degrees off a small, adjustable mirror. All you see is a small glass port in the wall — and a big, bright, great-looking picture. If you wish, the port can be concealed, James-Bond-villain style, by a motorized, moving piece of artwork. The IW4 and the $55,000 IW3 fit into an 8.5-inch-thick wall, between 30-inch-on-center studs. Both projectors include an integral, powered ventilation system.
Burns emphasized the projectors' dual-lamp design, which gives them a hellaciously bright picture. The IW3 is rated at 8,000 lumens, and the IW4 will come in around 6,000 lumens, he said, noting that the IW4 on display was putting out about 45 footlamberts on a 10-foot perforated screen. Compare that to about 16 footlamberts for a typical home theater projector in a dark environment.
"The customer's reference these days isn't a movie theater or a home theater projector, it's a Samsung flat-panel TV," Burns said. "Customers expect a video display to have that bright picture, and in a room where you have lights on, you need it."
Stewart Filmscreen sales VP Joaquin Rivera agreed. "Most of our customers don't watch movies with all the lights out," he said. "Sometimes they're doing other things while they watch the movie, and they may have kids running around, so they want a projector that will give them a great picture even when the lights are up a bit."
The other projector that grabbed my eye was the Optix SuperWide 235, a new version of the original Optix we reviewed a while back. The SuperWide 235 is equipped with a native 2.35:1 Texas Instruments DLP chip, so it can do constant-height ultrawidescreen projection without the use of an aftermarket anamorphic lens or a servo-driven zoom lens with setting memories. (This isn't new — Projectiondesign launched the first DLP projector with native 2.35:1 a while back.) Like the other projectors on display, the SuperWide 235 was set at an ostentatiously weird angle to the screen to show off how it can deliver a great picture even when optimal mounting is impossible. By using dual color wheels, it practically eliminates the color fringing common to single-chip DLP projectors. And on the 14-foot-wide, 2.35:1 Stewart StudioTek 130 screen, the picture really popped even when the room lights were turned up a little.
"By providing projectors that will work where most won't, we give the customer the option of a big-screen projection system in a place where they'd normally have to use something much smaller," Burns summed up. "So we're saving the world from crappy flat-screens."


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Match fixing probe finds 380 suspect games
European police are investigating claims of match-fixing in relation to 380 games and 425 players, officials and other individuals.
Europol has revealed that 380 football matches across the globe are under suspicion of match fixing, following a lengthy investigation into what it considers a criminal network within the sport.
A total of 425 players, officials and other individuals are suspected of being involved in an organized crime syndicate based in Asia, which is thought to have been organizing the operation to rig the results of matches.
Rob Wainwright, director of Europol, says the allegations included two Champions League fixtures, one of which was played in England in the last two or three years, though they did not name the matches in question.
"This is the work of a suspected organized crime syndicate based in Asia and operated with criminal networks around Europe," he told a press conference in Netherlands. "It is clear to us this is the biggest-ever investigation into suspected match fixing in Europe. It has yielded major results which we think have uncovered a big problem for the integrity of football in Europe.
"We have uncovered an extensive criminal network."
Criminals wagered 16 million euros on fixed matches and recorded an 8 million euro profit, the investigation has revealed.
Payments of 2 million euros have been made to those involved in the scheme, with the biggest single sum to an individual totaling 140,000 euros.
The Asia-based syndicate is believed to have liaised with criminal networks throughout Europe, with match-fixing believed to have occurred in 15 different countries.
Friedhelm Althans from Bochum Police, Germany, and a spokesperson for JIT Veto, said: "We have evidence for 150 of these cases and the operations were run out of Singapore with bribes of up to 100,000 euros paid per match. Even two World Cup qualifiers in Africa and one in Central America are under suspicion."
So far, 50 people have been arrested, with officials stating their concern that the news was simply "the tip of the iceberg".
Wainwright said that Europol's findings would be shared with UEFA president Michel Platini, adding: "This is a sad day for European football and more evidence of the corrupting influence in society of organized crime. But this investigation also proves the value of international police co-operation in fighting back against the criminals involved.
"Europol and its law enforcement partners are committed to pursuing serious criminals wherever they operate. Unfortunately this also now includes the world of football, where illegal profits are made on a scale and in a way that threatens the very fabric of the game.
"All those responsible for running football should heed the warnings found in this case."


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About arrow101
sorry but the movies from 20 years are just REMADE as the movies of TODAY
focus on STORY
and stop using fake special FX they look like crap a few years later
Hollywood is really pretty lame
and big content is dwarfed in revenue when compared to TECH
will the Olympic asylum seekers receive the same rebuke from the UK home office?
because shotguns defend so well against drones and smart bombs...
you wont even hear the apache helicopters until they are on top of your position nitwit :)
srsly goog fanboys destroy your android phones
because these chumps are not "OPEN" nor "Do No Evil"
its bad enough they are censoring your search results
and scanning all your emails to better sell you advertising
if we cant stop the file traders,
then we will stop the guitar manufactures from making the instruments !!
now clearly using 30 swat team police is "overkill" for the investigation, and I completely agree in the excessive use of force
however why the hell is gibson using endangered tree stock from halfway around the world
this isnt green
this isnt carbon neutral
this is killing trees and exploiting them from 2nd world markets
my father is a 4th generation wood worker and craftsman, he certainly taught me the value of sourcing local wood for projects.
Shame Gibson, Shame
I'll stick to Rickenbacker and Fender axes.
why dont the artists just download a copy of the songs, like everyone else does...
stupid hippies
oh thats right the Luddites had the same argument
where art thou now Luddite ?
adapt or die
lets kills BMI ASCAP SESAC and GEMA while we're at it...
bunch of leeches
An elephant stands on a platform supported by a beam. If you need a beam four inches thick to support an elephant six feet tall, how thick a beam do you need to support a ten-foot elephant?
what material is the beam made out of ? its compression and flexibility are completely variable. steel? bamboo? titanium? oak? mahogany? koa?
A pizzeria takes telephone orders. Taking one order takes one minute. During peak hours, the telephone is silent for an average of two minutes between orders. How many orders are lost during peak hours because the phone's busy?
when a pizza place is busy usually the phone monkey has to help make pizza's too. How fast does the oven bake the pizzas is really what your asking...
Which gets heatstroke faster, a large short-haired dog, or a small long-haired dog?
neither if they live in the arctic, but their poor paws will freeze.
here's a thought
stop listening and supporting major label crap
yes I said it
No More
its all crap!
I found algebra annoying in school
I was amazing at geometry and
Calculus was totally pointless
I would have loved Stats, Logic, and Finance classes
I dropped out of highschool mostly from the 8am Calculus class and the substandard reading list, I was tearing through Shakespeare, Milton, and Dostoevsky while English class was stuck reading the Great Gatsby...
luckily I clawed my way into Fortune 100 Technology Company
and no I didnt go to college or carry any stupid student debt
copying is not illegal, the text on this webpage was copied from a server to your computer....
intelectual copyright is broken, by the internet
the genie is out of the bottle
these are merely echoes of its impending demise
or the fact the lobbied the state of NC to make municipal fiber illegal, after the town of Wilson distributed their own cheaper network connection to the web


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Petraeus agrees to testify on Libya before congressional committees — Former CIA Director David Petraeus has agreed to testify about the Libya terror attack before the House and Senate intelligence committees, Fox News has learned. — Petraeus had originally been scheduled to testify …
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Hard questions await Obama at news conference — This is not what the White House wanted for President Barack Obama's first news conference of his second term. — He won't be able to dwell much on his stronger-than-expected victory or even press his agenda for the next four years.
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Forget the gossip: Focus on Benghazi
Forget the gossip: Focus on Benghazi
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Obama to open 'fiscal cliff' talks with call for $1.6T in new revenues
Obama to open 'fiscal cliff' talks with call for $1.6T in new revenues
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"Petraeus agrees to testify on Libya before congressional committees"
"Petraeus agrees to testify on Libya before congressional committees"
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Sex, Lies, and Benghazi
Sex, Lies, and Benghazi
Erika Johnsen / Hot Air: Carney: Obama "wasn't pleased" with Petraeus scandal when he found out, just after the election
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Obama Sets Steep Tax Target
Obama Sets Steep Tax Target
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FBI investigating how Petraeus biographer Broadwell obtained classified files
FBI investigating how Petraeus biographer Broadwell obtained classified files
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Matthew Miller / Politico: FBI handled David Petraeus probe correctly
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Chuck Klosterman / Grantland: Did I accidentally force David Petraeus to resign? No. Do people believe I did? Maybe.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
David Petraeus will testify on Benghazi
David Petraeus will testify on Benghazi
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Petraeus to testify on Benghazi
Petraeus to testify on Benghazi
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Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari killed by Israeli strike — LIVE BLOG: Israel strikes more than 20 targets in Gaza, killing Ahmed Jabari, who was behind the 2006 abduction of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit; IDF says ready for ground operation in Gaza if necessary; Hamas …
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Lee Smith / Weekly Standard: Israel Takes Out Top Terrorist
Olga Khazan / WorldViews: Israel army says Jabari had 'blood on his hands'
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit: Ka-Boom... Israeli Airstrike Kills Leader of Hamas Military Wing (Video)
Fares Akram / New York Times:
Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills the Military Leader of Hamas
Israeli Strike in Gaza Kills the Military Leader of Hamas
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Nidal al-Mughrabi / Reuters:
Israel launches Gaza offensive, kills Hamas commander
Israel launches Gaza offensive, kills Hamas commander
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Hamas military chief killed in Gaza air strike
Hamas military chief killed in Gaza air strike
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IDF Begins Widespread Campaign on Terror Targets in the Gaza Strip
IDF Begins Widespread Campaign on Terror Targets in the Gaza Strip
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Carl / Israel Matzav: Breaking: IDF hitting terror sites in Gaza (UPDATED WITH PICTURE OF CAR SWARM)
Yaakov Lappin / Jerusalem Post: Israeli air strike kills Hamas military chief Jabari
ZIP / Weasel Zippers: Israel Announces Military Campaign In Gaza, Warehouse With Stockpile Of Iranian-Supplied Fajr Missiles Struck...
Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. / The Jawa Report: Israel Kills Head of Hamas Military Wing in Gaza
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Jill Kelley claims 'honorary' diplomatic status — Jill Kelley, the woman at the center of scandals swirling around Gens. David Petraeus and John Allen, tried to invoke what she claimed was honorary diplomatic status in a 911 call complaining about trespassers on her lawn.
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"Social liaison" Jill Kelley: How did she get that title? And what does it mean?
"Social liaison" Jill Kelley: How did she get that title? And what does it mean?
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Jon Swaine / Telegraph: David Petraeus affair: Florida twins courted generals and racked up millions in debt
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Sources: Paula Broadwell warned Gen. Allen against "seductress" Jill Kelley
Sources: Paula Broadwell warned Gen. Allen against "seductress" Jill Kelley
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite: CNN Analyst Takes Gen. John Allen's Possible Use Of 'Sweetheart' Very Seriously
Kim Bhasin / Business Insider: It Was An Anonymous Email From Petraeus Mistress Paula Broadwell That Pulled General Allen Into The Scandal
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Tampa Social Scene at Center of Petraeus Scandal
Tampa Social Scene at Center of Petraeus Scandal
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Jill Kelley is an 'honorary consul' of South Korea
Jill Kelley is an 'honorary consul' of South Korea
Henry Blodget / Business Insider: Jill Kelley Is An 'Honorary Consul' Of Korea And Thinks She Has Diplomatic Immunity
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Woman 'denied a termination' dies in hospital — Two investigations are under way into the death of a woman who was 17 weeks pregnant, at University Hospital Galway last month. — Savita Halappanavar (31), a dentist, presented with back pain at the hospital on October 21st …
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Kathy Kattenburg / The Agonist: Hindu Woman in Ireland Denied Emergency Abortion, Dies
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We Are All Savita Halappanavar: Catholic Hospital in Ireland Denies Woman Life-Saving Abortion
We Are All Savita Halappanavar: Catholic Hospital in Ireland Denies Woman Life-Saving Abortion
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Nancy Pelosi to stay on as House minority leader
Nancy Pelosi to stay on as House minority leader
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Ryan Sees Urban Vote as Reason G.O.P. Lost — WASHINGTON — As Representative Paul D. Ryan casts about to find an explanation for the defeat of the Republican presidential ticket, on which he was Mitt Romney's running mate, he is looking to the nation's big cities for answers.
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Misreading Election 2012 — The GOP might be out of step with some voters, but Mitt Romney was an unusually unpopular party standard-bearer. — Postelection talk of "lessons learned" is often exaggerated and misleading, and so it is in 2012. — A week after President Obama won re-election, two themes are dominant.
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice: Quote of the Day: "Americans Remain Moderate" Says Pew Research Center's Kohut
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Betsy Newmark / Betsy's Page: Cruising the Web — It's quite a shame that we don't have exit polling from Texas.
Donald Douglas / American Power: The Current American Electorate Is Hardly Stacked Against the Republican Party
Almost 1K ballots found in Broward elections warehouse — LAUDERHILL, Fla. (WSVN) — Nearly a thousand ballots that were not included in Florida's final count have been found in a warehouse in Broward County. — Tuesday morning and into the night, there was a buzz of activity …
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Wisconsin Lawmakers Seek To Arrest Officials Who Implement Obamacare — Even though House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has acknowledged that Obamacare is the "law of the land," nine state lawmakers in Wisconsin are hoping to ensure that President Obama's health reform law won't ever be implemented in their state.
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Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
9 lawmakers want to charge U.S. officials who implement Obamacare
9 lawmakers want to charge U.S. officials who implement Obamacare
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Majority Supports Path to Citizenship; Greater Division on Other Social Issues — Most Americans support a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, an issue that may be high on the agenda of newly re-elected President Obama and the 113th Congress, given the increased importance of nonwhites …
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Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider: Support For Legalizing Marijuana Hits A Record Level In A New Poll
Kevin Robillard / Arizona Republic: FONT: — POLITICO.com — Americans overwhelmingly support …
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Majority Of Americans Support Path To Citizenship For Illegal Immigrants
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Poll: Majority of Americans support gay marriage
Poll: Majority of Americans support gay marriage
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Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Majority Support For Same-Sex Marriage Remains Solid
David Martosko / The Daily Caller:
White House 'secede' petitions reach 675,000 signatures, 50-state participation — Less than a week after a New Orleans suburbanite petitioned the White House to allow Louisiana to secede from the United States, petitions from seven states have collected enough signatures to trigger a promised review from the Obama administration.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly: The Secessionist Boom
Jeff G. / protein wisdom: "White House 'secede' petitions reach 675,000 signatures, 50-state participation"
Chris / AMERICAblog: New White House petition: Lose citizenship, face exile if you sign for secession
petitions.whitehouse.gov: Peacefully grant the city of Austin Texas to withdraw from the state of Texas & remain part of the United States.
Cara Maresca / msnbc.com: If Texas secedes, Austin wants out of Lone Star State
William Teach / Pirate's Cove: Secede Petitions Cover All 50 States, Over 660K Signatures
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite: Texas Nationalist Movement President Outlines Secession Goals On Hannity
Angus King to caucus with Democrats — (CNN) - Maine's independent senator-elect announced Wednesday he would caucus with Democrats, giving the party a ten-vote advantage over Republicans in the upper chamber. — Angus King made the announcement Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol …
Discussion: American Prospect, Politico, Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
Jamelle Bouie / American Prospect: Give It Up, John Kerry
Manu Raju / Politico: Angus King joins Democrats
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway: Maine's Angus King To Caucus With Democrats
Joan McCarter / Daily Kos: Angus King to caucus with Senate Democrats
A Mormon Reporter On The Romney Bus — On the night of the South Carolina Republican primary in January, I sat near the front of a dark campaign press bus, and listened to reporters talk about Mitt Romney's underwear. — Earlier in the day, one of them had happened upon the candidate …
Discussion: GOP 12 and Capital New York, more at Mediagazer »
Christian Heinze / GOP 12: What did Romney's run do for Mormonism?
Joe Pompeo / Capital New York: John Huey to leave top spot at Time Inc.; Times union makes a deal with management
Sean Kinney / MiamiHerald.com:
Death of Key West man linked to Obama's reelection — A Key West man who told his partner that "if Barack gets re-elected, I'm not going to be around" was found dead on Nov. 8, with the words "F— Obama!" scrawled on his will and two empty prescription bottles nearby.
Discussion: Mediaite, New York Magazine, Gawker and The Raw Story
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite: Florida Man Commits Suicide Over Obama Re-Election, Wrote 'F**k Obama' In Will
Neetzan Zimmerman / Gawker: Florida Man Angry Over Election Results Writes 'F**k Obama' on His Will Before Taking His Own Life
Pete Wells / New York Times:
Restaurant Review: Guy's American Kitchen & Bar in Times Square — GUY FIERI, have you eaten at your new restaurant in Times Square? Have you pulled up one of the 500 seats at Guy's American Kitchen & Bar and ordered a meal? Did you eat the food? Did it live up to your expectations?
Discussion: Weekly Standard, The Greenroom, Poynter, The Seattle Times, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Gawker and Gothamist, more at Mediagazer »
Victorino Matus / Weekly Standard: Killer Review — Let me preface this item by saying I am …
Allahpundit / The Greenroom: Report: Guy Fieri's restaurant exactly as good as you'd expect it to be
Mallary Jean Tenore / Poynter: Why did Pete Wells review Guy Fieri's restaurant as a series of questions?
Rebekah Denn / The Seattle Times: The most brutal restaurant review on the Internet
Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns & Money: Great Hatchet Jobs In History
Taylor Berman / Gawker: Here Are Some of the Better Lines From the New York Times' Sort of Funny Review of Guy Fieri's New Restaurant
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Thursday, December 11, 2014
What's the threshold for a minority or majority government?
Let's take a look at this for all three parties. But first, a few words about how I came to these calculations. I started with the current averages and then uniformly lowered or raised each party's support in each region of the country. I based my adjustments on EKOS Research's last 'second choice' poll as follows:
For every one point gained by the Conservatives, 0.7 points were subtracted from the Liberals and 0.3 points from the NDP (in Quebec, the Bloc was subtracted 0.1 point and the NDP 0.2 points). For every one point gained by the Liberals, 0.6 points were subtracted from the NDP, 0.3 points from the Conservatives, and 0.1 point from the Greens (in Quebec, the Bloc was subtracted 0.1 point instead of the Greens). For every one point gained by the New Democrats, 0.7 points were subtracted from the Liberals, 0.2 points from the Conservatives, and 0.1 point from the Greens (in Quebec, it was 0.6 points from the Liberals, 0.3 points from the Bloc, and 0.1 point from the Conservatives).
We'll start with the Conservatives, who have the most efficient vote of the three parties.
The party won a majority governing in 2011 with 39.6% of the vote, but it could manage the feat with a little less. With 38.1% support against 30.3% for the Liberals and 20.7% for the NDP, the Conservatives could reach the magic 169 number and form a majority government. The Liberals would take 102 seats and the NDP would win 64.
This assumes, roughly speaking, that the Conservatives have 63% support in Alberta, 45% support in the Prairies, 42% support in Ontario, 38% support in British Columbia, 30% support in Atlantic Canada, and 22% support in Quebec. This is with a uniform swing of the vote, though. The Conservatives could probably win a majority with even less of the vote if, say, they took a greater share in British Columbia and a lot less in Quebec.
Now to the Liberals, who find themselves needing more votes than the Conservatives to come out ahead in the seat count, or to obtain a majority government.
To reach the majority threshold, however, the Liberals need the NDP vote to drop much further. With 41.5% support to 29.9% for the Conservatives, the Liberals would take 172 seats and leave 118 for the Tories. The NDP, down to 18.3% of the vote, would take 44 seats.
Of course, the Liberals could also benefit from the Conservatives dropping much further below 30% than this, but we're working from current polling levels.
Regionally, the majority threshold awards 59% of the vote to the Liberals in Atlantic Canada, 45% in Ontario, 40% in the Prairies, 39% in Quebec, 38% in British Columbia, and 30% in Alberta. Here again, there could be a more efficient way to reach the majority threshold by, say, taking more of the vote in Ontario and a lot less in Alberta and the Prairies.
Finally, the New Democrats. Because of their advantage in Quebec (akin to the Conservatives' advantage in the West), the NDP can reach the plurality threshold with less of the vote than the Liberals, But they need more of it to reach majority territory.
At the majority threshold, the NDP needs to be at 42.5% of the vote nationwide. The Conservatives would be at 28.1%, but the Liberals need to sink to about the same level of support they had in 2011, with 20.5%. The Greens need to do worse than 2011, while the Bloc vote is cut in half. With these numbers, the NDP takes 172 seats to 100 for the Conservatives and 65 for the Liberals.
The NDP would take 49% of the vote in Quebec, 46% in British Columbia, 41% in the Prairies, 40% in Ontario, 40% in Atlantic Canada, and 34% in Alberta. The NDP's support is more uniform than the other parties, with the six regions differing by no more than 15 points. That range is 29 points for the Liberals and 41 for the Conservatives.
What about the Greens and the Bloc? Their immediate goal should be to achieve official party status, or 12 seats. The Bloc can reach that level quite easily due to vote splits with around 21% support in Quebec, if the NDP drops to 27% and the Liberals to 32%.
For the Greens, it is much more difficult and, to be honest, the model gets a little wonky once we start trying to extrapolate for this party. But the Greens would win their 12 seats with 18% support nationwide, with the Conservatives at 31%, the Liberals at 29%, and the NDP at 16%.
But just how plausible are the thresholds for the major parties? We've seen the Liberals and Conservatives at the plurality level in many polls recently, but the majority threshold has been harder to achieve.
(Note: the numbers above don't add up to the total number of polls because in some cases no party would have reached the minimum thresholds. For instance, if the Liberals were at 34% and the Conservatives at 31%. Obviously, some party would win a plurality in those cases but the numbers above are in terms of the threshold, which can be considered the level of support where winning a plurality/majority would be very likely.)
There have been 175 federal polls conducted since the 2011 election, and 42 in 2014 alone. The Conservatives have hit the plurality threshold in 93 of those polls (53%), but only in nine of them in 2014 (21%). The party reached the majority threshold in 11 polls, but the last time that happened was in January 2012, almost three years ago.
The Liberals have been above the plurality level in 37 polls since 2011 (21%), but 22 of them have been in 2014 (or 52% of those held this year). The majority threshold has only been hit three times, however, and all in polls by Forum Research (the firm that routinely has the party highest). Only once was that majority threshold reached in 2014.
For the New Democrats, the plurality threshold was reached in 19 polls since 2011 (11%), but these were all in the period between March and September 2012. The party never hit the majority threshold in polls conducted since the last election, and perhaps never before that either.
This little exercise does show how difficult it will be for the parties to secure a majority government in 2015. The Conservatives clearly have the easiest path, but it has been a very long time since the party has been that strong in the polls (and that was at a time when the future of the Liberals was still in question and the NDP was leaderless). The Liberals could conceivably reach the majority level if the campaign goes very well for them, but it would be a tall order. A majority for the NDP seems out of the question.
A plurality for any of the parties would be easier to achieve, of course, with the Conservatives having the easiest route. The Liberals could pull more seats out of fewer votes than estimated here if their support proves to be more efficient than expected in places like Quebec. Nevertheless, they likely need to win by a relatively comfortable margin to come out ahead in the seat count. The New Democrats have it within their reach if the Liberals falter on the campaign trail, but it would require virtually all of that lost Liberal support to go their way, rather than towards the Conservatives.
At this rate, I'd bet on no party obtaining a majority in 2015 - but that is about it.
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After that exercise perhaps you could answer:ReplyDelete
How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?
Using EKOS 2nd choice poll ?
Using polls that are 3 years old to try to display the threshold probability.
there were no polls of the 22 taken within 2 weeks of the last election that had the CPC exceed the Majority threshold you established and yet there is in fact a majority.
Over the same time period 5 polls called for a NDP plurality along with a CPC plurality in the same poll.
As you seem to be looking for in-direct applications of polls how would you like to interpret the political impact of the Leger poll that says that only 12% of Canadians are willing to spend $1500/ year.ReplyDelete
This is the cost of proposals of two environmentalist groups, Équiterre and Vivre en ville.
In terms of environmental impact for the province of Quebec, despite the magnitude of the sums in play, total oil consumption would only be reduced by 20% and GHG emissions would fall by just 12%.
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The Conservatives need not a plurality, but a majority in order to govern past the next election. There is no way that the Conservatives will be able to govern without the party having a majority. A lot has changed from the 2006 to 2011 period. Stephen Harper and his circle knows that.ReplyDelete
Last time the Conservatives were polling in majority territory, the government was still in a honeymoon phase after winning a majority and were facing a leaderless NDP and Liberal Party in disarray.
- Anonymous11 December, 2014 15:40
There's a strong rationale for proportional representation here - how can our votes be equal if they're not equally "efficient"?ReplyDelete
What's the history on parties winning a plurality without winning the popular vote? It seems like a very large gap needed before the Liberals win a plurality, but I can't think of this ever happening before. And I imagine most Canadians would be up in arms about how undemocratic it is if it did happen.ReplyDelete
Basically, I'm wondering if this high bar to a liberal victory is a result of your model, as opposed to a likely election outcome.Replies
The last time was 1979, when the PCs won 136 seats with 36% of the vote and the Liberals won 114 seats with 40%.Delete
Prior to that, it happened in 1957, 1926, and 1891.
The fact of the matter is that very close popular vote results are not all that common, so this aspect of the FPTP system hasn't been tested that much. A gap of five points or less between the two major parties has happened four times since WWII, and two of those were in 1957 and 1979.
Provincially it's happened more recently than 1979. In Quebec, Charest as Liberal leader the first time around became the Leader of the Official Opposition even though he won the popular vote. In fact the PQ got a majority thanks to Quebec (practically) being a 2 party province then, save for Mario Dumont's then-fledgling ADQ. Even more recently who can forgot Al Gore losing the Presidency thanks to Florida, despite winning the popular vote in 2000...and the denied recount which would have almost certainly made him the president instead of the clown the US ended up with...it sure helps having your brother a Governor eh! America and the world would sure be a different place today had Gore won.Delete
Seeing what Gore has become since, I think we can safely agree that Bush was a blessing.Delete
However, He still won the election as the Democrats were advocating selective recounts in Democratic strongholds.
I believe no party will get a majority..My money is betting large on a Justin Trudeau minority Government.ReplyDelete
The public has seen Stephen Harper`s majority in action, they don`t like it, public it about to take away the car keys from Harper..
If Stephen Harper manages a whisker thin minority Government.....Harper can`t govern in a minority, his plans get flushed down the toilet..
Expect a February 2015 snap-election call....Followed by another election in the fall of 2015.
People have also now witnessed young Trudeau's leadership for the better part of two years and he has been unable to provide the Liberals with a solid lead, meaningful policies, plan or reason for governing. Don't expect miracles from an unproven leader, if Justin can't place the Liberals in government territory before an election he's unlikely to boost the Liberals into "governing polling range" during a campaign.Delete
Aside from Liberal smears that people "don't like Harper" (whatever that means?) Canadians respect the man and appreciate the honest and well governed administration he has provided. Canadians may not love Harper but, they respect his abilities, the same can not be said about Trudeau.
The other Liberal myth that Harper can not govern with a minority is absolute nonsense-never mind the fact Harper was prime minister through two minority parliaments! Harper as prime minister will remain as prime minister until defeated on a confidence motion, at which point the Crown will either appoint a new PM or call an election. If the numbers remain where they stand today Tories; 133, Grits 128, NDP 74 I don't see much incentive for either the Liberals or NDP to prop up the other in government. For the NDP it would mean returning to third party status and for the Liberals it would mean abdicating their traditional governing party status and giving the NDP governing party legitimacy. Then of course is the question of whether Trudeau can govern without senators? How can the Crown appoint a man who does not believe in party senators? How will Trudeau introduce legislation without the willingness to appoint government senators? The Crown may very well wish to avoid the impending constitutional crisis constructed by young Trudeau and appoint a PM with a clear plan; either Mulcair who favours abolition or Harper who has senators and favours reform.
And this is why I like FPTP - it's vastly more likely to produce majority governments.ReplyDelete
For examples of oddity, I'd point to the 1921 Alberta provincial election. There, the Liberals won the popular vote 34-29 over the UFA, but the UFA won a majority.Replies
Majority governments are undemocratic.Delete
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Is that a good thing Ira? Lol.Delete
PR produces majority governments more often than FPTP has for Canada though. They're majority coalitions. The phrase you're looking for is a single party majority government.
People who think majority governments are not democratic are not democrats themselves.Delete
The fact of the matter is there needs to be a mechanism for society to decide questions and majority rule is the best and most logical way to do so. In parliamentary systems with PR parliamentary votes are still decided by majority vote. If questions were note decided by majority nothing would ever be resolved
From Eric's work it would seem in 2014 it is to be a Liberal majority !!ReplyDeleteReplies
unfortunately for you, the election will be in 2015, not this year... ;~)Delete
As per Eric's analysis above only 1 poll gave the Liberals a majority, 22 gave Liberals a plurality a 9 gave the Tories a plurality therefore, 1/32 polls predicted a Liberal majority. I would suggest revising your statement above as it is incorrect.
Pick many nits chimurenga ???Delete
Interesting article, but what about a study in all those close ridings discribing the probabilities of winning for each party?ReplyDelete
Interesting to see. I'd also wonder how the UK's three-way swingometer model would work in Canada?ReplyDelete
Excellent analysis. But once again, I must point out that the seat threshold for a majority (50%+1) in the new 338-seat parliament is 170 seats, not 169.ReplyDeleteReplies
With a Speaker from one of the opposition parties, you could have a majority government with 169 MPs.Delete
Eric and Nicholas,Delete
In theory an evenly divided House with the Speaker from the opposition would provide a 1 seat majority for the Government, however, I suspect an opposition M.P. in such a scenario would be prevented from running by his party and cross the floor providing the Government with a two seat majority. This is a good time to remind everyone that in the case of an evenly divided House the Speaker votes in the affirmative to continue debate but against the final enactment of bills (3rd reading).
The opposition parties are unlikely to go along with that for that very reason though.Delete
That's true and in the event of a tie, "parliamentary tradition" dictates that the speaker votes with governing party, even if they're a member of the opposition. Didn't Milliken (a Liberal) side with the then-minority Conservatives on a tie vote of confidence?Delete
Convention does not dictate the Speaker vote with the governing party. Speaker Denison's rule which governs the behaviour of the Speaker in the case of a tie stipulates the Speaker votes in the affirmative to carry on debate but, against implementation of bills (3rd reading) and confidence motions.
Speaker Denison's rule means that the Speaker votes in favour of opposition motions at first and second reading. Therefore, one can not say the Speaker "votes with the governing party".
The trouble for Harper is its majority or bust. So long as Liberal+NDP+FeD+Green>Conservatve+Bloc, the Conservatives will lose their throne speech, and the Liberals+NDP+FeD+Greens will send letters to the Governor General saying they have the numbers to form a government with the confidence of parliament. The best the Conservatives can do at that point is prolong the inevitable by proroguing.ReplyDelete
The other parties cannot support a Conservative government at this point. The well has be poisoned too many times, and if Trudeau or Mulcair tried to prop up Harper, they'd be lynched by their own supporters.Replies
I think the CPC knows they need another majority, or a badly weakened opposition party (some serious scandal befalling the Libs or NDP to prevent the other from publicly cooperating) in order to win.Delete
I'm sure a majorty is the goal, as it was last time.
And CPC support appears to be rising. They're consistently polling now at about 33, a level they haven't seen consistently since 2012.
Government formation does not work the way your comment implies. It would be inappropriate for opposition leaders to offer unsolicited advice to the Crown and it would be unconstitutional for the Crown to act on that unsolicited advice! As the two previous attempts at unsolicited advice demonstrate the Crown rightly ignores such letters and advice. If the Government is defeated on the Throne speech the GG will either invite another party leader to form government or dissolve the House. Since, Trudeau foolishly dismissed his senators the GG may recognise Trudeau can not guarantee supply and call an election.
The majority or bust theory is risible. Never mind that Harper is Canada's longest serving minority parliament PM! Harper more than any PM in recent history has demonstrated he can work with other parties to get his agenda passed while governing on behalf of all Canadians.Delete
Fundamentally the majority or bust theory rests on a strange presumption: it is in the best interest of the NDP to prop up a Liberal minority and vice versa. Why would the NDP whose main competition is the Liberal party wish to strengthen their opponents hand? If the NDP is to repeat the success of Labour in the UK (this has been the main goal of the NDP for most of their history) they know Liberal instability is their best bet. The Liberals will not be reduced to a minor party in the course of a single election, but, like in the UK through successive elections close together. The NDP will want to keep the Liberals off balance so they don't have time to regroup or prepare for the next election.Propping up a Liberal minority would give Justin Trudeau and Liberal major party status by default and revert the NDP to third party status.
Why would the NDP or Liberals wish to be a junior partner? The UK experience is less than optimistic for the junior partner. More importantly why would the Liberal party give "government legitimacy" to the NDP? To do so would create two left-of-centre governing parties. A split centre-left vote is a recipe for continued Tory government. To enter into coalition would be to admit the Liberal party is no longer a majority government or national party.
The biggest obstacle to the majority or bust theory are the Liberal party and the NDP.
Your Conservative majority scenario has them at 169 seats, and against 164 for the Liberals + NDP. I'd like to see the numbers that generate 163 Conservatives and 170 Liberals + NDP, since that's the threshold to boot Harper out of office.ReplyDelete
163 Cons 100 NDP and 70 Liberals means a Cons minority Government..... or the end of the Liberal Party of Canada and the other party have to worry about extinction.
If a vote for the Liberals actually mean a vote for Mulcair to be PM.
The Ontario NDP and Liberals .... with basically a NDP budget couldn't hold together a coalition.
For Trudeau or Mulcair to become PM one of their parties would have to come at least within 10 of the Cons in the number of seats.
this exercise is just mathematically wrong--ReplyDelete
The Cons level for plurality is 31% the NDP is 33%
so based on the last election results with the Cons at 39.6% and the NDP at 30.6 %
so if the NDP gets an extra 3 % from say the Liberals... the Cons could have a majority in this model but the NDP would be over the % that they would have a plurality.Replies
The model assumes that whatever party one is looking at has a plurality ergo, 31% produces a Conservative minority if the Liberals receive no more than 35.2% and the NDP no more than 21.6% of the popular vote.Delete
I don't think the exercise is mathematically wrong but, it is based on assumptions. For instance Eric; "uniformly lowered or raised each party's support in each region of the country". So, if the Tories garnered 80% of the Alberta vote that 31% number would be unlikely to give them a plurality. The exercise is not mathematically wrong but, it does have certain limitations. What is does show is the approximate popular vote needed for a plurality of majority government by party.
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Maine's Farnsworth Museum to exhibit Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent works from Monhegan
ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) � The Farnsworth Art Museum is getting set to launch an exhibition featuring works from Jamie Wyeth and the late Rockwell Kent that were done on Maine's Monhegan Island.
The exhibition at the Rockland museum will run from May 12 to Dec. 30.
Rockwell Kent, who died in 1971, lived on Monhegan for a number of years as a young man more than a century ago, producing highly acclaimed paintings of the island.
Jamie Wyeth first visited Monhegan in the 1950s with his father, the late Andrew Wyeth, and has continued to paint there ever since. Wyeth in time bought the first home and studio that Kent owned on the island, as well as several of his paintings.
The works will be exhibited in the museum's Wyeth Center.