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2011年4月18日星期一

Godwin Pumps Announces New Branch In Dallas, TX

Godwin Pumps, manufacturer of the Dri-Prime® automatic self-priming, dry-running pump announced the opening of a new branch office at 10661 Newkirk Street in Dallas, TX, telephone (469) 221-1444. The office is co- located with ITT Flowtronics.

The new facility provides sales, rentals, and service of the Dri-Prime, hydraulic submersible Heidra® and gasoline-powered Wet-Prime pumps. Available are also pipe, hose and other accessories.

The new Dallas branch has already contributed pumps and systems for a bypass through Bar Constructors at a local wastewater treatment plant. This six-month job features CD400M pumps. The team is actively offering services to municipalities and contractors and at wastewater treatment plants throughout the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

"Our progress in Dallas is an example of ITT's intent to organically grow its Water and Wastewater business through its existing footprint, not only internationally, but also within the US," says Ron Askin, VP of Sales for Godwin Pumps. "The progress the Texas team has already made is a model for the future."

Customers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area now have access to a range of Godwin pumps, including the CD series for high volume dewatering applications, and the HL series of high head pumps. Godwin pumps all have a sturdy design for reliable running and low maintenance cost. They are self-priming for easy start and minimal monitoring. A unique oil- bath seal allows the pump to run dry, without damage.

2011年3月27日星期日

Martha Stewart gets silly with Conan O'Brien, Seth Meyers

Martha Stewart’s cooking up some comedy with Conan O’Brien and Seth Meyers on “Martha

Stewart Presents: Men Who Make Us Laugh” (7 p.m. March 27, Hallmark Channel; *** out of

four).

Stewart sits down with O'Brien on the set of his TBS talk show, “Conan,” for a surprisingly

serious discussion about his career ups and especially the recent downs when NBC threw him

under the bus to bring Jay Leno back to “The Tonight Show.”

But O’Brien also cracks up, taking Stewart on a tour of the studio and explaining how his

make-up artists work.

“What you can’t see is the hose,” he jokes. “They fire a hose of flesh tone at me.” (He

also offers up the “recipe” he uses to keep his famous pompadour so tall.)

On Conan O'Brien's make-up and hair routine
CO: This is where they put 60 pounds of make-up.
MS: Wow, from that little tiny table? It doesn’t look like a lot of make-up.
CO: What you can’t see is the hose. They fire a hose of flesh tone at me.
MS: Your hair is done here too?
CO: My hair is actually done in a separate engineering room were we have a lot of hydraulic hose

machinery.

On O'Brien's famous hairstyle
CO: I had this hairstyle going back to eighth grade. And yes I was mocked, I was hit, I was

beaten.
MS: But mom went with it too.
CO: No, mom mocked and hit and beat me.

On O'Brien's dark side
CO: I kid Martha, that’s what I do. I joke, I jest.
MS: But it always has a dark side to it. You’re never dark with you’re children, are you?
CO: At night. Just before bedtime I usually tell them we’re only here for a small amount of

time. No one really knows what happens after we die. Have a good night’s sleep. So they’re

both getting a lot of therapy now.

Meyers is the focus of the hour-long special’s second half. The “Saturday Night Live” head

writer and “Weekend Update” anchor travels to Stewart’s Connecticut farm, where he

attempts to help her with her chores, with hilarious results.

A clip reel provided by Hallmark (above) makes the Meyers interview seem more silly than

revealing, but Stewart does expose more about the funnyman who went to Northwestern

University and got his comedy start at iO in Chicago. (Click this link to see another version

of Meyers' sneak peek. Go to Page 2, "Men Who make Us Laugh.")

On Seth Meyers' and Martha Stewart's jobs
MS: So I would think it would be kind of hard to wake up every morning and know that you have

to be funny. I mean, that’s my feeling.
SM: Right. I would feel like it would be hard to wake up every morning and know you had to

make something in the kitchen. So it’s good we’re doing what we’re doing.

On Meyers' favorite co-stars
MS: Who else do you like working with on Saturday Night Live.  Everybody?  Do you like

everybody on the show?
SM: I like everybody. I really do like everybody. Yeah. Oh, except for Andy Samberg, I don’t

like him. Thank you for reminding me, I do not care for Andy Samberg. He’s like my

archenemy.

On Meyers' salary
MS: Do you make a lot of money doing “Saturday Night Live”?
SM: You can’t believe how much money I make. I mean like, it’s not a contest, but we are

way closer than you think, you and I (looks around). My stables slightly bigger I guess. Yeah

I make tons of money, tons of money.

On Meyers' taking Brian William's job
MS: Would you like to host a late night talk show?
SM: I want Brian William’s job. I don’t want to lie to you. Not because I think I’d be

good at it but I just think it would really burn him if I pushed him out. That’s my goal

2011年3月9日星期三

VAI Increases Productivity for Leading Industrial Distributor

VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.), an award-winning ERP solution provider, announced that

Washington-based Spokane House of Hose, a leading provider of hydraulic and industrial hose

and fittings in the Pacific Northwest, has integrated VAI's S2K Distribution Software. VAI's

S2K software will streamline disparate siloed systems into one integrated solution to better

manage supply chain performance against aggressive fiscal business goals. Spokane House of

Hose chose VAI for its track record of delivering powerful enterprise resource planning (ERP)

solutions for the distribution, manufacturing, retail and service industries on time and on

budget.

Spokane House of Hose stocks the largest hydraulic and industrial hose inventory west of the

Mississippi in an 80,000 square foot facility. The company has remained committed to its

roots as a locally owned business, founded in 1973. With expected continued opportunity and

new customer growth, Spokane House of Hose needed to tie together the various parts of its

organization into one centrally managed and scalable ERP system. VAI's S2K Distribution

Software gives Spokane House of Hose and its product partner, Air Electric Equipment and

Tools, the ability to analyze trends in inventory and shipment orders to streamline warehouse

management operations and eliminate unnecessary and time-consuming manual processes.

According to Rob Jones, project manager, VAI, "We implemented a robust and customized

software solution for Spokane in record time, and the system has delivered value from day

one. Our goal was to fully integrate both Spokane House of Hose and Air Electric Equipment

and Tools, with complete visibility into all business operations, to better manage and

analyze the Company's inventory and financial performance. Both sides of the business are now

working harmoniously for greater efficiencies in overall operations performance."

Mark Swenson, general manager, Spokane House of Hose, added, "It was not just VAI's in-depth

understanding of the intricacies of our distribution business, but their spirit of

partnership and committed staff that convinced us this project was not only achievable but

critical for the growth and development of our company. With VAI's S2K Distribution Software,

we can focus on what we do best -- offer fair pricing, quality products, expert advice and

excellent customer service -- only now we're doing this so much easier, faster and with

better business intelligence."

VAI's S2K Distribution Software offers customers numerous solutions to help manage supply

chains, enterprise resources and customer relationships efficiently and effectively.

About VAI (Vormittag Associates, Inc.)

VAI is an award-winning software developer and an IBM Premier Business Partner. Designed for

the mid-range market, S2K Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Software Suite is used by a wide

variety of mid-sized companies worldwide, with a number of clients in the manufacturing,

distribution, retail, food and related service industries.