pre-cap

Here is the episode pre-cap, or description from the ABC press release:

FlashForward Retruns March 18th with 'Revelation Zero' 2010

Now that would make a great television event – a 2-hour pre-cap, that would show us Rossum and the Dollhouse in the first 2 seasons and where it all leads – the final few hours of TV Apocalyptic Epitath.

Dollhouse Series Finale: Epitath Two 2010

As explained in a follow-up email at 4:40 pm on Wednesday afternoon, government policy, as outlined in the Budget Implementation Act, specified an eligibility criterion that was different than the pre-cap equalization criterion that was assumed in my presentation.

Wade Locke's latest analysis Ed Hollett 2007

On the afternoon of the presentation, at approximately 2:00 pm, I was contacted by telephone by officials from Finance Canada to explain that the eligibility criterion for the Atlantic Accord that was contained the Budget Implementation Act, 2007 was not pre-cap equalization as I had assumed in my presentation.

Wade Locke's latest analysis Ed Hollett 2007

Response #1: Your assumption is correct; it is the pre-cap equalization amounts that are used in the Accord calculations.

Wade Locke's latest analysis Ed Hollett 2007

Based on the responses that I received from those officials on April 2, 2007, I finalized my assumption about the pre-cap equalization eligibility criterion.

Wade Locke's latest analysis Ed Hollett 2007

"I think they would be a dynasty under the salary cap," says Johnson, who won two pre-cap Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys.

USATODAY.com 2005

But, more importantly, before finalizing my analysis, I consulted with provincial government officials who confirmed that the pre-cap equalization eligibility criterion was their assumption as well.

Wade Locke's latest analysis Ed Hollett 2007

For purposes of the cap, fiscal capacity is measured, on a per-capita basis, as the sum of non-resource fiscal capacity, one hundred percent resource fiscal capacity, (pre-cap) Equalization entitlements and payments under the Accord legislation (applicable only to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador).

APEC assessment of Budget 2007 and Equalization Ed Hollett 2007

This assumption was based on the fact that it seemed reasonable to assume that pre-cap equalization was the eligibility criterion because pre-cap equalization was used to calculate the value of the Accord payments.

Wade Locke's latest analysis Ed Hollett 2007