Cameron’s reality check on Europe. EPIN [Working] Paper No. 38, 15 April 2014

Ever since Prime Minister David Cameron made his major speech on Europe on 23 January 2013, in which he argued for some kind of new deal between the UK and the EU, the rest of the EU as well as the British public have been wondering what he would actually propose in operational terms. On 15 March 2014, the Prime Minister offered at least an interim reply to these questions in an article in the Daily Telegraph newspaper. This paper extracts from the Daily Telegraph article the main ideas that the Prime Minister advances. In all, 10 propositions are identified, presented in the precise language used, followed by an appraisal. The article has not attracted so much attention, mainly because its content is not particularly sensational, but that is its real importance and quality. It points the way towards resolving what otherwise would mean a huge political crisis for the UK and the EU. The Prime Minister gave the overall impression that he is not now heading towards making an impossibly difficult list of demands. On the contrary, an informed and moderate realism seems to be in the making. The package outlined in this paper could be sold in Brussels. There would then have to be a robust communications campaign to sell it to the British public. This paper is part of a series for a CEPS-EPIN project on “The British Question and the Search for a Fresh European Narrative”, which is pegged to an ambitious ongoing exercise by the British government to review all the competences of the European Union. The intention is that this should provide a basis for informed debate before the referendum on the UK remaining in the EU or not, which is scheduled for 2017.

NLCHECK: Stata module to check linearity assumption after model estimation

nlcheck is a simple diagnostic tool that can be used after fitting a model to quickly check the linearity assumption for a given predictor. nlcheck categorizes the predictor into bins, refits the model including dummy variables for the bins, and then performs a joint Wald test for the added parameters. Alternative, nlcheck uses linear splines for the adaptive model. Support for discrete variables is also provided. Optionally, nlcheck also displays a graph of the adjusted linear predictions from the original model and the adaptive model

Null Check Analysis

Null dereferencing is one of the most frequent bugs in Java systems causing programs to crash due to the uncaught NullPointerException. Developers often fix this bug by introducing a guard (i.e., null check) on the potentially-null objects before using them. In this paper we investigate the null checks in 717 open-source Java systems to understand when and why developers introduce null checks. We find that 35 of the if-statements are null checks. A deeper investigation shows that 71 of the checked-for-null objects are returned from method calls. This indicates that null checks have a serious impact on performance and that developers introduce null checks when they use methods that return null.

A check-list and index of microfilm M-75, Dr. Alfred Einstein's mss. at Smith College, Mass. /

Cover title: Einstein (Alfred) mss. at Smith College : a checklist & index.

A check list of North American amphibians and reptiles,

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Transformation of Nine-Accelerometer-Package (NAP) data for replicating headpart kinematics and dynamic loading. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

A comparison of the accident rates of Auto Check vehicles versus uninspected vehicles. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of State Vehicle Programs, Washington, D.C.

An evaluation of component repair costs for Auto Check participants. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of State Vehicle Programs, Washington, D.C.

An evaluation of vehicle repair costs for Auto Check participants. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of State Vehicle Programs, Washington, D.C.

Occupant motion sensors: rotational accelerometer development. Technical report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Check-list of session laws,

Accompanied by "A supplement with bibliographical notes, emendations and additions. Compiled by Ervin H. Pollack ... to the Check list of session laws, compiled by Grace E. Macdonald ... Preliminary edition." (2 p. L., 48 p. 26 cm.) Published: Boston, National association of state libraries, 1941.

Iris check list of registered cultivar names, 1950-1959.

Mode of access: Internet.