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Updated: 11/10/2009 - Colorado Springs Christian grabbed their second boys state soccer championship in school history on Wednesday night. The Lions cruised by Denver Christian 3-1 to win the 2009 title. The key goal came late in the first half. Already leading 2-0, the Lions netted a third first half goal with less than 20 second remaining.

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Two tugs are with a 600-foot bulk carrier that ran aground early this morning in the Columbia River near Longview. The Coast Guard reports that the ship went aground near Cottonwood Island at about 2:30 this morning, but there didn't appear to be any serious damage or fuel spillage. The tugs are now with the ship, helping to provide stability and assistance in refloating the vessel. They haven't said yet what caused the grounding.
Cow Escapes
Longview Police had to use lethal force to finally subdue a cow that escaped from the Cowlitz County Fairgrounds yesterday afternoon. Around 3:30, calls started coming in that there was a large bovine running loose in the 700 block of Ocean Beach Highway. The brown and white cow was seen near Grocery Outlet, still trailing a leash. The animal continued west through town, eventually making its way to the 3100 block of Pacific Way. The owner tried to regain control of the cow, but the cow charged; the cow rammed one Longview Police Officer in the chest, while another officer hurt their foot, trying to keep the cow out of traffic. The Humane Society and Wildlife Officers were called in, and a Taser was deployed to try and get the cow under control. After that failed, the decision was made to shoot the cow; two rounds were used to do that. The owner of the cow and the officers that were injured got checked out by medical personnel; the one that got rammed went to the hospital for treatment. A post-mortem exam is planned, to see if the cow had some sort of medical issue.
Suicidal Man Rescued
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Kids playing with fire was reported to be the cause of a shed fire that was reported last night in the 500 block of South 4th in Kelso. Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue was called out at about 8:15 pm, when black smoke and flames were seen coming from the shed in the back yard. It's also reported that the fire was threatening other structures. It took only three minutes to get the fire knocked down; once that was done, an eight year-old reportedly admitted to starting the fire, while playing with a barbecue lighter. The shed and its contents are considered to be a total loss, estimated at about $750. No injuries were reported.
Craigslist Bust
A suspicious Craigslist ad reportedly led to the arrest of a wanted Longview woman. Sheriff's Detectives say that their suspicions were raised when an ad for an iPhone 5S was spotted, being offered for a price that was considerably below market value. Detectives thought that the phone might be stolen, so they made arrangements to meet with the seller. When Deputies met with Michelle Lynn Sears, 34, of Longview, they learned that the phone was NOT stolen, but they also found out that she had an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court on a fourth-degree domestic violence assault charge. Sears is now being held in the Cowlitz County Jail on that no-bail warrant.
Signal Snafu
It was a traffic mess at the Kelso-Longview border for much of the day yesterday, after the traffic signal at one of the major intersections in town was down. Kelso Police say that the signal at Washington Way, Ocean Beach Highway, Catlin Street and Cowlitz Way went down at about 4:30 yesterday morning; it was also reported that one of the poles at the intersection had been hit, with the light hanging over the street. The intersection became a four-way stop as officials tried to determine who should come and fix it; it was finally determined that the lights belong to the Washington Department of Transportation, who finally got a crew on the scene shortly after 11 am. The lights were put on flash at about 11:30 am, and repairs went from there. It's still not known who hit the pole that got knocked down.
911 Measure
Cowlitz County is putting a measure on the November ballot, asking citizens to approve a one-tenth-of-one-percent sales tax, with the proceeds helping to support Cowlitz County 911. 911 Supervisor Jerry Jensen says that this is a dismal situation, working in a totally inadequate location…911measure…Deanna Wells with Cowlitz County 911 reports that the infrastructure in the 911 Center is failing, with poor phones, inadequate security, and a burned-out workforce. It's also noted that the 911 Center is located in an area that's actually below the flood plain, in a building that has poor earthquake resistance. The Commissioners voted to put this measure on the November ballot; if it's approved, then the proceeds from the sales tax increase would be dedicated to support Cowlitz County 911 Emergency Communications and Facilities. Get more information on the Cowlitz County web page.
C2F&R Open House
You're invited to come out and tour the Baker's Corner Fire Station this evening, while Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue begins the process of educating the citizens inside its service area about the need for an 11 million-dollar bond to replace this station and the one in Lexington. The informational Open House will run from 6 to 9 pm; officials with Cowlitz 2 say that the goal is to educate the public on costs associated with firefighting equipment and gear, replacement of apparatus, and future station expansions to meet population growth. Station 25 in Lexington will have to be torn down, as the building is actually failing, while the 51 year-old building at Baker's Corner is obsolete and inadequate. The Cowlitz 2 Board of Commissioners plan to take action on the resolution to put a 20-year, 11 million-dollar bond on the November ballot their business meeting, which is also being held out at Baker's Corner. That meeting is open to the public, along with today's open house. Get more information at c2fr.org.
Fair Opens/Wednesday Stuff
With a theme of "The Best of Town 'n Country," the 2016 Cowlitz County Fair opens today and runs through Saturday. The fair is open from 11 am to 11 pm each day, with free entertainment all day on the stage next to the main commercial buildings, farm animal displays, and the entries in the 4-H, photography and floral competitions. Today's headline act hits the stage on the Rodeo Grounds at 7 pm; Kelso native Cort Carpenter comes home to perform tonight, opening the show for country music star Chase Bryant. Tickets for that show will be available at the gate, located on the fairgrounds itself. Admission to the fair is free, but a ticket for the concert will be needed. Get more information on cowlitzcountyfair.com.
Remember that the weekly Produce Sale at Northlake Elementary School runs from 10 am to 1 pm today, featuring veggies and flowers that were grown at the Lower Columbia School Garden facilities around the area. Northlake Elementary is located at 2210 Olympia Way in Longview.
Wednesday Night Summer Fun also continues at the Kelso United Methodist Presbyterian Church, with puppet show performances planned, coming up after last week's work in developing and writing a puppet show. You're invited to come by and have dinner at 5:30 this afternoon, followed by the puppet shows at 6 pm. This is free, and is open to all area families. The Kelso United Methodist Presbyterian Church is located at 206 Cowlitz Way; call 423-7480 if you need more information.
Lights Out
You may run into a traffic issue at the Kelso-Longview border, as the traffic light at Ocean Beach Highway-Washington Way and Cowlitz Way went out this morning at about 4:30 am. It's also reported that a light pole and signal equipment may have been damaged in some sort of collision. Utility crews are on the scene, working to make repairs. Until the light is restored, treat the intersection as a four-way stop. You should also work out other routes, as this intersection will be extremely congested.


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Walkthrough: Comparing the Schemas of a Database and Database Project
In this walkthrough, you compare the schema of a database project with the schema of a database by using Visual Studio Team System Database Edition.
Depending on how your team is using the database project and the database, you might then want to copy schema changes in one direction or another. The following scenarios are typical:
Project is Source and Database is Target. You can use a database project to develop or maintain a database. After you make schema changes in the project, you copy them to the database, which is hosted on a staging server. Later, your team could deploy the database to a production server.
The schema-comparison action that you perform in this walkthrough generates a Data Definition Language (DDL) script from the schema differences. You can then use this script to apply all or part of the database project to the database. For more information, see Propagate changes from the project to the database.
Database is Source and Project is Target. An error might be found in the schema of a production database, or the schema might become outdated and require an update. This discovery might result in an urgent update being applied to the database. To keep the project synchronized with the database, you can then import the schema changes that were caused by the urgent update into a database project. For more information, see How to: Import Updates from a Database into the Database Project.
Tasks illustrated in this walkthrough include:
Setup Phase
Create a database project. The new project starts out empty.
Compare the database schema with the project schema. In this comparison, you designate the database project as the source and the database as the target. After the comparison is complete, this configuration lets you write schema updates from the database project to the database.
You can also propagate changes from a source database to a target database project. For more information, see How to: Import Updates from a Database into the Database Project.
Import the schema of the database into the project. The database and the project now have identical schemas.
Production Phase
Add a table to the database project. You will add a table called InternationalShippers, which has three columns.
Compare the two schemas again. The InternationalShippers table appears as new in the database project.
Propagate changes from the project to the database. You can choose to propagate the new InternationalShippers table to the Northwind database. Following this procedure would overwrite parts of the example Northwind database.
Create a Database Project
To create a database project
On the File menu, point to New, and then click Project.
The New Project dialog box opens.
Under Project types, expand Database Projects, and then click Microsoft SQL Server.
Under Templates, click SQL Server 2005.
In Name, type Northwind_Project, and then click OK.
The Northwind_Project opens and appears in Solution Explorer. The project is empty.
By using Team Edition for Database Professionals, you can also create projects that are not empty. For more information, see How to: Create Database Projects.
Compare the Database Schema with the Project Schema
To compare the two schemas
(Optional) Configure options that affect how schemas are compared. For more information, see Options (Database Tools/Schema Compare) and How to: Set Options for Comparing Database Schemas.
On the Data menu, point to Schema Compare, and then click New Schema Comparison.
The New Schema Comparison dialog box opens. Under Source Schema, the Northwind_Project project appears.
Under Target Schema, make sure that Database is clicked, and then click the Northwind database.
If the list under Database is empty, click New Connection. In the Connection Properties dialog box, connect to the database server that contains the Northwind database, and click OK. If the list under Database is not empty and you connect to the Northwind database using SQL Server Authentication, the Connect to SQL Server dialog box appears. You must specify your credentials to connect to the database.
In the New Schema Comparison dialog box, click OK.
The schema of the Northwind database is compared with the schema of your Northwind_Project project. The comparison results appear in the Schema Compare window. The update action is listed as Drop for every object that exists in the Northwind database that does not exist in the Northwind_Project project.
Import the Database Schema into the Project
To import the database schema
On the View menu, click Schema View.
Schema View opens and displays the schema of the Northwind_Project project.
Right-click Northwind_Project, and click Import Database Schema.
The Import Database Wizard opens.
Under Source database connection, click the Northwind database.
Click Finish.
The schema of the database is imported into the project. The two schemas are now identical.
The database project inherits many properties from the Northwind database. To display these properties, right-click Northwind_Project in Solution Explorer, and then click Properties. The imported settings include Default Collation on the Project Settings page and the Miscellaneous settings on the Database Properties page.
To verify that the two schemas are identical, click Refresh on the Schema Compare toolbar.
The schemas are compared again. For schema objects that are identical, the update action is shown as Skip.
Add a Table to the Database Project
To add a table to the project
On the View menu, click Schema View.
Schema View opens and displays the schema of the Northwind_Project project.
In Schema View, expand the Northwind_Project node.
Right-click Tables, point to Add, and click Table.
The Add New Item - Northwind_Project dialog box opens.
Under Templates, click Table.
In Name, type InternationalShippers, and then click Add.
A table named InternationalShippers is added to the Northwind_Project project. The table definition appears in the Transact-SQL (T-SQL) editor.
Change the SQL script in InternationalShippers.table.sql to the following:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[InternationalShippers] ( [ShipperID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1), [CompanyName] [nvarchar] (40) NOT NULL, [Region] [nvarchar] (40) NOT NULL, [Phone] [nvarchar] (24) NULL ) ON [PRIMARY]
Click Save InternationalShippers.table.sql.
In Schema View, right-click the InternationalShippers table, and click View File in Solution Explorer.
The InternationalShippers.sql file is highlighted in Solution Explorer.
Press F4.
The Properties window appears and displays the properties of the InternationalShippers.table.sql file. Notice that the Build Action is set to Build. By setting the Build Action property to Build, you indicate that the file contains the definition for a database object and should be parsed and validated.
Compare the Two Schemas
To compare the two schemas
Click the Schema Compare tab to redisplay the results of the most recent comparison.
On the Schema Compare toolbar, click Refresh.
The schema of the Northwind database is compared with the schema of your changed Northwind_Project project. The comparison results appear in the Schema Compare window. In the Northwind_Project column, the [dbo].[InternationalShippers] table appears.
The status of the new table is New, and its update action is Create. If you propagated changes now, the table would be created in the target database. For more information, see the following procedure.
Propagate Changes from the Project to the Database
In this procedure, you propagate the new InternationalShippers table to the Northwind database. For more information, see How to: Synchronize Database Schemas.
This procedure is described for illustrative purposes only. You probably do not want to follow the steps in this procedure because doing so would overwrite parts of the example Northwind database. Use this procedure only if you do not need to maintain a pristine copy of Northwind. As an alternative, you could perform the procedure on a copy of the Northwind database.
To propagate changes to the target database
In the Schema Compare window, click Write Updates.
The update actions that were listed in the Schema Compare window, which includes the update action of Create for the InternationalShippers table, are executed. This synchronization changes the schema of the target database to match that of the source database project.
While the update action is happening, you can cancel the operation by opening the Data menu, pointing to Schema Compare, and then clicking Stop Writing to Target.
Because some schema changes cannot be transacted, you can lose data if you cancel an update operation. For example, a table in the target database may have been dropped in preparation for its re-creation. If you cancel the update at that moment, you could lose the table. If this type of data loss occurs, you will want to compare the schemas again.


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Contentwithoutborders was originally started to understand content marketing more clearly. Over time this blog has developed into a broader journey of self authored and curated content which focusses on the major and disruptive changes affecting marketing in more general terms. (see below the most important ones)
Technology is the game changer
Without technology, and more importantly without the correct use of the right technology, it will be impossible for our organisations to take true advantage of the digital revolution. See the article below by HBR which I consider to be a positioning paper on the role which technology plays in transforming modern marketing – Making marketing work
The 'future potential' for marketing is now driven by information, technology and content
Marketing has always been difficult to measure. This has been a global problem, and one which has caused a huge GAP to exist between marketing activity and proving the return on investment.
Today these frustrations are being gradually eradicated by cutting edge technology & software innovations which are making it possible to track and measure every step of the consumers journey across a wide ranges of devices and interfaces, including transitions between online and offline touch points. Here is a very informative document compiled by Abacus, which details the latest thinking on using the Shapley Value to determine the best content combinations, which is based on game theory.
Hello Attribution, Goodbye, Confusion!
In previous decades most marketing content was distributed across third party networks to third party audiences. This traditional marketing system largely prevented brands from choosing to develop their own audiences directly, and through their own customised media & marketing ecosystem driven by its own published content. Brands have been forced for a long time to fit into the restrictions and requirements of the traditional advertising system, but now all of this is changing fast.
Today brands are bringing agency skills in house in order to become producers of owned branded content. This content is being seeding online via a variety of first, second and third party platforms, and across a mixture of owned and third party audiences. Agencies are also under real threat for a variety of reasons. Here are three I think are important.
- Many creative agencies rely heavily on traditional marketing and media to make their money. This leads many agencies to suggest creative and media strategies driven by their own business model and not by the needs of the client. This results in a hugely inflated costing model for producing and distributing content, and it also results in agencies directing brands towards making expensive, award winning adverts, rather than really focussed on the 'why' of what they are trying to achieve for the client.
- Many creative agencies do not possess the requisite skills and competencies to provide a modern marketing solution. Specifically when it comes to using information (data) effectively, analytics and measurement. This skills GAP limits the potential for agencies to deliver an integrated and measurable solution.
- Many large agencies do not provide the value that they promise. You are one of many customers, your account is managed mid level account executives and you are billed for hours and not return on investment. Agencies that know what they are doing are starting to negotiate deals based on measured return on investment, which means they only get paid (and how much) based on the success of the project.
All of the above challenges have been made all the more acute by virtue of the fact that we live in a time where creative resources can be accessed globally at a drastically reduced rate than paying an agency. Using online resources like behance.net to contract specific skills directly is becoming more and more of a trend. For brands to be able to make this model work for them, the marketing team internally MUST have the requisite awareness, knowledge and skills to manage this way of working.
Today it is possible to track, influence and measure the impact of your content on consumers, at specific stages of the buying process, over time. This feedback allows you to test and retest different versions of content until you find the combination that works best in creating better engagement, better conversion rates, and which gleans more valuable data on your consumers behaviour (conscious and unconscious behavioural characteristics) as they interact with your brand. It is this technological ability which has completely changed marketing forever. Information & technology drive the process of optimising your content so that it achieves very specific goals in driving desirable consumer activity (engagement, leads, sales, data collection) across the buying journey.
Information and the way it is being collected and used is shaping the future of all marketing communications, but more than this it is shaping the growth curves for brands in the future.
Everyone is talking about big data. This describes the various forms of information that is collected from a range of consumer activities across the purchasing journey. This information can then be processed together to inform a deeper and more holistic view of the consumers you wish to target, what they like, and how best to target them. Previously much of this data was not available, or it was stored separately, and the technology certainly didn't exist to process it constructively. This paper by Bernard Marr will give you a great insight into the potential of data 4 things BIG data can do, and 3 it can't by data-informed.com
There are 3 different types of data that can be collected on consumers. They are:
First party data – owned information about the customer based on your direct interactions with them over time – this would include customer service information, telephonic interaction, survey data, purchasing information, owned content data from websites and publications
Second party data – this is consumer information obtained and collected by your strategic partners and from within your network. This would include data collected by other organisations within your group of companies, service providers, and research partners.
Third party data – This data is all publicly available data which can be purchased or leased and sits within government and private consumer research bodies and departments. This includes third party media broadcasters and networks.
The overall goal is to overlay these different data sets and achieve a more insightful and complete view of the consumer from a digital behavioural point of view, a view which will be trusted more and more as the method of predicting future content patterning that will work best in driving whatever conversion metrics your brand is pursuing.
Here is a great article from the CMI which I see as a positioning paper on this incredibly influential topic called Data as Personalisation, turning kryptonite into treasure!
Content and what it can achieve has radically changed
Content has become a very diverse offering from what it used to be in traditional marketing. Its nature and form has diversified into so many different ways. The primary thing to remember about content is that your audiences have a preference that MUST be followed. What kind of content works best for them, depending on what they are doing or focusing on, and how do you create mirror content experiences which fit within this consumer expectation.
Content must be relevant to consumers worldview and interests
Content must reflect the consumption habits of your targeted consumers
Content must be seeded and distributed based on consumer preference
Content must be useful to the consumer when they engage with it.
Content must be focussed to drive specific actions during each phase of the buying process
Content must be measurable
It is clear that video content is by far the most popular form to use online. However this is not always true because it depends on what content forms and formats your customers like.
All of these topics will continue to be the primary influences that will continue to mould and shift the practice of marketing into a much more scientific and process driven animal.
All of these changes are radical and can achieve great things for your brand. However, without a supportive senior leadership team and organisational culture you will battle to get the right solutions in place. This is a key. Here I refer to the HBR article I provided earlier on in the article. Making marketing work
Why is organisational culture and leadership a major factor in your organisations ability to adapt to these major changes?
For those of you out there who cannot understand why your organisation cannot seem to achieve successful change, despite trying new strategies every year to do so, you can be sure that the problem is something to do with your organisational culture and its leadership.
'The way we do things around here is not supporting the clear strategic need for new thinking, feeling, acting and doing'.
This is not peripheral 'hocus pocus' either, despite what many may poo poo and dismiss as the fluffy stuff called culture. Organisational culture and how it affects everything else runs to the very core of what makes organisations succeed or fail over time.
Lets also be clear that making profit alone does not constitute success or failure in and of itself. This belief is short term and very limited in its potential to build truly successful organisations that endure and mature. Success is different, it is about the longer term journey that an organisation takes as it experiences and responds (or reacts or denies) to the changes of the environment in which it operates.
The culture of your organisation is either something you consciously play a part in creating with the collaborative effort, vision and dedication of leaders, staff and even customers, or it is something which destroys your organisational potential and talent without you even realizing it until it is too late!
Does your organisational culture bring you down or enable you to climb mountains and take over the world?
Are you aware of what it is it or are you in the dark?
Not being aware of culture, and its enormous power, and of its effect on organisational effectiveness and health is what will stop collaboration, innovation and an understanding of how to change, dead in its tracks!
Start talking about culture and start creating it consciously, productively and consistently, and in a way that responds to the needs of your people, your clients and your business environment! Without lowering the water-mark of organisational self awareness your organisation will be operating without clear values, positive leadership behaviors or an understanding of how to improve itself through its own intervention and development.
The next time you are wondering why things aren't changing fast enough around here, if at all, ask yourself if your organisational culture might have something to do with it? The biggest influencers of this organisational culture are your leaders.
If you are not sure what your organisational culture is and what it requires from you or your leaders in order to flourish in this exciting time I would consider this the first warning sign!
Culture matters most of all because it defines who we are, how we do things, and most importantly why we do what we do (purpose statement).It also determines everything about how your organisation will handle change and how it is perceived externally.
How does your organisational culture make people think, feel and act and what could the possible impacts of his dynamic be on your organisational future?
Your organisations capability to adapt and reposition itself lies in the hands of your senior leadership team and in the overall organisational culture within which you exist. The companies that will reap the benefits of these changes are agile and adaptive.
The potential for marketing to develop into a powerful growth engine for brands is clear. The potential for our organisations to navigate their way through these major changes is less clear. In the fall out that occurs between one way of doing things and another, many organisations will be left behind, or will cease to exist altogether. It is the organisations that are agile and responsive to these changes that will rise to greatness in the digital revolution!
Please visit my 'Key Resources' page to find all the best insights and case studies into the rapidly evolving world of modern marketing


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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Aug 31, 1982
|Filing date
|Jul 28, 1980
|Priority date
|Jul 28, 1980
|Also published as
|Publication number
|Harry E. Sulzer
|Original Assignee
|Anchor/Darling Industries, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (13), Referenced by (87), Classifications (24), Legal Events (1)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
This invention relates generally to valve actuators and, more particularly, to a valve actuator which automatically provides for both rotational and axial translational movement of a valve stem.
In many applications it is desirable to have the ability to move the stem of a valve in two ways, axially and rotationally. For example, in some industrial applications it is desirable when closing the valve, to first move the valve stem axially so that the valve disc contacts the valve seat and then to rotate the valve stem so the valve disc grinds against the seat to remove any buildup of deposited material which may have otherwise acted to prevent a complete closing of the valve.
One such prior art valve is described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,996,075 to Deimer et al. The Deimer et al patent discloses a valve which may be opened or closed, without rotation of the valve stem, by rotating a threaded yoke bushing surrounding and engaging the valve stem. The rotation of the yoke bushing is accomplished through suitable gearing keyed to the yoke bushing, utilizing either a manual or power wrench. Rotation of the yoke bushing causes the valve stem to move axially (upwardly or downwardly), thereby engaging or disengaging the valve seat and the valve disc. When the valve seat is to be ground, the valve disc is lowered into engagement with the seat and a jam nut is tightened so that the yoke bushing and the valve stem are locked together and rotate in unison. The subsequent rotation of a suitable handle on the yoke bushing (as described above) rotates the valve stem (without axial movement) to grind the valve disc against the valve seat.
The Deimer et al valve operates effectively in some applications, however, in many applications, the excessive physical effort required to accomplish the grinding and proper seating of the valve makes it unsuitable. Additionally, the design of the Deimer et al valve makes automation of the grinding function complex and expensive.
The present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing an automated dual mode valve actuator which provides for both rotational and axial movement of a valve stem.
Briefly stated, the present invention provides a dual mode valve actuator for controlling the operation of a valve having a valve stem at least partially threaded to provide for both rotational and axial movement of the valve stem. The apparatus comprises a first drive motor which is activated during the first mode of valve actuator operation. A first planetary drive assembly operatively couples the first drive motor to the valve stem. A second drive motor, which is activated during the second mode of actuator operation, is operatively coupled to the first planetary drive assembly and to a second planetary drive assembly. The second planetary drive assembly threadingly engages the valve stem. During the first mode of operation, the valve stem is driven by the first planetary drive assembly to rotate relative to the second drive assembly, thereby moving the valve stem in an axial direction. During the second mode of operation, both planetary drive assemblies are driven to rotate in unison, thereby rotating the valve stem without axial movement thereof. Control means is provided for activating the deactivating the two motors.
The foregoing summary as well as the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be better understood when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a partial sectional view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 taken along lines 2--2;
FIG. 3 is a partial sectional view of the apparatus of FIG. 1 taken along lines 3--3; and
FIG. 4 is a schematic view of the control portion of the apparatus of FIG. 1.
Referring to the drawings, and particularly to FIG. 1, there is depicted in accordance with the present invention a dual mode valve actuator. The actuator, shown generally as 10, is depicted and will hereinafter be described as being employed in conjunction with a multi-turn right angle valve 12 of a type which is generally well known in the art. However, it will be appreciated that this is not intended to be a limitation upon the present invention which could be employed with other types of valves, for example, a quarter-turn valve which requires both a lifting motion and a turning motion.
The valve 12, as shown in FIG. 1, comprises a body portion 14 having an inlet port 16 and an outlet port 18. Each of the ports is surrounded by a conventional bolt flange 20 for securing suitable inlet and outlet conduits or pipes (not shown) to the valve 12.
Within the valve body 14, an annular valve seat 22 is disposed adjacent to the interior of the inlet port 16. The valve seat 22 is provided with an inwardly tapered seating surface 24 which is suited for engagement with a valve element or disc 26. Both the seating surface 24 and the disc 26 are preferably formed of a suitable hard material, for example, The disc 26 is secured to the lower end of a valve stem 28 by suitable means 25, for example the retaining plate and studs as shown on FIG. 1.
The valve 12 further includes a yoke section or yoke 30 for supporting and guiding the valve stem for axial and rotational translation. The yoke 30 is bolted to the body 14 by means of a plurality of nuts and bolts, shown generally as 32, which extend through suitable openings in abutting annular flanges 34 and 36, formed on the valve body 14 and yoke 30 respectively. Suitable sealing material (not shown) may be provided to establish a fluid tight seal between the valve body 14 and the yoke section 30. The yoke section 30 includes an annular bearing means 38 for supporting and guiding the lower portion of the valve stem 28. Additional bearings and/or packing material or the like (not shown) may also be included within the yoke section 30.
What has thus far been described is a typical multi-turn right angle valve 12. As depicted in FIG. 1, the valve 12 is in its open position whereby fluid or any other suitable medium may enter the valve body 14 through the inlet port 16 and pass out of the valve through the outlet port 18. Closing of the valve 12 is accomplished by axially advancing the disc 26 until the disc tightly engages the valve seat surface 24, thereby blocking off the flow through the inlet port 16. Axial movement of the disc 26 and thus the opening and closing of the valve 12 is accomplished by the valve stem 28.
The valve stem 28 extends upwarly through the yoke section 30 to the valve actuator 10. The valve actuator is comprised of a pair of substantially identical motor-driven planetary drive assemblies 40 and 42 disposed back-to-back and utilizing a common ring gear. The first or upper planetary drive assembly 40 effects, controls or regulates rotational translation of the valve stem and includes a first sun gear 44, a first planetary drive means 46 and the common internal ring gear 48. In the present instance, the planetary drive means 46 comprises four planet gears 50, each of which is rotatably supported by a shaft 52. Each of the shafts 52 is fixedly attached to an annular flange portion 54 of a first planetary drive spider 56. As is best seen in FIG. 3, the spider 56 drivingly engages the valve stem 28 by means of a pair of stem keys 58 which, for purposes which will hereinafter become apparent, slidingly engage a pair of vertical keyways or slots 60 within the exterior surface of the valve stem 28.
To effect rotation of the valve stem, the first sun gear 44 is mounted for rotation on the hub of the spider 56, and is operatively connected, for example by suitably sized pins 62, to a concentric bull gear 64 for rotation therewith. The bull gear 64, in turn, is drivingly engaged by the output pinion 66 of a first reversible drive motor 68. As shown in FIG. 1, the drive motor 68 is an electric motor. However, it will be appreciated that the use of an electrical motor in this embodiment is not intended to be a limitation on the present invention, it being clearly understood that the invention is intended to include any other suitable type of motor, for example, a hydraulic motor.
The first planetary drive assembly operates in a conventional manner to operatively correlate the driving forces of three separate drives. Thus, when any one of its drives (sun gear 44, planetary drive means 46 or ring gear 48) is held stationary, the remaining two drives are operatively interconnected for rotation. In this manner, as will hereinafter be described, torque is transmitted from one of the three drives, for example the sun gear 44, to a second drive, for example the planetary drive means 46, when the third drive, for example the ring rear 48, is held stationary.
The second or lower planetary drive assembly 42 includes a second sun gear 70 which cooperates with the common ring gear 48 through four planet gears 74, each of which is rotatably supported by shaft 76. Each of the shafts 76 is fixedly attached to an annular flange portion 78 of a second planetary drive spider 80. The interior surface of the second spider 80 includes suitable threading 82 which engages complementary threading 84 on the upper portion of the valve stem 28, the second spider 80 thereby functioning as a stem nut.
The second sun gear 70 is mounted for rotation on the hub of the second spider 80 and, for purposes which will hereinafter become apparent, is fixedly attached to the upper end of the valve yoke 30.
The second set of planetary gears 74 engage between the second sun gear 70 and the ring gear 48. The ring gear 48 is supported by a pair of upper and lower annular support plates 86 and 88 respectively, which are suitably attached to the upper and lower surfaces of the ring gear 48 by a plurality of bolts 90. The support plates 86 and 88 encircle the first and second sun gears 44 and 70 respectively and retain the shafts 52 and 76 against axial displacement.
Means is provided to actuate the second planetary drive assembly to control axial translation of the valve stem. To this end, referring to FIG. 2, the radial exterior surface of the ring gear 84 includes an integral worm wheel 92, which engages a single-threaded worm 94 mounted upon a shaft 96 which is suitably connected through an output pinion 95 to the output shaft 97 of a second motor 98. As with the first motor, the illustration of the second motor 98 as an electrical motor is not intended to be a limitation on the present invention, it being appreciated that any other suitable type of motor, for example a hydraulic motor, could be employed.
The second planetary drive assembly operates in a conventional manner as was briefly described above with respect to the first planetary drive assembly in order to effect control or regulate axial movement of the valve stem. Thus, the second drive means controls whether the valve stem moves axially. For example, in the first mode of operation, the second drive means does not move and its non-movement permits the valve stem to move axially. In the second mode, movement of the second drive means prevents the valve stem from moving axially. However, in the second planetary drive assembly, the second sun gear 70 is the stationary drive, the torque being transmitted from the second motor 98 through the ring gear 48 to the second planetary drive means 72.
An annular lower retainer member 100 is suitably attached, for example by means of one or more pins 102, to the lower end of the radial exterior of the second spider 80. The retainer member 100 engages against an annular shoulder 104 within the top part of the valve yoke 30 in order to prevent the second spider 80 as well as the rest of the second planetary drive assembly 42 from moving upwardly relative to the valve yoke 30. A similar annular upper retainer member 106 is suitably attached to the radial exterior of the first spider 56 to prevent the first planetary drive assembly 40 from moving upwardly. The combination of the two retainer members 100 and 106 and the combination of the two support plates 86 and 88 and the ring gear 48 thus cooperate to retain the two planetary drive assemblies 40 and 42 together and in the proper position relative to the valve yoke 30.
The above-described planetary drive assemblies 40 and 42 and the two motors 68 and 98 cooperate to provide the dual mode actuator 10. Operation in the first mode is accomplished by activating the first motor 68, the output pinion 66 thereby driving the bull gear 64 and the attached first sun gear 44 into rotation. The second motor 98 remains inactivated, thereby holding the ring gear 48 stationary through the worm wheel 92 and worm 94. Since the ring gear 48 remains stationary, the rotation of the first sun gear 44 causes both the first set of planet gears 50 and spider 56 to rotate around the first sun gear 44.
The rotation of the first spider 56 which, as described above, is keyed to the valve stem 28, causes the valve stem 28 to rotate. Since the ring gear 48 remains stationary, the second planetary drive spider 80 does not turn, therefore functioning as a stationary stem nut, to convert the rotation of the stem 28 into axial or linear movement of the stem.
The direction of axial movement of the valve stem 28 depends upon the direction of stem rotation. If the rotation of the stem is clockwise, the axial movement of the stem is downward, in the direction for closing the valve. If the rotation of the stem is counterclockwise, the axial movement of the stem is upwardly, in the direction for opening the valve. The direction of rotation of the stem is determined by the direction of rotation of the first drive motor 68. In the embodiment as depicted in the Figures, counterclockwise rotation of the output shaft of the first motor 68 results, through the above-described gearing, in clockwise rotation of the valve stem 28. Clockwise rotation of the output shaft of the first motor 68 results in counterclockwise rotation of the valve stem 28. It will be appeciated, however, that a different motor arrangement or the addition of suitable suplemental gearing could result in a different relationship between the directions of rotation of the motor and the valve stem.
During the second mode of operation of the valve actuator 10, the second motor 98 is activated, thereby driving the ring gear 48 to rotate by means of the worm 94 and worm wheel 92. The first motor 68 remains inactivated, thereby holding stationary the output pinion 66, bull gear 64 and first sun gear 44. Since the first sun gear 44 remains stationary, the rotation of the ring gear 48 causes the first set of planetary gears 50 to rotate around the first sun gear 44, thereby rotating the first drive spider 56 and the valve stem 28. The rotation of the ring gear 48 also causes the second set of planetary gears 74 to rotate about the stationary second sun gear 70, thereby causing the second drive spider 80 (stem nut) to rotate.
The corresponding components on both of the planetary drive assemblies 40 and 42 are the same diameter. For example, the planet gears 50 of the first planetary drive assembly 40 are the same diameter as the planet gears 74 of the second planetary drive assembly 42. Since during the second mode of actuator operation both planetary drive assemblies 40 and 42 are driven at the same speed by the ring gear 48, both drive spiders 56 and 80 rotate in unison. The unison rotation of the two drive spiders 56 and 80 means, in effect, that both the valve stem 28 and the stem nut are rotating in unison, thereby causing the valve stem to rotate without any axial movement. The direction of rotation of the stem and stem nut is determined by the direction of rotation of the second drive motor 98.
The above-described dual mode valve actuator 10 is particularly useful in controlling many different valves in a wide variety of valve applications. The preferred embodiment, depicted in the figure, is but one such application wherein the dual mode valve actuator 10 is employed for the purpose of creating a grinding action between the valve disc 26 and the valve seat 22 for the purpose of clearing away any obstruction which may have prevented a tight positive seating or closing of the valve 12.
To create the desired valve grinding action, the actuator 10 is initially operated in the first mode, with the first drive motor 68 operating in the counterclockwise direction so that the valve stem 28 and valve disc 26 move in the valve closing (downward) direction. When the valve disc 26 rotates and is displaced axially into firm engagement with the valve seat 24, the first drive motor 68 is inactivated and the second drive motor 98 is activated, thereby operating the actuator 10 in the second mode. The rotation of the valve disc 26 against the surface of the valve seat 24 without axial displacement provides the desired grinding action to clear away valve seat obstructions. Subsequent to the grinding of the valve seat, the actuator again operates in the first mode, driving the valve disc 26 axially downwardly against the clean surface of the valve seat 24 to provide a tight seal.
Various means may be employed to control the operation of the actuator 10 in each of the two modes of operation. As will hereinafter be described in detail, the preferred embodiment depicts additional sensing and control components for automatically controlling the modes of operation of the actuator 10 to provide the desired grinding action upon closing the valve 12. However, it will be appreciated that the sensing and control components hereinafter to be described are only one example of a way in which the above-described actuator may be controlled and are not intended as a limitation upon the present invention.
Referring now to FIG. 2, the worm shaft 96 includes a torque sensing means 108 comprised of a radial rack 110 integral therewith. The radial rack 110 is engaged by a torque pickup gear 112 which in turn is operatively coupled by means of a pickup gear shaft 114 to a switch 115 in a control means 116 (see FIG. 4). Further details of the switch 115 may be obtained by referring to my copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 952,119, filed Oct. 17, 1978, now Pat. No. 4,261,224 and particularly FIGS. 14-16 therein.
The shaft 96 is rotatably mounted within a support housing 118 for limited axial movement which is restrained by disc springs 120 at each end (only one end being depicted in FIG. 2). The disc springs 120 are of a predetermined size so that axial movement of the shaft 96 is prevented until a predetermined torque, for example 4000 lbs., is placed upon the worm 94. Once the predetermined torque is exceeded, the shaft 96 moves axially, thereby rotating the torque pickup gear 112 and the pickup gear shaft 114.
Referring to FIG. 4, in the control means 116, the switch 115, which is operatively responsive to rotation of the pickup gear shaft 114, senses the rotational movement of the pickup gear shaft 114 and responds by deactivating the first drive motor 68 and activating the second drive motor 98. A timer means, for example a time delay relay 122, cooperates eith the torque sensing means 108 to maintain the second drive motor 98 activated for a predetermined period of time. Periodically during the perdetermined time period established by the timer means 122, the control means periodically reactivates the first drive motor 68, for example by means of the main motor relay 124, to maintain the predetermined grinding torque whenever the torque sensing means 108 indicates that the worm torque has fallen below the predetermined torque. Once the predetermined torque is reached, the control means again deactivates the first drive motor.
Once the predetermined time period set by the timer means 122 has expired, the timer means 122 deactivates the second drive motor 98 and reactivates the first drive motor 68 to close the valve. The first motor 68 is inactivated when the required disc seating torque is developed. Opening the valve resets the control means 116 to reestablish the above-described grinding operation the next time the valve is closed.
From the foregoing description, it can be seen that the present invention provides a dual mode valve actuator which is fully automated and yet remains relatively simple in design. It will be recognized by those skilled in the art that changes may be made to the above-described embodiment without departing from the broad inventive concepts of the invention. For example, the gearing arrangement could be modified so that the first drive spider 56 would serve as the stem nut and the second drive spider 80 would drive the valve stem 28 for rotation. Likewise, the controller 116 may be modified to drive the motors concurrently in opposite directions to effect axial displacement of the shaft without imparting rotational translation, by arresting movement of the keyed spider 56 while driving the stem-nut spider 80. It is understood, therefore, that this invention is not limited to the particular embodiments disclosed, but it is intended to cover all modifications, which are within the scope and spirit of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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FX equivalent to the 18-200mm?
Dec 4, 2012
Just picked up a D700 and I am in the process of changing out a few lenses. I will selling off the 18-200mm and looking for another lens that could fill it's place on a full frame body. Any thoughts? Hoping to get something in the same price range but realize the FX lenses can be a bit pricey.
Currently have a 50mm 1.8 (probably upgrade to a 1.4) and an 85mm 1.8
I don't really need the length of a 70-300 and would rather it be a lens that covers some wide and tele.
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I want to go into Marketing Communications. Good idea?
Is Marketing Communications a good fit for me? Career advice appreciated, especially from people with experience in the industry. [more inside]
How to best deliver a used kid's mountain bike from the US to Canada?
Our family of four will be flying to Vancouver, BC, soon to visit my brother and his family. One of the things we'd like to do, if it makes sense, is bring along our daughter's 20" mountain bike to give to his kids. [more inside]
Vancouver BC area: How to calculate your income tax?
BC'ers - how do you calculate the rate of income tax you should be paying? After googling I'm coming across wildly different rates for brackets, as well as terms like 'average rate' and 'marginal rate' (what are these? The internet doesn't want to tell me!) I normally do my own taxes at home (UK) but am being driven round the bend trying to get the figures for this.
Good reads about Canadian politics.
What are some good reads about Canadian political history? [more inside]
How to get schengen visa fast from US with expired H1b visa
Hello All, I'm in a complicated situation and I need some serious help on this one: I'm a Chinese citizen with China passport. And I work in the US on H1b visa. My visa is expired. And my 1-797 is about to expire on 11/23/2013. My company is working on my extension which filed in premium but delayed by government shut down. And this should be all done before 11/23/2013. But I'm planning on an urgent trip to Finland for a couple of weeks to see a friend. And to apply for Schengen visa, I need valid H1b visa. I'm on a tight schedule here, I need the visa ASAP. [more inside]
Understanding political party accomplishments without spin
I live in Canada. Every now and again I try to understand what's happening in federal or provincial politics. Every time I look I only seem to find information on the current scandals or vote-grabbing hot-button issues. Is there somewhere I can understand more without the rhetoric and spin? [more inside]
Very very old lost US passport - can an immigration lawyer help?
Technically I have dual Canadian/US citizenship as my father was a US citizen living in Canada when I was born. I had a passport in the mid-1980s as a small child, but it's long gone now. Who should I talk to about getting another one? (details inside) [more inside]
They're not sending us back, are they?
Two plainclothes detectives showed up tonight at our door. They claimed that a lewd picture had been sent from one of our cellphones to another person. We truthfully told them we knew nothing about it. They asked very few questions, mostly to confirm our identity, said "no one's in trouble but no-one should be sending stuff like this" and left. What should we do/expect now? Details inside. (Ontario, CA) [more inside]
Wireless Barcode Scanners w/ on-board memory
I need to (with some urgency) select a wireless barcode scanner that our inventory guys can use to grab codes from a pallet of worth of small boxes. It's got to operate without a constant USB connection, and preferably store the scanned codes locally on the scanner for later transfer to a laptop (USB for that later transfer is fine). Has anyone got similar devices working right now that they're happy with/happy to recommend? I'm in Canada, so bonus points if Newegg or similar sells it up here.
Book recommendations for an 11-year-old girl available on Amazon.ca?
My niece celebrates her eleventh birthday soon. She loves to read. She lives in Canada; I live in the UK: for convenience's sake I'd like to buy her books from Amazon.ca as a gift. Besides reading, her previous interests have included princesses, ballet and cupcakes—the latter leading me to order to some volumes from The Cupcake Diaries as last year's gift. What's new and cool in the world of books if you're Canadian and eleven?
407 Blues
At the end of July I visited Canada for the first time. I took my car with me. While driving through Toronto I got onto 407 ETR. Thinking better of it I got off after going one or two exits. So what now? [more inside]
Canadian working for a US company from Canada
I am a Canadian citizen and resident. There is a US company that is interested in working with me. They are okay with me working remotely if necessary. What are my options? [more inside]
Help us get a passport so we can go to Mexico
My husband was born in the US and moved back to Canada as a baby with his Canadian parents. Apparently he received a proof of citizenship card when he was a teen but now it is lost. I understand that he will need this to apply for a Canadian passport. His sister is getting married in January in Mexico, where he will be in the wedding party. We have applied for the replacement citizenship card already about a month ago but have gotten no confirmation so far, and I just read on the website that it will take 6 months. This is not enough time to get it and the passport before mid January. Now we are panicked. Is there anything else we can do? Can he apply for an American passport instead in order to travel to Mexico? He has dual citizenship since he has an American birth certificate. Thanks
What do I need to know about a French Canadian sailor's lament?
What is the structure and rhyme scheme of a French Canadian sailor's lament? Anglophone sailors have the sea chanty, a song for work... but I understand francophone sailors in the Maritimes have both upbeat songs for work, and slow, sad songs for downtime, called laments. How are these structured musically and lyrically? Are there any translated examples?
Opening a home-based business in Canada
I know a woman who is extremely talented in making baked desserts. She wants to open a home-based business. How can she go about doing that in a city like Toronto? Are there any legal/accounting stuff that she needs to know about beforehand? Is there some sort of governmental health supervision program that needs to see the house where she does her work? Can you give me some tips on how she can go about selling her product legally?
Need help identifying this ship docked in Lunenburg on June 2, 2011
For the longest time, I had thought that I had taken rare photos of the masts of the Bluenose 2 on June 2, 2011 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. But I just read a news article from September 2012 that claimed that the masts had not been in Lunenburg for two years, making this impossible! [more inside]
Where to buy ketchup chips in Philadelphia/Delaware?
I had a sudden craving for ketchup chips a few days ago while chatting with a fellow Canadian-in-America. Prices on Amazon are ridiculous--$9 for one large bag of chips! Are there any local sources in Philadelphia or northern Delaware where I can buy Lay's (not Herr's) ketchup chips at a reasonable price?
How can I pursue a masters or pHD in Canada if I'm working a 9-5 job?
It's a huge hassle for anyone who has a 9-5 job and no savings to pursue a masters or a pHD in a reputable/respectable college or university, no matter what country s/he's in. If that's my case, how can I make it work if I live in Toronto, Canada? (I'm interested in reading your thoughts and experiences even if they're not about Toronto per se).
What do we do with old money?
We have a collection of old foreign money that we'd like to get rid of. What's the best thing to do with it? Complicating factors: not that old, not that much, not exactly a curated collection, we're in Canada. [more inside]
How to get authorization to return to Canada?
When we last left off, my spouse was denied entry to Canada due to criminal inadmissibility. Since then, my spouse got paperwork from CA to prove that his record was expunged and that he does not have a felony background. [more inside]
Should we risk a trip up north?
My spouse got into a stupid situation with another family member about four years ago, resulting in a misdemeanor charge. Now we want to take a day trip to Canada and the admissibility rules are confusing. Can we go? [more inside]
How to write a cover letter to overseas employer?
How should mention my nationality when writing a cover letter to employer overseas? I have read that I am not supposed to say anything about my marital status, religion, etc... But since I am a foreigner so I don't want the recruiter to find it out in my last paragraph kindda. I feel that I should at least tell them why I am relocating and such. However, it's also weird to bring it up in the first paragraph either (and get thrown to trash right away...). In fact, I am a US citizen writing to Canadian employer so it is basically very similar to letters to my local companies. Unfortunately, it is harder than I thought due to the citizenship and job market, I guess. I have searched and couldn't find any sample letter for employer overseas... Do you guys have any idea or experience how I should put it better?
How to Spend 36 Hours (or a little less) In Toronto for the 1st Time.
After nearly five years of being a PR in Canada, I finally get to see your biggest city. But time is short! What are your highlights? [more inside]
U.S. citizen moving to Canada needs bank account
What's the easiest, best, and cheapest way for a U.S. citizen moving to Toronto to get a Canadian bank account? Ideally before I arrive, if that is possible. [more inside]
Lost at the Canadian Border?
My friend's daughter was travelling to Canada over the weekend. Apparently she was stopped at the border due to some health insurance related issue. She didn't make it to the hostel she was supposed to stay at the first night, or the volunteer program she was destined for. She called those places when she knew she wouldn't make it, but she hasn't called home at all, as far as we can tell. And we have no idea where she is right now. What can we do? [more inside]
Moving to Vancouver
I'm (almost certainly) moving to Vancouver for grad school, starting this September. I've never moved before, other than college and that was only an hour away from my hometown. What do I need to know about renting an apartment, getting my iPhone to work and everything else? [more inside]
providing criminal history evidence for Canadian work permit
How does someone get proof that a criminal record was expunged in 1985 in order to be allowed across the Canadian border? [more inside]
How does one go about getting welfare?
I'm clueless as to how one goes about getting welfare. What can I expect? Is it easy to get? [more inside]
Parlez-vous francais? No. Not for 13 years.
I graduated high school having been in french immersion and when I graduated I did the testing and I was offically bilingual. Hurray! However, that was over 10 years ago and I have hardly spoken it since I graduated. Now, suddenly, my job wants me to get my french proficiency tested to see if I can satisfy the required language requirements for my branch. (We need to have X# of people able to speak French because a percent of our clients speak french as their first language, and right now we're down a person apparently). Au secours! [more inside]
What are some good jokes about Winnipeg or the Canadian prairies?
A friend of mine is moving from Southwestern Ontario to Winnipeg next month. We're throwing a going-away party and I'd like to give a speech and tell a few jokes. What are some good jokes I can tell about Winnipeg or Manitoba or the Canadian prairies? Thanks!
Non Destructive Testing in Canada's Oilpatch - experiences?
I'm considering a career switch, and I'm looking at taking a certification (or more) in non-destructive testing, with an eye to working in the oilpatch. I'm curious about how work is structured and what the conditions are like. Any input would be appreciated. [more inside]
Finding graphic design jobs in Canada
I was reading interviews with various successful graphic designers, and realized that most of them cold-called their future employers and sent them samples of their work. Are there any resources out there that list design studios, book publishers, editors, writers, ... that one can send work to? Is it possible for an immigrant designer to gain an edge on the competition in the graphic design job-hunting game in Canada? [more inside]
Cheap accomodation in Toronto for the 2013 Film Festival?
I am visiting Toronto for the Tiff film festival on the 5th September, and can't find budget accomodation.... [more inside]
Trying to find name of independent film about solo boat trip in Canada
Somewhere between 1997 and 2001 in Seattle, I saw a 1 or 2 hour independent film on TV at a friend's place. The subject was a man who wanted to row a small boat across a series of lakes and rivers somewhere in northern Canada. He traveled alone and filmed himself. I don't remember enough nor know enough about Canadian geography to say much more about the location. [more inside]
What iPhone plan should a frequent Canada-US traveler get?
I currently live in Toronto. From September to April, I'll live in Boston, with regular short trips back to Canada during that period. After that I'll come back to Canada. I am, alas, a total iPhone newb and I'm looking for advice on what someone in my position should do. [more inside]
Can I get a new Bell Samsung Galaxy S4 and root/unlock it? (& should I?)
Can I get a new Bell Samsung Galaxy S4 and root/unlock it? (& should I?) [more inside]
What should I tell the customs agent about the $$ value of my car?
We will be importing a 2004 Honda Accord into Canada this weekend, I hope. We must pay taxes (16% of value of the car!) when we bring it in. It is up to us to put a value on the the car and hope the customs agent accepts our assessment. If they don't accept it, they will put their own value on the car and we must accept that and pay taxes accordingly. Two questions: how would you assess the value? And how would you try to pay the least amount possible? [more inside]
Do you know a good mail forwarding service from the UK - Canada?
Does anyone know a reliable, cost-effective mail forwarding service so I can get my ebay stuff and hot chocolate delivered without pissing my friends/family off? [more inside]
Canadian e-mail hosting and domain registration
Which Canadian company (or companies) would you recommend as a reliable and affordable organization to host my e-mail? [more inside]
Historical border wait times for Sarnia?
I will be crossing the Blue Water Bridge border crossing at Sarnia-Port Huron the Friday evening starting the July long weekend. Anyone know how much of a wait to expect going into the States? Alternatively, is there a place where I can search historical (not current) border wait times? [more inside]
You there! With your delightful Canadian city! Tell me of it.
As an addendum of sorts to my very sad AskMe of last week, I have questions about Canadian cities that are not Sherbrooke, Quebec. Ridiculous concerns/criteria inside. [more inside]
How does an ersatz Canadian go home?
I've lived outside Canada for all my professional working life (grad school> jobs) and am now thinking about going back, how easy/hard will it be to find a job? How do I do that and can I do it from outside the country? [more inside]
Say I'm a blue-collar Canadian in the 00s. What do I smoke?
I'm writing a book, and I want to know what blue-collar people in central Canada - Alberta, specifically - would buy as cigarettes, brand-wise. I've got my own hunches, but I'm not from there, and I'd appreciate some further direction. [more inside]
International package mailed without tracking never arrived. Options?
I live in Canada, my sister's in the US. She mailed me a package over two months ago via USPS First Class and it never showed up. USPS isn't being helpful and says they can't investigate, Canada Post says there's nothing they can do. We have a Customs Declaration Number that shows it (supposedly) left Las Angeles on April 9th, but that's it. Are we hosed? [more inside]
Do I need a financial planner and if so, how do I find one?
I want to understand retirement savings and long-term investment products. Who do I want to speak with and how I find them? (Some relevant details inside.) [more inside]
We could always visit Buffalo
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Calling all internationally mobile, 'creative-class' freelancers- how do you determine who taxes you, if your design clients are in one country (for me, USA) you live in another country (Germany) but are a citizen of yet somewhere else (Canadian)? Does everyone get a piece of my income? [more inside]
Google Pixel in Canada?
What's involved in running a Google Pixel or other 3G Chromebook in Toronto, Canada? Do they just take a normal carrier's sim card and run as if they're phones without phone numbers? Will they run on Wind/Mobilicity/Public or only one Bell/Rogers/Telus, etc? Over all, what issues does one need to be aware of? Thanks.
Is this an accent or am I hearing things?
These two YouTube videos, Video 1 and Video 2, contain men speaking English with a similar accent. Is this an accent? Can anyone identify it? [more inside]
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Despite my feelings about cruises, I am taking my mom on a cruise for her 80th birthday (Quebec City, Nova Scotia, PEI). I am looking for help - with what to eat and what to see. [more inside]


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