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Charging problems (overcharging) significant amount of troubleshooting already completed
Hey guys, first post here but could really use some help. As the title states, I've already completed a significant amount of troubleshooting (I'm not blindly asking for help, and have already tried searching). By searching I found one other thread with a similar issue but no resolution was reached. I've completed most of the troubleshooting suggested there without any luck.
Here's what I'm dealing with:
My wife's 2001 zetec sedan had a fluctuating voltage at idle and was overcharging (up to 16.2 volts). I'm fairly handy with a wrench and know my way around a vehicle for the most part ( though older carbureted vehicles are my comfort area) so I replaced the alternator assuming a bad voltage regulator. No luck. I then replaced the pigtail. No luck. New battery (old one went bad, presumably from overcharging). Again, no luck. I've checked the resistance on the alternator pigtail and get no resistance on any of the wires from their tip in the connector to their termination point (+ battery for red and their respective pins at the PCM connector on the other two). So the wiring their is likely ruled out (no breaks though I suspect a short is possible). I ran a wire from the alternator pigtail red wire straight to the battery with no change. I checked all my grounds and the battery terminals and found no issues (yes I cleaned ALL of them).
Now here's the weird part: if I unplug the three wire connector at the back of the alternator with the vehicle running it immediately drops to a nice steady 14.05v and stays there though the battery light does come on.
At this point the only thing I can think of is a bad PCM (I hope it isn't so), but I'm hoping you guys can provide some input that will help me get this resolved.
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Look at the equipment you're checking with, disconnecting harness should have you not charging. If you subtract 1.5volt from every number you've given you are in the ballpark, and VOM used is in error. Not the first time I've seen it.
The volts do fluctuate on these, the PCM changes it up and down. When first starting car you always disregard any charging numbers until they max out and stay. Some can take 15-30 seconds to get there.
Check battery while car is not running, a new battery can be no higher than around 12.85 volts. That may help you zero in. Make sure car has sat overnight to do that, alt charging can give you a fake higher number, that is surface charge, it bleeds off to settle in at the hard real world number over like a couple of hours. You may see 13 volts or so if you check right after car has been running. Why at the parts store they have to bleed that off before they actually check your battery.
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I had the same thought, but I confirmed the voltage using 2 different multimeters, the dealer diagnostic (dashboard display) and a battery tender.
I've noticed the voltage fluctuation on start-up and accounted for that. This car seems to show 12.9ish after cranking then slowly rise to 15.5 - 15.7 where it settles in an remains fairly constant (between those two numbers for the most part).
The battery shows 12.72 volts after sitting in the car overnight (or it did this morning) before I even put the key in the ignition.
I borrowed an oscilloscope and autoenginuity (with full ford package) from a friend of mine and am going to check the waveforms on the 2 connectors running from the alternator to the PCM.
If I can find a laptop to install autoenginuity on I plan to use it to check several other things as well. The problem is I use a macbook and the software is windows only.
Given that it's putting out high voltage I keep coming back to either the 'sense' wire being the culprit or the PCM. I read somewhere about the PCM upping the voltage on a 'cold' battery for better charging based on water temp and intake air temp. Is that a European only thing or does it apply to North American foci as well? If so, could the higher voltage be a sign of a bad water temp sensor or failing MAF (IAT sensor is in MAF)?
Last edited by Tslroper; 09-27-2013 at 12:07 AM. Reason: Hit submit before I was done typing
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Pretty sure they ramp temp charging up and down here as well. High volts is pretty narrow cause, normally regulator but on these PCM can do it by commanding too high.
Battery looks great.
Yeah I'd be looking at sense too.
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Ok, small update:
The oscilloscope was largely unhelpful (primarily because I'm not familiar with how to use it). However, I replaced the battery terminals with quality terminals and noticed that when wiggling the 3 wire plug the voltage went to a steady 14.31 volts. I just replaced that darned thing so I assumed it was good. I'm order the motorcraft part and am going to bypass the harness completely by drilling a hole in the firewall and running the wires directly to the PCM. One of the wires was showing continuity to ground (very high resistance, but it certainly wasnt OFL). I'll update this thread again in about a week when the new harness arrives and i get it installed. Hopefully this resolves it and I dont need a new PCM.
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Ok, I drilled a hole in the firewall on the passenger side behind the glovebox, put a grommet on it ran two new wires from the PCM to the alternator plug and still no luck. The voltage stays between 14.8 and 15.15 volts but fluctuates all over in that range. The connections were all made properly with silver bearing solder and adhesive lined heat shrink. I also used a brand new motor craft plug so thats not the issue. I'm running out of ideas on this one. Any other suggestions?
On top of that, the car has suddenly developed a horrible clunking that I believe (based on research) is the strut bearings, but it came on very suddenly.
It's also not running very well over-all, just seems to be down on power and missing occasionally.
I realize these are all separate issues, so lets stick to the electrical issue. Any other ideas or suggestions?
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My guess is that the voltage regulator in the new alternator is bad as well. Either it came DOA, or the bad battery caused the voltage regulator in the new alternator to fry. They tend to do that. Can you get a replacement alternator under warranty? What brand do you have now and where did you get it from? You could also get your alternator tested at a parts store to see how it's charging.
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I believe the alternator and the voltage regulator may not be at fault here and the PCM is likely sending the wrong initialization parameters at start-up.
In post #1 you report that with the vehicle running and the connector unplugged the regulator works and you notice 14.05V on the battery. This describes a working regulator entering fail-safe mode after communication with the PCM through the serial communication link on pins 1 and 2 is interrupted. After a few seconds the PCM reports this condition by turning on the battery light in your instrumentation control panel. In this mode the target voltage is usually a default of 14.4V, and since the battery sense on pin 3 is also disconnected the regulator voltage can only regulate its own output and the voltage at the battery will be lower than the drop caused by the current load on the red cable going from the alternator to the battery, in your case 14.4 - 14.05 = 0.35V, quite reasonable.
This indicates that the generator (alternator + voltage regulator) is working correctly in such a mode (which does not use the serial link). The serial link seems also to be working since prior to disconnection the PCM reports a healthy link and correctly turns the light on after disconnection.
You can make another simple test on the generator to verify that it is indeed capable of charging correctly (and you can use this trick also as an emergency mode to try if you get stranded on the road with a nearly discharged battery). With the engine off unplug the connector, then turn the engine on. After 10 - 20 seconds you should see the battery warning light coming on as the PCM is unable to talk to the generator. At this point your voltmeter should read a battery voltage lower than 12.8V depending on the charge state and current load. Now increase the engine RPM slowly to 3000-4000 and you should see the battery voltage now over 13V as the generator enters a self-start mode. You can then return to idle and the generator will still be charging. Turn the heather blower on and or headlights and the regulator should compensate for the load although not perfectly since the battery sense is disconnected. Note that in any operational mode a fluctuation of 200-400mV should be acceptable during normal operation from what I read in the datasheet of one of the chipsets commonly used.
So far so good although there is still a remote chance that the communication link is not working properly. But at this point it is more plausible that the PCM may be sending the generator a wrong battery voltage set-point upon initialization. Your intuition on the temperature compensation here may be right. The voltage regulator target set-point is adjusted for the lead battery technology so that lower voltages are targeted at high temperatures and high voltages at low temperatures with 16V being the typical maximum value corresponding to -40F. So what if the PCM is reporting a wrong cold temperature and providing a set-point around 15-16V?
This may also be the reason for you noticing the engine not running well. In fact, fuel injection air fuel mix ratio is also adjusted to compensate from variation in air density due to air temperature (as well as for engine temperature). If the PCM believes the air temperature is say -20F it may make the mix say 25% richer with all the consequences.
You could easily prove or disprove this point by plugging an OBD2 scanner and read live IAT values and see what is reported. At the same time you can also inspect the MAF sensor which I believe contains the IAT sensor and the connector for dirt and or corrosion.
The IAT sensor in the MAF housing is a simple NTC thermistor (with resistance inversely proportional to temperature). If the NTC terminals are dirty or corroded they may cause a resistance that is higher than what the PCM expects (thus the voltage division it causes) but not enough to raise a DTC and set the engine malfunction light. A higher resistance then spells like a temperature lower than what it really is duping the PCM etc. etc. You can also disconnect and remove the MAF and measure the IAT resistance with your multi-meter before and after blowing hot air with a hair dryer and verify the resistance decreases. Not sure about the values here but according to a googled ford IAT value chart it should go from around 40Kohm to around 20Kohm (68F to 86F).
Hope this helps!
Last edited by Quark; 10-09-2013 at 03:58 PM.
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Holy thread revival batman!!!
Tslroper have you found a resolution to your original post? I have found myself with the exact same problem you are mentioning. I have a 2003 focus, 2.0 SPI and follows your symptoms exactly. My boyfriend has taken the steps that have been mentioned in replies and have still had zero luck.
If anyone has any further information on this problem it would be greatly appreciated.
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Since the thread died, I'm betting the OP found a resolution in the IAT (Intake Air Temperature) function of the MAF - either a bad connection or a malfunction of the MAF's temp. sensor.
Checking IAT with a scanner as Quark mentioned would be the quickest diagnostic for this. if the temp reported doesn't match actual air temp fairly closely you've found the problem.
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The material is book is good provided you can get things working for you. It might be very frustrating to even kick-start the examples but I would recommend that stick around and get it done.Typos in IT field should be unpardonable. This book and example suffers terribly with that malaise. In spite of the good work done by authors, I ended up with a disdain for their reckless attitude. Years since releasing the book, they haven't even bothered to go through errata suggested by customers. Shameless indeed! I wonder whether the idiots should be let to reap dividends still - you know what I mean!
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Good reference, but not as a tutorial
By Anonymous
The book gives you a good overview of what Web Services are and a chapter on some of the major technologies involved: SOAP, UDDI, WSDL, JAXR, JAXM, etc. I was looking to this book as a good tutorial to help me set up my environment for a university project; the class is "Distributed Computing" and we are to dynamically discover services. This book gave me a starting point, but I still needed to research some technologies on my own to see what was the easiest and quickest to set up.The most useful chapter to me was the overview on UDDI. It is extremely detailed and provides 3 different code examples, each using a different API. Once you read this chapter, you will have a thorough understanding of UDDI, which is the basis for many APIs available.In conclusion, a good book to introduce you to the concepts of Web Services, but not the best for a student who wants to get web services up and running as quickly as possible.
Should have attached a CD
By Jithendra
A CD should have accompanied with this book which would contain samples and other dependent libraries like Apache Soap, Tomcat, etc.,*While reading this book I felt like referring to other source also.Regards,Jithendra
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From a tutorial point of view, just a bad book. So forget it.From a technical point of view, it could be okay, but there are better ones.
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Not very interestingly written. The content moves quickly, without clearly explaining concepts.
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The book is very good: explain everything, chapter by chapter. You can read fastly, forgetting the examples, to first understand the main concepts or read carefully, building each example (I am doing the first way). The best first book (and far beyond) of Web Services.Remember: Web Services is not equal to .NET.
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Excellent book for start up. It gives overview of the technologies involved in WebServices. I like this book very much.
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This book definately gave me the insight that I needed to understand SOAP and Web Services architecture and how this fits into the enterprise. The examples works.Good read in front of a fire place. Very interesting book, it caught my attention throughout. With enough time devoted to it, it should take approx. 2 days to read through it.
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Working at the Alliance may make me biased but I was convinced even more this week about the importance of homelessness research. In order to effectively solve a problem, we must first fully understand it. And the research can be hard to swallow – like this report from Toronto – which indicates that homeless youth, particularly lesbian and bisexual women and young people of color, are overwhelmingly victims of crime. Why on earth would anyone victimize a homeless kid?
But with every cloud comes a silver lining. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) has urged members of the Senate to designate these kind of violent attacks against people experiencing homelessness as hate crimes. This act, the "Hate Crimes Against the Homeless Statistics Act," would lead to stiffer penalties for perpetrators and mandate the collection of data on this problem – which hopefully will lead to better solutions. All this because ofreports that violent attacks of this nature have been on the rise here in the United States. See how important data can be??
Speaking of research, despite overwhelming evidence and countless case studies, some people are still apprehensive about Housing First programs. Nashville has struggled with this, as well as New Orleans, this time against units that would provide permanent supportive housing. Admittedly, it's not apopular strategy, especially for community members. But it's one that has repeatedly demonstrated success – and it's the best strategy we know to effectively end homelessness. And really, isn't that what it's all about?
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Subjunctive as a Way of Life!
Posted by languageandgrammar on December 30, 2012
By Paul Yeager, author of Literally, the Best Language Book Ever and Weather Whys: Facts, Myths, and Oddities
We've written about the subjunctive a couple of times (Subjunctive Uses Were, Not Was and I Wish I Was Wrong, But I'm Not), so this is a more philosophical post on the topic.
The subjunctive is used when we wish things were different from the way they actually are, and based on what I see in life, that seems to be how we live our lives–wishing things were different.
It's December 30, meaning that New Year's Day has not arrived yet, but the stores are brimming with candy and decorations for Valentine's Day. A local grocery store even has candy out for St. Patrick's Day and Easter!
I know that retailers need to plan ahead and get merchandise ready to sell, but we, as a society, seem obsessed with whatever is next, as if whatever is now is not good enough.
The reason Christmas is only a six-week obsession is that Thanksgiving slows down the train a little, but it's depressing to me to start thinking about spring already. Winter just started. Sure, maybe people don't like the weather as much as I do, but still, we don't have to subjunctive our lives away!
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ONEvision as managed service at-visions is happy to announce that its ONEvision Hotel IPTV solution is now also available as managed service offered by Telco companies.
Telco revenues based on voice and txt are decreasing worldwide and will continue to do so. In the mid- to long-run their revenue basis therefore will include a stronger content & application component, either via Pay-TV or similar digital media services and/or managed services. The goal is not only to benefit from the trend of increasing overall data traffic but to enlarge the value chain. Those services are also supposed to strengthen the core business by acquiring new subscribers, increasing ARPU and reducing churn.
One of those services is IPTV offered by Telcos for subscribing consumers in a network with QoS and it is nothing new. Hosting applications by Telcos is nothing new either – the available high quality infrastructure of data centers is used to enable the benefits of cloud computing on various levels. at-visions now combines already existing native IP streams with its industry specific ONEvision™ platform directly at the Telco companies instead of configuring this package at each property.
Through subscription and user right management each property and subsequently each guest has access to all subscribed features and content. All individual content (like hotel compendium, promotions, room service etc.) is managed via web-based CMS by the property itself. Hotels can make use of a high-end IPTV solution without additional streaming or server hardware – only TVs, either with STB or as integrated solution with new generation smart TVs from, Samsung, LG or TP vision.
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Business jet aircraft manufacturer Gulfstream Aerospace (NYSE: GAC) stormed ahead $6 1/16 to $61 11/16 on news it will be acquired by military tank and sub builder General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) for $5.3 billion in stock, or $71.44 per share. General Dynamics, fresh off its failed $1.35 billion acquisition attempt of shipbuilder Newport News (NYSE: NNS) last month, sank $6 3/16 to $65 1/4 on fears that it is getting into unfamiliar business territory, even though Gulfstream's management will stay on board after the merger, and investor Ted Forstmann has agreed to stick around as chairman. While a link-up with Newport News would have yielded benefits from economies of scale and cost-cutting, acquiring the more profitable Gulfstream will provide a quick boost to General Dynamics' earnings and cash flow. With fiscal 1998 operating margins of 15% and a return on average assets of 15% (compared to Newport News' 9.4% operating margins and a 4.2% return on average assets), Gulfstream is expected to add $0.25 to General Dynamics' earnings per share in fiscal 1999 and $0.35 in 2000.
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Automotive precision fuel systems maker Walbro Corp. (Nasdaq: WALB) added $3 7/32 to $19 3/16 after Britain's TI Group PLC, undeterred by Walbro's downward revision of its Q1 earnings on Friday, reaffirmed its $20 per share buyout offer for the firm... Ambulance and school bus maker Collins Industries (Nasdaq: COLL) rolled $1 higher to $5 3/4 after reporting fiscal Q2 EPS of $0.20, up from $0.14 a year ago... Life insurance holding company Life USA Holding (Nasdaq: LUSA) gained $9 1/8 to $19 3/8 after agreeing to be acquired by life and health insurer Allianz Life Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Germany's Allianz A.G., for $20.75 per share in cash, or $540 million... Agricultural machinery maker Case Corp. (NYSE: CSE) harvested a $3 11/16 gain to $48 1/2 after agreeing to merge with fellow farm equipment company New Holland N.V. (NYSE: NH) in a $4.3 billion cash deal valuing Case at $55 per share. New Holland dropped $1 3/16 to $16 3/8.
It wasn't a happy Monday for biotech investors, who had pills, thrills, and bellyaches on their minds as shares of drug developer Immune Response Corp. (Nasdaq: IMNR) led the sector sharply down. Immune Response was crushed for a loss of $4 1/4, or 36%, to $7 9/16 after an independent panel recommended stopping Phase III trials of its Remune anti-HIV treatment. Immune Response and its partner Agouron Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: AGPH) will commence two new trials of Remune in hopes of earning FDA approval for the treatment, but interim data suggested that the drug, when used as part of a treatment "cocktail," wasn't adding much to the equation. Meanwhile, cancer and AIDS drug developer U.S. Bioscience Inc. (AMEX: UBS) lost $2 9/16 to $9 7/16; it drew a fine line in describing the development of its NeuTrexin colorectal cancer treatment, which is showing "a trend towards a clinically meaningful increase" in patient survival but still falling short of statistical significance. Several other biotechs, including Organogenesis (AMEX: ORG) and Amgen (Nasdaq: AMGN), posted modest losses today.
Telecom and cable operator US WEST (NYSE: USW) was the latest company to find itself in the crosshairs of Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GBLX), today agreeing to merge with the international telecommunications carrier in a complex deal that will create a new entity with a market capitalization of more than $75 billion. With Rochester, New York-based local and long-distance phone company Frontier Corp. (NYSE: FRO) signing on with Global Crossing in mid-March, the telecommunications Ghidra had combined 1998 sales in excess of $15 billion; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of more than $6.2 billion; and over 63,000 employees. The new company, to be called Global Crossing, will be half-owned by Global Crossing/Frontier shareholders and half-owned by US WEST shareholders and will boast a network linking 19 countries and 185 cities. For more on the deal, head back to this morning's Breakfast With the Fool. Shares of US WEST lost $4 to $58 1/4 today. Global Crossing moved back slightly, dropping $1 1/8 to $60 1/4, while Frontier was essentially flat.
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Generic drug maker Mylan Laboratories (NYSE: MYL) spilled $1 3/4 to $23 1/4 after reporting fiscal Q4 EPS of $0.32, better than last year's $0.26 but flat with market estimates... Video transport and network access system maker Tellabs (Nasdaq: TLAB), which split its stock 2-for-1 after the market's close today, lost $1 1/8 to $116 7/8... Ohio bank company Belmont Bancorp (Nasdaq: BLMT) gave up $1 1/4 to $10 3/4 after the company said it expects to report a Q1 net loss of approximately $2.6 million. An internal review also concluded that Belmont must restate full-year 1998 EPS to reflect a $0.37 loss.
Shares of global satellite communication company Iridium World Communications (Nasdaq: IRID) added a loss of $1 1/16 to Friday's $4 1/16 drop, ending at $9 3/8. News of trouble with the covenants of its credit facility driven by slow customer growth began the slide last week... Internet bank Net.B@nk (Nasdaq: NTBK), a recent Foolish Double, earned a "sell" rating from First Security Van Kasper, losing $1 13/16 to $57 7/8 on the news. The brokerage also stuck TeleBanc Financial Corp. (Nasdaq: TBFC) with a "sell" rating, sending the shares down $6 3/4 to $85 1/2... Chemical mechanical planarization equipment company LAM Research (Nasdaq: LRCX), which was downgraded to "outperform" from "buy" by analyst Milind Bedekar, moved back $11/16 to $30 1/8.
Automaker General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM) slowed $2 13/16 to $80 5/16 after Morgan Stanley Dean Witter cut its rating on the stock to "neutral" from "outperform." Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F), which received a similar downgrade from analyst Steve Girsky, slipped $3 3/16 to $57 9/16... Motion picture equipment company Matthews Studio Equipment Group (Nasdaq: MATT) lost a grip on $7/8 to $7 after turning in fiscal Q2 losses of $0.23, down from an $0.08 loss last year... Penitentiary operator Prison Realty Trust (NYSE: PZN) lost $2 1/16 to $14 15/16 after Legg Mason Wood Walker downgraded the company's stock to "market perform" from "buy."
An Investment Opinion
by Alex Schay
Of the Body, Of the Market
In late April, when asked by a Bloomberg reporter about his company's prospects for remaining independent in the foreseeable future, Tom Pigott, Chief Executive Officer of the online pharmacy Soma.com replied cryptically, "Soma.com is building for the future, and we'll see what the future holds."
CVS Corp. (NYSE: CVS), the nation's largest drugstore chain in terms of total bricks laid, clearly realizes that its business future will require an online presence. With "convenience" the raison d'etre in pharmacy circles, offering online distribution in order to round out the overall convenience package is a no brainer. While CVS has been developing its existing site to support its bricks and mortar operations, the firm announced today that it will acquire Soma.com in a $30 million all stock pooling transaction (which will not be dilutive this year). Soma.com will operate as a subsidiary of CVS.
So, why might you buy prescription drugs online? The short answer is, usually you wouldn't. If you have some malady, and it's already been diagnosed, chances are you want to go as quickly as possible to the nearest store and pick up your cure. The online medium right now is targeting customers with "chronic" conditions, as well as others who need refills on a regular basis (often these are overlapping circumstances). Still, the market has been estimated to be an $8-$12 billion opportunity. Coupled with over the counter drugs, personal care products and other drugstore staples, the market balloons to $70-$80 billion.
Soma.com opened its online doors in January -- the first online pharmacy to do so -- and since that time has reported a 25% compound weekly growth in sales for its first quarter of operation (with roughly 50% of its orders due to the online element of its business, the balance comes from phone and fax orders). In terms of "lives covered" Soma.com has built an impressive network of relationships reaching 100 million people -- or roughly 200 insurance plans through PBMs and HMOs. This of course allows customers to deliver insurance information and make the familiar co-payments, rather than pay the full retail price for drugs. Situated in the middle of the country, Soma.com claims that with a $9.95 fee, it can overnight its drugs anywhere in the country, making the value proposition a little more compelling.
CVS's alliance with Soma.com reflects its desire to be first to market (among the traditional chains) with an "integrated retail Internet offering" this summer, taking advantage of Soma.com's advanced backend (automated prescription order fulfillment). Plus, doing some back of the envelope calculations, with only 1% penetration of the refill market for Soma.com in its first year, CVS might be looking at a 9% return on investment after twelve months. The $30 million stock deal looks like a very attractive price. In the meantime, CVS will expand Soma.com's over the counter and ancillary products from its present total of 3000, to about 9,000 offerings. With CVS pouring $200 million into advertising every year, it will be quite easy for the company to direct eyeballs online if the proposition is appealing to consumers.
Do you think that convenience doesn't matter? During 1997, CVS implemented "Rapid Rx Refill," which enables customers to order prescription refills 24 hours a day using a touch-tone telephone. In just over 18 months after its debut, Rapid Rx Refill accounted for approximately 50% of refills. Ordering drugs online can be just as painless and, coupled with the opportunity to pick up some consumer staples, the lure for the online firms is obvious.
Drug retailers derive a significant amount of their pharmacy business from third-party payer programs. That is, many chain drug stores own PBMs as subsidiaries (like PCS, Inc., which is owned by Rite Aid, and PharmaCare which is owned by CVS). In fact, in 1998 about 85.4% of Rite Aid's pharmacy sales were third-party prescription revenues. The two major vehicles for prescription growth have been these plans, as well as the purchase of "prescription files" from independent pharmacies (essentially customer lists).
Although managed care providers have made the cost of prescription drugs more affordable for a greater number of people and have supported prescription drug therapy as an alternative to more expensive treatment (such as surgery), they have a tendency to demand lower and lower plan costs from PBMs -- which hurts their margins. CVS has a "minimum margin policy" with regard to this aspect of its business, and it has noted on numerous occasions that it has had to turn away third-party payers that do not meet its profitability requirements. Investors should monitor these trends -- for any acceleration in low-margin pickups can have some serious effects on operating performance.
Thus far, Soma.com has been extroverted in asserting that it can bring retail drug costs down, thanks to the online cost filter. Investors need to be aware of these relationships and the possible clashes as the merger proceeds. Overall though, the deal is a good one for CVS, making sure that the firm is not just protecting market share erosion, but actually attempting to expand its reach as well as provide a complete offering for its existing customers.
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Working Memory
Working memory is a form of short term memory that is concerned with immediate processes. Psychologist George Miller argues that the capacity of working memory is 5-9 items (seven plus/minus two).
By tending to items that are in our working memory we can develop long term memories that can be recalled later.
Tips to improve memory
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Chunking Memory:
Although we can only hold about 5-9 items in our working memory, we can increase efficiency by storing larger (more info) items. For example: Take a (xxx)xxx-xxxx format phone number. By memorizing the area code as one item, the three digit portion as one item, and the four digit portion as one item we only use 3 items total.
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Precision \Pre*ci"sion\, n. [Cf. F. pr['e]cision, L. praecisio a cutting off. See {Precise}.] The quality or state of being precise; exact limitation; exactness; accuracy; strict conformity to a rule or a standard; definiteness. [1913 Webster] I have left out the utmost precisions of fractions. --Locke. [1913 Webster] Syn: Preciseness; exactness; accuracy; nicety. Usage: {Precision}, {Preciseness}. Precision is always used in a good sense; as, precision of thought or language; precision in military evolutions. Preciseness is sometimes applied to persons or their conduct in a disparaging sense, and precise is often used in the same way. [1913 Webster]


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Pure Fishing buys Hardy & Greys Ltd
New article posted on theflyfishingforum.com: Pure Fishing buys Hardy & Greys Ltd
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So what is your reaction to this? A very interesting and somewhat unique addition to the Pure Fishing lineup, and the inclusion of Hardy Composites in the deal too is intriguing.
Re: Pure Fishing buys Hardy & Greys Ltd
My personal take, Hardys Grey line is headed straight to Walmart or some other big box stores. The Hardy Korean made will get better distribution and lower retail pricing and for the price reduction and easier terms, the retail stores (fly shops) will be forced to carry a couple of the English made components.
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Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn had surgery Tuesday to remove a cancerous tumor inside his right cheek.
Eighteen months since having a malignant growth removed in the same spot, the cancer returned in January.
According to Gwynn's wife, Alicia, doctors said they don't believe the cancer spread.
The operation is being performed at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California San Deigo.
"Tony told them to take (the malignant tumor) all out,'' Alicia told ESPN. "They said they may need to remove the facial nerve -- they might have to go a lot deeper. But he just told them to take it out. And if they do remove the facial nerve, they'll replace it with a nerve from his shoulder or his leg.
"Hopefully, his face will work fine; hopefully he'll be able to blink his eye. They said they will make his face as normal as they can -- and that it might be better than it was."
The former San Diego Padres star outfielder attributed his use of smokeless tobacco as the cause. He played his entire 20-year career dipping and 10 more years after that. He has since quit the habit.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with Tony and his family today," Padres CEO Jeff Moorad said in a statement. "Tony has a fighting spirit and we have faith that he will continue to battle this disease with the same perseverance that was the hallmark of his playing career. We know Mr. Padre has all of San Diego rooting for him."
Gwynn's wife is hopeful that the cancer is localized. If so, Gwynn can return to work in a month as San Diego State's baseball coach.
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The last 6 weeks of my life looked something like this: Wake up and immediately begin working from bed on my phone. Shower? What's that? Eat breakfast (that my husband graciously cooked for me) in front of my computer. Sit on my couch next to my dog with my laptop for the next 10-14 hours. Occasionally go to the bathroom. Eat the quickest Paleo meals I could possibly create throughout the day (mostly leftovers from my husband's well-planned meals for … Continue reading


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Lent match funding – your questions answered
2 February 2016
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FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (Dec. 9, 2011) — Northern Arizona University announced today that Mike Adras has resigned as head coach of the NAU men's basketball team to pursue other opportunities.
"Coach Adras has been a valuable member of the NAU and Flagstaff community for 20 years," said NAU President John Haeger. "We thank him for all he has contributed to the basketball program and to the university, and we and wish him the best in his future endeavors."
Athletics director Jim Fallis announced that Dave Brown, a long-time NAU employee, will serve as interim head coach while a search for a permanent replacement is conducted.
"It's important to maintain stability in the program, and I'm confident in Dave's abilities," Fallis said.
Brown is a member of the NAU Athletics Hall of Fame and former head coach of the NAU's women's basketball team and Yavapai College men's team.
"I'm personally committed to the success of the men's basketball program," Brown said. "I have worked closely with the athletes and the program for years, and I'm confident the Lumberjacks will perform well on and off the court."
Adras served as assistant basketball coach for seven years before becoming head coach in 1999. He compiled a record of 193-170 as head coach.
"I am proud of what my team has built at NAU and of our student athletes," Adras said.
Brown's first meeting with players and assistant coaches is today. He will lead the Lumberjacks against CSU Bakersfield on Saturday in Rolle Activity Center.
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Not the Usual Paper
Have you ever tried to print something from MS Word onto a special sized piece of paper? Maybe you're printing an invitation, announcement or something similar.
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First, I'm sure you took the time to set the proper paper size and orientation in Word. (If not, you need to make the necessary adjustments in the Page Setup/Page Layout section of the program).
What's that you say? You did that, but you still had trouble?
That could be because you have to set the printer properties to the correct paper size as well. That's easy though!
You can do that in the Print dialogue window (Ctrl + P).
When you get there, click on the Properties button.
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