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In the beginning, the Tracy Fire Department relied heavily on the response from local volunteers. The old fire house had a large alarm tower that activated a siren to alert the nearby volunteers of an awaiting call. It wasn't until the volunteers came to the station to pick-up a fire engine that a response actually took place. As the department transitioned into the mid-century, it began to operate as a combination department with a small professional force. The department continued to rely on the volunteers to augment the full-time personnel.
When the Tracy Rural Fire Department was established in 1945, it also relied heavily on volunteer firefighters to respond to their calls. Many of the volunteers were local farmers who had flexible schedules and could leave at a moment's notice for an emergency.
In the 1960's and 1970's, the city fire department started to build their full-time force as the region began to grow. The department transitioned from using volunteers to utilizing "Reserve Firefighters". Reserve firefighters are now required and paid to train, respond to calls and do ride-alongs with full-time department engine companies.
The current objectives of the Tracy Fire Reserve program are to augment the company staffing with trained personnel, provide training and skills development that will enhance each candidate's ability to compete successfully for a full-time firefighting position and to provide a well-rounded training program that meets the needs of the reserves and the department.
The reserves are required to attend drills and ride-along on a monthly basis, as well as respond to greater alarm fires when requested. They also play a huge role in some of the charitable work done by the fire department. Some examples include the Run for the Ribbon, Relay for Life and the annual Pancake Breakfast.
The Tracy Fire Reserve program is a very fun and exiting program to be involved in. The reserves are very well respected by the community and the full-time force. They are very much a part of the Tracy Fire family and their desire to serve their community has been greatly appreciated.
If you would like more information about our Reserve program feel free to stop by any of our stations or the Human Resources office at City Hall to submit an interest card.

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Railers teeter-totter to victory marking Alexander's win 699
By Jeff Benjamin
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[January 13, 2014]
A double-double from junior
Gavin Block and clutch free throw shooting from senior Max Cook
helped the Lincoln Railers remain perfect on the season with a 56-40
conference win over Jacksonville on Saturday night. The win now sets
up a battle of state-ranked and conference unbeatens when the
Railers head to Springfield on Friday night to take on No. 1
Springfield Lanphier.
As has been the case lately, defense got the Railers
going. On the Crimsons' first possession, Joey Olden stole the ball
and drove in for the game's first points. What has not been a usual
sight is the Railers trailing on the scoreboard. Entering Saturday
night's contest, Lincoln had trailed in only six games this season
and not by more than seven points. That was in the season opener
against Centennial. So, when Jacksonville (4-9, 0-4) got 3s from
Nick Kaufmann and Tyler Ring giving the visitors a 6-2 lead, the
Railers were in need of a wake-up call.
Not sure how many woke up, but Block must have been the one to
answer the phone. The junior was perfect on four 3-pointers en route
to 14 of Lincoln's 18 first-quarter points. His scoring was part of
a 16-3 run that gave Lincoln an 18-9 lead at the end of the first
quarter. Along with crediting Block for his shooting, his teammates
knew who had the hot hand and did what they needed to in order to
get it to him.
Block continued his fast start by splitting a pair of free
throws, giving him 15 of Lincoln's first 19 points. By now, if you
were rooting for Jacksonville, you were probably wondering why No.
22 was not being guarded. The Crimsons must have finally gotten the
message as Block was held scoreless the rest of the half. The other
issue Lincoln was facing was the point man on their defense, Olden,
on the bench with foul trouble. That combination proved the right
mixture for Jacksonville to get back in the game.
The Railers (14-0, 4-0) went back up by 10 on a layup by Payton
Ebelherr, who hit an extra gear to fill the right lane and be in the
right spot to receive one of Max Cook's seven assists. However, as
has happened over the last three games, Lincoln could not put their
opponent away early. Too much indecision on shots, or taking quick
shots after just one pass in the offense, gave the Crimsons what
they needed to stay close. A 5-0 run late in the quarter brought the
game to just a six-point spread at 24-18. Tyler Horchem, who is
starting to come around to the long-range shooting Railer Nation
witnessed last season, hit the first of his three 3s on the night to
stop the run.
After a Jacksonville basket, the Railers were unable to convert
on their final possession, giving Jacksonville one final shot. Ring
attempted to launch a shot just inside half court. He was fouled,
although the officials determined it was a common foul and Ring
would go to the line shooting one and bonus, not three free throws,
and one second would be put back on the clock. Not sure if it was
the confusion over thinking no time was left on the clock or the
frustration in watching how the first half ended, but Ring's free
throw was shot with coach Alexander already in the Lincoln locker
room. It was a seven-point lead for the Railers, up 27-20.
If someone wanted to give a pictorial description of the third
quarter, it would be a teeter-totter. Back and forth, back and forth
the game went, with no team scoring back-to-back points until the
very end of the quarter, when Jacksonville accomplished the feat.
Lincoln would score on a Block follow on an offensive rebound, and
the Crimsons would come back and score. Horchem hit two more 3s,
only to see Jacksonville score after each one. The margin throughout
the whole quarter went from seven to 11 points.
The most important basket of the quarter may have been a
3-pointer from Max Cook, making the score 40-29. To Railer fans, the
lead was back to 11. To coach Alexander, it was a shift to scoring
mode for one of his leaders.
"We need Max to be an offensive threat," Alexander explained. "I
think he missed his first shot of the game and then didn't take
another one the rest of the half. He has to look to score for us to
play well."
Cook came up big in the fourth quarter from the free-throw line,
an area the rest of the squad had trouble with. After Cook hit
another 3 to start the final quarter and a Jacksonville score put
the game at 43-35, Edward Bowlby, the team's leading scorer on the
season, missed a pair of free throws. Those misses extended
Lincoln's streak to five in a row and left them 4 of 11 for game. In
a game that was getting closer, those free throws were looming
larger and larger.
After Block, who finished with 10 rebounds, hit his fifth and
final 3 of the night to push the lead back to double digits, the
rest of the night belonged to Cook. The senior scored 10 of his 16
points, all in the second half, in the final 1:38, including a
perfect 8 of 8 from the line and a layup off a steal from Olden to
finish the scoring and give Lincoln the 16-point win.
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Alexander was complimentary of the opponents, knowing that the
Railers will get everyone's best shot, especially now that the state
ranking is on the line.
"They (Jacksonville) did two things that really give us trouble.
They get the ball in the middle of our zone and they were able to
dribble drive," Alexander said. "We did nothing to stop their
dribble drive and that got them a lot of opportunities."
Two players in double figures led the way, with Block and Cook
combining for 36 points. Horchem finished with nine points, with
Bowlby scoring seven and Olden and Ebelherr adding two.
So, now, let the hype begin. No. 1 Lanphier against No. 3 Lincoln
in what could be the first of three games this year between the two.
Both will come in undefeated with veterans on both sides. Lanphier
is led by Larry Austin Jr., who is heading to Tennessee, and
sophomore outside shooter Xavier Bishop. The contest is scheduled to
start at 7:30, sophomores at 6 p.m., and will be at Lanphier's
Lober-Nika Gymnasium, which will be PACKED.
I don't think I can encourage Railer fans enough that if you are
planning to go to the game, arrive early. The folks at Lober-Nika
have said that when the game is sold out, it is sold out. No more
tickets. You have to believe the Lions' fans will try their best to
take as many seats as possible to diminish the efforts of the Railer
Nation. A reminder that if you are not able to get into the game,
you can listen on WLCN-FM 96.3 and
"We will have to play tremendous basketball for us to have a
chance," Alexander said. "We have to prepare for them, but I also
think they are going to have to do some preparing for us."
Oh, by the way, it was four years ago that coach Alexander
reached the 600-win milestone with a win at Lanphier. Need something
else to add to the storyline? Coach Al will be going for win 700 on
Friday night, in the same building, against the same team as he got
600, all the while trying to lead his team to be the only undefeated
team that walks out of the gym.
It should be fun.
Block 6-11 3-7 20, MCook 3-5 8-8 16, Horchem 3-8 0-0 9, Bowlby
3-7 1-4 7, Olden 1-2 0-0 2, Ebelherr 1-2 0-0 2, WCook 0-1 0-0 0,
Conrady 0-3 0-0 0. Team 17-39 12-19 56 3-point FG 10-21 (Block 5-6,
Horchem 3-8 MCook 2-4 Ebeherr 0-1, Bowlby 0-2).
Ring 10, Kaufmann 9, Hance 8, Hays 5, Peak 4, Dugan 3, Fisher 1.
Team 11-31 13-19 40. 3-point FG 5-13 (Kaufmann 3, Dugan, Ring).
Lincoln 18-9-13-16 56
Jacksonville 9-11-12-8 40
Other notes:
The schedule has been released for the County Market Winter
Classic, which will be in Jacksonville this year. This is the
mid-January tournament that has been played in Chatham while the
City Tournament is going on for the Springfield schools. We will
update you with the entire schedule as we get closer, but here are
the dates, times and opponents for the Railers:
Monday, Jan. 20,
6:30 p.m. – Taylorville
Wednesday, Jan. 22,
6:30 p.m. – Quincy Notre Dame
Friday, Jan. 24, 8
p.m. – Jacksonville
Saturday, Jan. 25,
11:30 a.m. – Rochester
Saturday, Jan. 25, 8
p.m. – Chatham Glenwood
[By JEFF BENJAMIN]
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If our eyes were just a little different, we might see green when looking up at our sun. Because they aren't, we'll never see a green star no matter where we look. However, alien eyes, when they come to our solar system — or if they're already here! — might be able to see green twinkling, and here's why.
Ever heard of a blackbody? It's a body that is able to take in all kinds of radiated energy, and then spit it all back out. It radiates energy at all frequencies, but it radiates those frequencies in a very specific way, depending on its temperature. And extremely hot blackbody would radiate most of its energy in the ultraviolet spectrum, less of it in the visible light spectrum, and even less in the infrared spectrum. A coolish blackbody would radiate most of its energy in the infrared spectrum, with slightly less radiating in the visible light spectrum and even less in the ultraviolet. One between the two would radiate most of its energy in the visible light section of the spectrum, while radiating less at either end.
All blackbodies spread their energy radiation along a certain curve. As you can see this peaks at a specific temperature, drops off sharply at the temperatures above its peak, and tapers off more gently over the temperatures below its peak. Although there are only a few lines on the graph, the blackbody can emit at any temperature. Each of those temperatures would emit frequencies distributed along those curves, with a relatively gently-sloped bell at the peak.
That shouldn't be a problem for stargazers. There should be plenty of stars that peak right in the green area of the visible spectrum. And there are. The problem is, our eyes can't see them. Our eyes have cones that can see three different colors — blue, red, and green. Mixing those three basic colors together in different proportions gives us the many different colors we see. A combination of light from the three colors together lets us see white. Taking out most of the blue frequencies of light will let us see the orange, yellow, and red light. Taking out most of the red will let us see bluish shades of light. And taking out the green will let us see purple.
If you follow the blackbody emission curve for any of these, you can see that shifting it up so that it peaks at blue will let the curve taper off a great deal before it gets into the red spectrum, and so the blackbody will not emit much red light. As a result, we'll see bluish stars. Shifting the curve down so that it peaks at the red end of the spectrum will let the curve drop off steeply above it, so that the star will not emit a lot of blue light. The star looks orange or red. But the green peak is right in the middle of the spectrum. If you shift the curve so that it peaks right in the green section, you'll still get a lot of red light and a lot of blue light being emitted. Those lights combine with each other and we see white light, and not green.
Now, it's possible that we'll see a star through a gas cloud that filters out red and blue light and lets us see it as green, but that will be much the same as seeing it through green lenses. The light will be, from our perspective, dyed green. But aliens might not be as limited, when it comes to light, as we are. If their eyes aren't as sensitive to red and blue as they are to green, or if they'll be able to shut off certain "cones" in their eyes at will, they might be able to see the greenness in stars.
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Matt Stubbs established himself pretty quickly as a first rate blues guitarist in the early 2000s, helming a band which won the Battle of the Boston Blues Bands.
Matt Stubbs started his musical career interpreting the blues, but now he's sharing the movies in his imagination, which is good news for music fans of all kinds.
Matt Stubbs established himself pretty quickly as a first rate blues guitarist in the early 2000s, helming a band which won the Battle of the Boston Blues Bands and made a solid splash in the national competition, then moving to Los Angeles for a while and leading the band of blues singer Janiva Magness. Finally in 2007, Stubbs became the lead guitarist for singer and harmonica titan Charlie Musselwhite, and has toured the world with him ever since.
But the New Hampshire native's latest musical pursuit is much different from the blues, arising from his lifelong love of guitar instrumentals, and encompassing elements of rock, jazz, funk, worldbeat, psychedelia and reggae. Matt Stubbs and the Antiguas has been his labor of love for the past year and half, holding down a weekly Monday night residency, first at the Plough & Stars in Cambridge, and later – when it proved successful – at The Sinclair's restaurant in Harvard Square. The Monday night sessions feature a video component, light show and sometimes even go-go dancers, and it all makes sense because the new music reminds you of the soundtrack to a cinematic thrill ride.
Tonight the new band will release its first, and eponymous, album with a show in the main room at The Sinclair. Soul singer Julie Rhodes opens the 18-plus show at 9 p.m., with The Antiguas going on at 9:50, followed by Bearly Dead at 11 p.m., jamming out for the rest of the evening. Tickets are $20, available at The Sinclair box office, at 52 Church St. in Cambridge. Call 617-451-7700 for more info.
Stubbs has released two previous albums under his own name, which were also instrumental, but closer to his blues roots. The Antiguas are a quartet, including Stubbs on guitar, Chris Rivelli on drums, Mark Hickox on bass and Justin Lopes on organ. Long time Boston jazz organist Ken Clark plays on the record, but his solo schedule became so busy he had to step away from the Antiguas, and frequent guest Lopes easily shifted into the full-time role.
"Yes, a lot of these songs be gin as a sort of movie in my head," said Stubbs from his Boston home. "The reason I wanted a new title for the band was that when I started writing this music a year and a half ago, I realized it was a lot different from what I'd done before, which was basically Memphis-style soul blues. I al ways liked those movies where the music becomes a big part of the plot. At the same time, I listen to a lot of Afrobeat, Afro-Cuban music, and I really like the modern production styles of some of the pop artists, so that's all in there too. The Monday shows really started in 2016, at the Plough & Stars, mainly for this new music I was writing – to have an outlet to work them up as songs."
Stubbs has been working on recording the new music for al most that whole time, with one early batch of a half dozen songs scrapped when he didn't like the mixing. Finally getting the sound he wanted, with a more prominent low end, Stubbs' own recording experience helped him arrive at the sonic tapestry he sought. While the new album will be available at this show, the national release has been delayed until Jan. 26.
"I was really picky with this one," said Stubbs. "My other records had been done much quicker, mostly recorded live as a band, and then mixed with an engineer. I like them, but I knew I hadn't really put much time into them. But working with other artists has been a learning experience. When I was younger – my first solo record was in 2008 – I had songs I wrote, and the engineer would lead me through the recording, but it was hard to describe what I wanted. Since then, I've been in studios with other bands and soaked up as much as I could. I've really be come a fan of some particular sounds, like the modern Tom Waits, or Jim James' solo work, or Beck. They all get a more modern sound, but use traditional, vintage instruments."
"I wanted a very hi-fidelity sound, but with a lot of lows, a lot of bass, but also a bit of fuzzy tone," Stubbs explained. "I came from being in blues my whole youth, and that was all I listened to. But eight or nine years ago, I began listening to a lot of new music, where they spend more time on production, and sonic quality that offers a full spectrum. The recent Tom Waits albums, for instance, sound like 3-D music, and that's what I wanted to achieve."
The new CD is certainly a feast of delectable sonic adventures, from the opening "Fist ful," which might be viewed as a nod to film composer Ennio Morricone, yet takes those Western movie themes into spacier territory, to the mysterious mood piece "El Segundo," where the organ provides a haunting framework for the meandering guitar melody. "Dub Stubbs" offers a bit of reggae flavor, but it's a science fiction sort of reggae. "John Doe" might remind you of a James Bond film's theme, while "Death Grip" suggests a latter-day Duane Eddy visiting a very strange place. The CD's last cut is titled "Tarantino," an homage to the action movie auteur who brought surf-rock god Dick Dale back into promi nence with his soundtracks, and Stubbs' original tune here is a bright, upbeat frolic with hints of surf-rock, and yet also a darker undertone that gives you pause.
"Mark Hickox and Chris Rivelli have been playing with me for years," said Stubbs of his fellow Antiguas. "I wanted to do something with no horns, and then we added organ, and it morphed a bit more. The funny thing is that Ken Clark plays a lot of Hammond B-3 organ on the record, but we're using almost all Farfisa organ now."
"I love vintage music in general, and the Farfisa is a classic sound – the "96 Tears" sound is the easiest description," Stubbs explained. "I have a love affair with compact organs, Vox, Farfisa and so on, and I've been collecting them. I have seven or eight restored Farfisas now, with another couple I just use for parts. It takes up a lot of space, but their sound fits in tighter with what I write."
Stubbs said that the music is written and arranged before hand, although certain solos are improvised.
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E36M3 Regression Analysis - Purchase Price Findings
*****Hello All. Currently (12/15) this data set should probably be considered outdated at this point.
The following is the aggregate of the 67 total data samples that were given. I did end up deleting 2 data samples, due to the numbers being wildly off/car must have been incredibly modified. Again, this is a total of the 95-99 M3s in every fashion available, purchased 2003-2012.
****Variables such as coupe, sedan, vert, or automatic are considered "dummy variables". You only add in (or usually subtract) the variable if your car comes with such option.******
All 67 car's numbers accounted for with no filtering.
Price is a function (fn) = 23235.64 -.06 (mileage) -1802.85 (coupe) -1718.44 (vert) -442.10 (age of vehicle)
Example of my car - 97 M3/4/5 = Price (fn) = 23235.64 -.06 (140,000) -442.10 (15) = $8515.17.
Finding of the regression analysis is that sedans are the more favorable form of the three chassis options. Coupes tend to sell for $1802.85 less and verts sell for $1718.44 less.
I was interested in seeing how much per mile that we usually deduct from an E36M3 purchase. As it shows when I just compare purchase price vs. mileage I get...
Price (fn) = 18183.41 - .07 (per mile)
When just comparing sedans vs. sedans.
Price (fn) = 20183.43 - 0.04 (mileage) - 340.09 (age)
My M345 = Price (fn) = 20183.43 - 0.04 (140,000) -340.09 (15) = $9738.23
Coupe vs coupe.
Price (fn) = 22133.90 - 0.06 (per mile) - 465.11 (age)
Vert vs vert.
Price (fn) = 31164.49 - 0.09 (per mile) - 1019.64 (age)
Interestingly, I was able to compare standard verts and automatic verts too. Although, there was only 1 automatic vert, but Excel feels pretty strongly the deduction is warranted. **I'd think that if a super low mileage - auto vert was sold and used it would through these numbers off a bit.**
Price (fn) = 28059.10 - 0.04 (per mile) -1022.80 (age) -3773.66 (automatic)
Since, I received many samples and the earlier purchases usually had high purchase prices and lower miles, I figured I'd break this down as well. I made three more regressions with 2012-2010, 2009-2008, and 2007-older.
2012 - 2010.
Price (fn) = 16593.86 - 0.05 (per mile) - 2907.51 (coupe) - 2262.52 (vert) + 16.35 (age)
***Notice that the age of the vehicle is actually a positive variable. This is the only place in any of these regressions that it actually comes up as a positive variable....indicator that our cars are going up in prices as compared to all other variables????
This is with 38 out of the 67 samples being involved too.
Although these were purchased in that time.
Amount $$ Mileage
$21,000.00 21,530
$15,500.00 53,989
$15,000.00 78,000
$13,990.00 49,000
2009 - 2008
Price (fn) = 20847.93 - 0.06 (mileage) + 78.47 (sedan) - 317.83 (age)
2007 - older
Price (fn) = 28523.22 - 0.11 (mileage) - 3207.13 (coupe) - 693.56 (sedan) - 421.22 (age)
The above numbers were for the most part just something 'fun' for me to do. They obviously should not be taken as too serious, but plugs your numbers in and see what you think. My car's $8515.17 evaluation is actually pretty close to the sales price, if my car was stock and loved by its owner.
***Also, since these numbers are time sensitive they will not hold for too much longer than next year.
Correlation numbers. Can not really hold too much weight, but it was easy enough to run. The only number that makes obvious sense would be that mileage and year effect the "Amount $$" the most. The difference between the coupe, sedan, and vert's correlation numbers are probably the fact that coupes tend to have more miles than the other options.
............................Amount $$.......................Mileage
Amount $$..................1
vert.......................0.110946587............ ..-0.24649766
Age of veh.............-0.59844421................0.412945568
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really good job
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wow this is an amazing formula, just tested it with a couple cars ive seen on craiglist as well as mine and such and it gives you a pretty accurate number. I say we make a new rue of thumb with newbies asking what cars are worth, the number of this formula + or - a thousand depending on car condition and history. again i know there are special cars that are going to be modded, built, etc. but this is a very good general price. Great gob OP
but there should be like a -3000 for salvage title or something
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VERY cool. Viewing at this on Tapatalk, but will have to give it a closer look when I get to an actual computing machine.
Nice work.
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First post, been lurking for a month or so and this is one thread that is very interesting to me; a thread I can't pass on posting in!
OP, I'd just like to say excellent job on this regression given the amount and nature of the data you were given. I just want to ask a couple questions/critique your methodology but please take no offense in any of this. I am NOT trying to come in here with a "You're doing it wrong" attitude at all!!!!!
1. Did you find linear regression to be the best fitting type of regression for this data set? I'd be curious as to how different types of regression would fit this plot but that could lead to some points of extreme variance, especially over this spread out of a data set. I understand that linear regression is quick and dirty (as I'm pretty sure you meant this to be, obviously nobody can make a crystal ball for car sales), also easiest for you to preform and the average end user of your model to calculate.
2. Why were some variables left out? Let me start here, of the data you collected I agree with your methodology of leaving color out as the only one of the variables you collected but didn't use. Color is definitely a variable that can be left out without any statistically significant change given the amount of unknown variables already present. if people hate a color but want an e36 m3 they are likely to just wait it out until they find one in a desirable color. Also, there will always be a buyer for every color, because everyone likes something different... You'd have to knock me out and drag me into the drivers seat of a dakar, but I'm sure there's a dakar owner out there that wouldn't be caught dead in my "purple" daytona violet.
But what about the other variables that can significantly affect price of the car? here's a couple I think would really help this become even better. The first and most obvious is branded titles. In my opinion, this is the single biggest factor in car price aside from year or mileage. Some people will completely refuse to buy branded titles, while some will see them as a "score" and pick them up. While this entirely personal preference has no bearing on which car is a better value overall (that is up to the individual, and could probably be another thread altogether)... We should all be able to agree that any car with a branded title has less inherent value than the exact same car with a clean title in the same condition.
Another big one I see is mods. I'm sure you thought of this when making your original post asking for data but it would be ridiculous to try to figure out how much X mod adds to the purchase price of X car, and do this for every single e36 mod out there. I think you could, maybe (big maybe), have owners estimate the dollar amount of all mods when they were purchased brand new, so instead of having a crazy number of mods and how much they can weigh on the price individually, just a simple "the car had approx $XXXX.xx in mods when I bought it". This is obviously not going to be extremely accurate, but as it stands now there is no difference to the equation between a heavily modified show car and a 100% stock car. That being said, I definitely realize that this would be difficult to add in and estimate, but it also might be cool to see a baseline of how much mods depreciate when the car switches owners.
I would also like to see dealer vs private owner purchase. Pretty straightforward here, average prices of cars bought from dealers are typically going to be more expensive than cars bought from owners.
3. Why did you truncate/round where you did for cents/mile? When multiplying even the smallest numbers (less than ten cents) by numbers as large as the mileage of car (potentially hundreds of thousands) the rounding/truncating can make all the difference. I'll just explain mathematically so you can see what my thought process is:
Let's assume the car in question has exactly 100k and we are using a $.06/mile formula just to make this simple.
100,000 x .06 = 6000
100,000 x .061 = 6100
100,000 x .062 = 6200
100,000 x .063 = 6300
100,000 x .064 = 6400
...and so on...
What I'm getting at is that if you truncated, these numbers could be off by as much as $999 per 100k miles. I'll go ahead and assume you rounded, meaning your numbers could still be off by as much as $499 per 100k. Being that all of these cars are currently in their teens and none are going backwards in miles, adding just a couple decimals here can increase accuracy by quite a bit.
Before anyone goes out and points it out, I realize there is no such thing as six and one tenth of a cent, however these fractions of a cent can be significant when multiplied out hundreds of thousands of times. If you guys have seen "Office Space" this should make sense haha.
Additional points to note:
- A sample consisting of many cars of various years, body styles, clean and branded titles, colors, transmissions, options, body damage, mods, etc. would need an EXTENSIVE amount of data to cover ALL of the variations in the cars and making it all average out. Meaning, the more variation that can exist in a data set, the more data points, "n" you need to make it approach a normal distribution, look up "central limit theorem" for more explanation. In this example, the number of samples must be MUCH larger than n=67 for it to have statistical significance because of the amount of variation in the data. I do not know how many samples you would need before a normal distribution would be seen, but it would be a lot.
- All of these cars in this regression are in various conditions and/or states of repair, while this is a pretty good estimate, it shouldn't be held as the gospel (and was never meant to be) when pricing an e36 m3
- It's uncommon to find a completely bone stock e36 m3 these days, so this chart is probably going to be a better match for modified car purchases, that have around the average number of mods as the cars in this study. Which is, again, very hard to determine.
One more time I would like to thank the op for doing this as well as getting my brain going on this one, well done!
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Sorry, but it seems to be an exercise in mental masturbation.. There is no way you can come up with a formula that is valid. Supply and demand, and vehicle condition are just too unpredictable.
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Nice job, I like it. And I don't agree that it's mental masturbation. Maybe if you're looking at individual cars it doesn't make sense, but looking at overall trends it's pretty damn accurate. Cars that sold in the tens of thousands will follow a general trend, and you can expect to find lots under the fat part of the curve, with a few outliers. Use it to get a handle on the market, then go work a deal on a particular car.
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Very cool, thanks! although it looks like I overpaid by about $500...I'll chalk it up to "intangibles"
Actually, I wonder how region would factor in - I realize you have way too few data points to accurately model that, but here in SW VA nice M3s are very hard to come by, so I was willing to pay a little more for a clean example (and budge on my search criteria - was really dreaming of an estoril sedan, but so it goes). Very cool project, though!
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Excellent.. 7524
Very good....7174
My regression came up with 8500ish, and 9700ish (sedans only).
Obviously I am happier with my numbers. You can make up your own conclusions, but I'd be shocked if you'd side with KBB's nubmers.
And, supply and demand eh? This accounts for supply and demand because that is where I got the numbers. I said that it would not hold up for too long out, but then maybe we can run this again in a few years and come up with a new price function formula. Actually, this may be a better run than just looking at Autotrader, because if you have ever watched "Pawnstars" you'd know, that asking price and selling price are two different things...these are 67 actual selling prices..meaning the actual market clearing price/equilibrium between supply and demand.
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State Senate OKs plan for term limits
AUSTIN — Statewide elected officials, including the governor, would be limited to two consecutive terms in office under a proposed constitutional amendment approved 27-4 on Tuesday by the Texas Senate.
Gov. Rick Perry, Texas' longest-serving governor, and other current officeholders affected by the measure would be "grandfathered" and allowed to seek two more terms if it were enacted.
Senate Joint Resolution 13 by Sen. Kevin Eltife would require Texas House approval by a two-thirds vote before being put on a statewide ballot. If both chambers approved, the proposal would not require Perry's signature, only voter approval. If passed, it would apply only to officials in the state executive branch.
Rep. Lyle Larson, R-San Antonio, is pushing the term-limit proposal in the House and said he is "cautiously optimistic" about its chances.
Among its backers is Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio.
"I think it's likely to pass," Villarreal said. "I think this is an idea that is worthy of adoption. Regardless, however, I think the governor's long tenure had made us come to appreciate how this limit will help balance power across different branches of government."
Eltife, R-Tyler, said his proposal doesn't stem from concern about any current officeholder but is meant as a way to bring fresh ideas and a fresh perspective to government.
"No way, shape or form it has anything to do with Rick Perry. I just think government is better served with term limits," Eltife said in an interview.
Perry succeeded George W. Bush as governor after the 2000 presidential election and has held the office ever since, thwarting the political ambitions of other Republicans in GOP-dominated Texas for more than a decade.
"The governor has always said Texas voters are the best determiners of how long they want an individual to serve," Perry spokesman Josh Havens said.
Despite Eltife's protestations, Perry's long service is the undeniable elephant in the room when term limits are discussed.
"No Texas governor before Rick Perry ever served two full four-year terms consecutively, but Perry's threat to run for a fourth full term in 2014 opens the prospect of him serving as governor for eighteen years," Southern Methodist University political scientist Cal Jillson said. "This has everybody, including Sen. Eltife, wondering whether this is a good idea and whether future governors should have this option."
Jillson said two-thirds of states restrict statewide elected officials to two four-year terms. He said Texas is one of a dozen that have four-year terms with no limit.
Lobbyist and consultant Bill Miller said, "Regardless of whether you say it is not about Perry, he is the poster boy for the bill."
Miller was critical of the measure, saying it "is a candidate talent killer and enhances immeasurably the power of staff who are beyond the reach of voters."
Jillson and Rice University political scientist Mark Jones took note that after Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president four times, Congress passed and states adopted the 22nd Amendment limiting presidential service.
"Just as FDR's unprecedented tenure in office helped generate support for a two-term limit for the U.S. president, Perry's equally unprecedented tenure has bolstered the efforts of term limits advocates in Texas," Jones said.
"One of the principal arguments of term limits supporters is that they are necessary to remove entrenched incumbents, and certainly the long tenure of several current statewide officeholders such as Perry and Dewhurst bolsters that argument," Jones said.
Jones said he expects the bill to have a "pretty good chance" in the House.
"The only way that it probably doesn't survive is if the House leadership decides to bottle it up in committee and not allow it to make it to the floor," Jones said, adding that he's not aware of any such intentions by House leaders.
"Once it gets to the ballot, it's close to a virtual certainty that it will be approved," Jones said. "The 'yes' campaign is an easy campaign. They just have to campaign against politicians and claim term limits prevent entrenched career politicians."
Sen. Craig Estes, R-Wichita Falls, spoke against the measure, saying it was improper to single out only the executive branch for term limits and emphasizing that voters already decide who stays in office.
"We already have term limits. It's called the ballot box," Estes said.
The proposed constitutional amendment will empower voters to decide on the idea of term limits, Eltife said.
Estes sought to add an amendment to include the judiciary, but Eltife objected, saying the provision was not germane, and prevailed. Estes pulled down another amendment that would have included lawmakers, saying he saw which way the argument was going.
Estes said the amendments were an effort to kill the idea.
Eltife said he didn't include term limits for lawmakers in his proposal because he didn't think that lawmakers would approve the idea.
Offices that would be affected by term limits under the measure include governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, comptroller of public accounts, commissioner of the general land office, commissioner of agriculture, railroad commissioner, and attorney general.
The secretary of state, who's appointed by the governor, also is included in the measure. The measure wouldn't restrict nonconsecutive terms.


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We'll dine at the fisherman's harbor in Cefalù, ponder the ancient Greeks in Siracusa, commune with monks in a Capuchin crypt, and eat our way through a classic Sicilian banquet.
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Pain-free Cosart set to return Tuesday
CINCINNATI -- It was business as usual for Jarred Cosart on Saturday afternoon, as the Marlins right-hander threw a pain-free bullpen session.
Experiencing no discomfort, Cosart has been cleared to face the Cardinals on Tuesday night at Marlins Park.
The 24-year-old was scratched from his start on Thursday at Pittsburgh due to what the team called a sore left oblique.
After throwing off the mound on Saturday at Cincinnati, Cosart said the issue was more related to lower back stiffness than an oblique.
Either way, the right-hander is ready to go.
"I think I'm over it," Cosart said.
The Marlins acquired the right-hander from the Astros on July 31, and he made his Miami debut the next day. Cosart went 5 1/3 innings and suffered the loss Aug. 1 to the Reds at Marlins Park.
During the game, the former American League pitcher -- with limited at-bats -- legged out an infield single. On the play, he tweaked the left side of his lower back. All along, he claimed it wasn't serious. The team played it carefully and opted to have him miss one start.
"We did the right thing backing him off and making sure he is 100 percent healthy," manager Mike Redmond said.
Prior to the trade, Cosart was 9-7 with a 4.41 ERA in 21 starts for the Astros.
Cosart did make some light throws off the mound at Pittsburgh on Thursday, but he let it loose on Saturday.
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WASHINGTON -- A measure to provide special visas for Iraqis who risked their lives to help the United States is heading to President Barack Obama.
In a rare instance of bipartisanship, the Senate passed the measure by voice vote Thursday, just hours after the House had approved the bill the same way.
The special visa has allowed more than 12,000 Iraqi contractors, interpreters and others who aided U.S. efforts, and their family members, to move to the United States since 2007. It expired earlier this week, with an estimated 2,000 applications still in the bureaucratic process.
"Extending the Iraq Special Immigrant Visa Program will help those who helped us during a time of war," Sens. John McCain, a Republican, and Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, said in a joint statement. "Brave Iraqis who risked their lives to protect and assist American troops are now living under the threat of retribution from terrorists and militants as a result. The United States has a moral obligation to help those Iraqis who stood with our troops."
The program was created during the worst years of the Iraq war, with Iraqis who helped U.S. forces facing targeted killings, death threats and other forms of harassment. The goal was to resettle them in the United States faster than the often protracted general refugee process might allow. More than 90,000 Iraqis have moved to the U.S. as refugees, though the process can take months or years.
Rep. Earl Blumenauer, a Democrat, said many translators and guides ignored their own safety to help U.S. soldiers.
"By all accounts, thousands of these people performed critical tasks faithfully, if not flawlessly," he said in a statement. "We made an implicit promise to protect them when the American presence was scaled down, and they risked their lives to help us. Now, many are threatened on a daily basis by enemies of the United States with very long memories. We need to fulfill our promise to get them out of harm's way."


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LOL @ Scaly still thinking England are good.
Yeah 2nd best team in the world hey? What was that about them climbing the rankings after that ODI series against Australia last year?
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LOL @ Scaly still thinking England are good.
Yeah 2nd best team in the world hey? What was that about them climbing the rankings after that ODI series against Australia last year?
HAHAHAHAHA :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scaly piscine
Excellent man keep it up.
Indian Will WIN, because we are having Yuraj Singh & Shewag
I said if they had their players fit, but carry on being an idiot if you like as you have been every time you reply to anything I say.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jono
I said all along about WI even when they were hopeless... at worst they're going to be a defeated semi-finalist in the CT after beating Australia.
Why bring WI in on this? I never said anything about them. That was a good pick of yours though, and I'll give you credit for it...
But then that's completely countered by your belief that England are that good. Look alright, who is missing from their ODI team? I'll give you a Freddy that can bowl.
If you come back with Vaughan and Simon Jones I'll laugh.
WI is an example of how I backed a rubbish team to come good and they are. (Nothing to do with being an England fan before anyone else says owt about me with backing a *fit* England)
Simon Jones would certainly be a big improvement over Mahmood, I don't care what Simon Jones' record is like, he competed alright with Australia when he was fit against them - the best ODI batting lineup he'll face. England seem to have had at least two players out over the last year in ODIs, Flintoff was obviously completely out of touch when he came back and didn't have his bowling as you said, it was like of having some mickey mouse County Championship batsman there in the CT. England also had Tresco missing, Giles missing.
Whilst some of them may not be huge performers it's not one huge performance that generally wins you games in ODI cricket, it's having guys who can do a decent job from 1 to 11, if you have 10 overs that consistently go for another 15-20 runs than other teams and batting that contributes 15-20 runs less then you're in big trouble because of the nature of ODI games. I've no idea what'll happen with the wicket-keeping for England so that's one weakness that might remain.
My issue is you're only giving reasons as to why England (with those players back in) should become a competitive ODI team. Almost everyone acknowledges that with the personnel they have, some smarter selection policies and a different attitude should result in England returning to the pack and becoming a competitive ODI team, whilst not being great. People know they should be competitive.
What you're saying however is that with Trescothick, Giles and a Simon Jones (who may not even be able to do half as what he could before) returning to the team by the WC, they're going to suddenly be in the top 3 favourites for the World Cup. Its ludicrous. There's still plenty of issues to solve, like Harmison being crud, players like Yardy and Dalrymple not being sure of their role, where to bat your two best players (KP and Freddy) etc. You don't just solve that by adding in a couple of players who aren't spectacular anyway and then suddenly 5 months later you're a top 3 team.
Err I've just given a load of reasons why it's not ludicrous. Here are some more, look at the CT group stages - all teams on 1 win 2 losses or 2 wins 1 loss. WI get completely trounced against SL then WI wins their first two group games and SL are the first team out. Teams go from being rubbish to very good and vice versa in no time once a few individuals come through or get injured, or without even that happening. The anyone but Australia lot are all close together to start with.
Except every team won a meaningful match except England.
England beat a WI team without their best bowler, and if you reckon they brought their A game to that match well youi're kidding yourself.
I guess you can say that about every England ODI though :ph34r:
Look, you don't have to explain the 'pack' theory to me. Its obvious that other than Australia the other major int'l nations are packed together and anyone can beat anyone on any given day. Generally however, England are at the bottom of the pack, and at the least, those inclusions and changes you mentioned will only bring them into the pack and competitive again. Won't make them a force in ODIs, that's for sure.
Yep. Agree with Jono here
1. Australia
2. daylight
3. SAf, NZ,Pak, IND, WI, SL
6. ZIM + others
Explain then how a full strength England side matched Australia before the Ashes and before KP was available made the final of the CT (after knocking Australia out)?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jono
A full strength England would easily be elevated above the likes of India, Pakistan (now they've players banned), NZ and Sri Lanka in a World Cup.
They won two matches, you realise? Sure, they played well and everything, but winning 2 games with a tie and three losses doesn't make up for getting hammered by every other nation in the world the rest of the time. Sri Lanka won two matches against Australia last time they played them at home in a five match series. New Zealand tied an ODI series a couple of years back and lost one very narrowly last summer, and South Africa beat Australia 3-2 in an ODI series just this year.Quote:
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It happens, simple as that. If anything, England have declined as an ODI side since then, while most of the other top sides including Australia have made significant improvements in the leadup to the WC. Certainly there's no way England are in the same league as New Zealand atm, who have a very solid and consistent ODI lineup, or Sri Lanka. India and Pakistan minus Shoaib and Asif are closer calls, but they're still more consistent and have fewer players who simply aren't up to international standard.
England took something off Australia in a final, a full strength Australia at that. They are the only team other than possibly SL in the past 6 years to do that, SL won a game in a best of three against a slightly weakened side but got got completely crushed in the next two games so lost in the end. NZ have only beaten weakened Australia sides in fairly meaningless games (and they're bound to win the odd one because they play each other so much), once Australia wants to win something badly enough NZ are brushed aside like most other sides, especially now they're a real force again. Only England and WI have displayed the mental strength (and talent) to beat them when it counts for something, at high strength.Quote:
Originally Posted by FaaipDeOiad
New Zealand have about as much chance of beating Australia in the World Cup as I have of winning a Nobel peace prize.
England's ODI decline is down to injury and apathy, they will go for it in a World Cup so there's half of their problem gone, whether they'll have a full strength side is another matter.
Injury and apathy certainly have something to do with it, but so does the fact that they carry a hell of a lot of dead weight in their team. They have no established specialist bowlers (ie: not Flintoff) in the ODI side who are any good, though Anderson has potential, and they have two top class batsmen in Pietersen and Flintoff and a couple of decent ones for support and nothing else. Players like Read/Geraint, Harmison, Vaughan etc are just terrible ODI players and no side that carries players like that will be consistently good, and the likes of Yardy and Dalrymple are hardly the solution.
It's the same sort of problem the Windies have actually with the likes of Wavell Hinds, Dwayne Smith etc weighing down their batting lineup, but at least they have enough high quality players to make up for it. England don't, simply put, and until they can send down 40 odd quality overs and show up with 4 or 5 quality ODI batsmen they won't get anywhere.
I'd give you India & Pakistan but NZ & SRI are debatable.Quote:
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