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This years winners include Central Florida resident Amy Freeze, who won Amateur Best in Show Winner for her Sandbar Key Lime Pie.
The pie competition is held each year in conjunction with the Great American Pie Festival and the Never Ending Pie Buffet in Kissimmee, an event which draws an annual following of more than 39,000 pie lovers and features more than 90,000 slices of pie.
This years pie championships drew an astounding 747 entries in three divisions: amateur, professional and commercial, and featured five new categories courtesy of new sponsor Comstock Wilderness Fruit Pie Filling. The new sponsor introduced five new flavor categories in which amateur bakers competed: Apple, Blueberry, Cherry, Peach and Strawberry. Although participants in the five categories used Wilderness Comstock brand canned fruit pie fillings, they also made the pies their own by adding at least four other ingredients in their filling.
Comstock joins a distinguished list of competition sponsors, including Crisco and the California Raisin Marketing Board.
The pies were judged by 150 pre-qualified volunteer chefs, bakers and assorted pie aficionados. The addition of five Duncan Hines Comstock Wilderness Fruit Pie Filling categories brings the total number of Amateur categories to 18, including Apple, Cherry, Crisco Classic Chocolate Cream, Citrus, Cream, Fruit & Berry, Crisco Innovation, Nut, Open, Peanut Butter, Cream Cheese, Pumpkin and Raisin (sponsored by the California Raisin Marketing Board). First place winners were chosen in each category with Amateur Best of Show and Comstock Best of Show selected from among the first place winners.
This years professional competition consisted of 128 pies entered in twelve categories: Apple, Crisco Classic Cherry, Crisco Classic Chocolate Cream, Crisco Innovation, Citrus, Cream, Fruit & Berry, Nut, Open, Peanut Butter, Perfect Pie and Raisin. First place winners were chosen in each category with Professional Best of Show selected from among the first place winners.
We want to thank all those who traveled to Orlando to participate in the 19th Annual APC/Crisco National Pie Championships. The creativity and skill demonstrated in all of the categories, but especially our new categories were truly inspiring, not to mention, mouthwatering! said Linda Hoskins, APCs executive director.
Congratulations to all who entered. Its not uncommon for our bakers to pull all-nighters during the competition to ensure that theyre entering the perfect pie and we truly appreciate their dedication to their craft.
The Amateur division garnered 289 entries spread among 17 pie flavors. Amy Freeze, a 15-year high school teacher of Avon Park, Fla. took the Amateur Best in Show with her Sittin on the Sandbar Key Lime Pie which was the first place winner in the Citrus category. Her vanilla wafer-based crust held a cream cheese, lime juice and cream of coconut filling, which was topped with whipped cream rosettes, lime slices and white chocolate sea shells. After having competing for six years, this is Amys first Best in Show win. She won two first places in 2008, a second place in 2009, second and third places in 2011 and a third place in 2012. Freeze took home $5,000 in prize money, as well as a Crisco gift basket.
My first year I entered the pie championships was in 2007 and I was just awful, said Freeze. I had no idea how to bake a crust. It took awhile to get that right. For years, Ive admired so many other peoples talents and abilities. To hear my name announced, I was completely taken aback. But its been fun. Everyday, someone on campus makes a comment about the win or seeing the video.
Dad can create his own old-time Saturday night at the movies with a few classic westerns, a 1930s mystery series and some more modern feature films for the main event.
Of course you remember Tarzan and Jane, but after he got thrown out of the family tree, Johnny Boy Sheffield started washing out his own loincloths to star in the Bomba the Jungle Boy series.
This is a fun collection of six films (Bomba the Jungle Boy Volume One 1949-51) that relies heavily on stock animal footage (Oh, look at the grazing giraffe. Here comes an impala) but is entertaining nonetheless.
Bomba gets into all kinds of adventures and even finds a girlfriend in the wild in some of the outings. Oh those wild jungle days (and nights).
The set includes:
Bomba, The Jungle Boy (1949), Bomba on Panther Island (1949), The Lost Volcano (1950), Bomba and the Hidden City (1950), The Lion Hunters (1951), Elephant Stampede (1951).
All six films have been restored nicely and are available from the Warner Archive Collection online.
Make it an old-fashioned double feature (make that multiple double features) with the Nick Carter Mysteries Triple Feature, featuring Walter Pidgeon as detective Nick Carter, a 1930s super sleuth.
Pidgeon is still early in his career here (before teaming with Greer Garson in Mrs. Miniver and way before he went to the Forbidden Planet.
The three films here(also from Warner Archive) are from 1939-40.
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This DVD is for you dad. A grab bag of titles for Father’s Day gift buying
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
BMC Software (BMC) (the Company) has commenced a solicitation (the Solicitation) of consents (the Consents) upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a Consent Solicitation Statement (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Statement) and the accompanying Form of Consent (the Consent Form), each dated as of June 7, 2013, to certain proposed amendments (the Proposed Amendments) to the Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 4, 2008, between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the Supplemental Indenture), to the Base Indenture, dated as of June 4, 2008, by and between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (as amended and supplemented, the Base Indenture and together with the Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture) governing its 7.25% Notes due 2018 (the Notes).
The Proposed Amendments would amend the Indenture in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 6, 2013, by and among the Company, Boxer Parent Company Inc., a Delaware corporation and Boxer Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware Corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Merger Sub), as amended from time to time (the Merger Agreement), pursuant to which Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation (such transaction, the Acquisition).
The Acquisition would constitute a Change of Control under the Indenture and is expected to result in a Change of Control Triggering Event (as defined in the Indenture). The Company is therefore seeking consents from the holders of the Notes to amend the definition of Change of Control in the Indenture so that the Acquisition does not constitute a Change of Control or result in a Change of Control Triggering Event under the Indenture and to make certain other related changes to the Indenture. The Proposed Amendments will be effected by a supplemental indenture to the Indenture (the Second Supplemental Indenture) that is described in more detail in the Statement.
The Solicitation will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 19, 2013, unless extended or earlier terminated (such time on such date, as the same may be extended or earlier terminated, the Expiration Time). The Solicitation is subject to customary conditions, including, among other things, the receipt of valid Consents with respect to a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes (the Requisite Consents) prior to the Expiration Time (which Consents have not been properly revoked prior to the effectuation of the Second Supplemental Indenture) and the consummation of the Acquisition.
In the event that each of the conditions to the Solicitation described in the Notice are satisfied or waived, including, but not limited to, the receipt of the Requisite Consents and the consummation of the Acquisition, the Company will pay to each holder of record of Notes as of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June 6, 2013 (each such holder, a Holder), who has delivered a valid Consent in respect of such Notes prior to the Expiration Time (and has not properly revoked prior to the effectuation of the Second Supplemental Indenture), $3.75 in cash for each $1,000 principal amount of such Notes in respect of which a valid Consent was so delivered (and was not properly revoked) (the Consent Fee). The Company will pay the Consent Fee at such time as all of the conditions enumerated in the Notice, including consummation of the Acquisition, have been satisfied or waived. Holders of Notes who deliver Consents but validly revoke their Consent in accordance with the Statement or deliver Consents after the Expiration Time, will not receive a Consent Fee. Subject to applicable law, the Solicitation may be abandoned or terminated for any reason at any time, including after the Expiration Time and prior to the Proposed Amendments becoming operative, in which case any Consents received will be voided and no Consent Fee will be paid to any Holders.
If the Requisite Consents are received prior to the Expiration Time, the Company intends to promptly execute the Second Supplemental Indenture. If the Proposed Amendments are approved, the Second Supplemental Indenture is entered into by the Company and the Trustee and all of the conditions to the Solicitation are satisfied or waived, the Proposed Amendments will become operative and will bind all Holders of the Notes, including those that did not give their Consent. If the Requisite Consents are not received prior to the Expiration Time, the Proposed Amendments will not be adopted and the Consent Fee will not be paid.
The Company has engaged Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC to act as Solicitation Agent and D.F. King & Co., Inc. to act as Information and Tabulation Agent for the Solicitation. Questions regarding the Solicitation may be directed to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC at (800) 820-1653 (toll-free) or (212) 538-2147 (collect). Requests for documents relating to the Solicitation may be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at (800) 967-5550 (toll-free), (212) 269-5550 (banks and brokers), (212) 809-8838 (facsimile) and (212) 709-3328 (confirmation).
This press release is for informational purposes only and the Solicitation is only being made pursuant to the terms of the Statement and the related Consent Form. The Solicitation is not being made to, and Consents are not being solicited from, Holders of Notes in any jurisdiction in which it is unlawful to make such Solicitation or grant such Consent. None of the Company, the Trustee, the Solicitation Agent or the Information and Tabulation Agent makes any recommendation as to whether or not Holders should deliver Consents. Each Holder must make its own decision as to whether or not to deliver Consents.
This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.
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BMC Software Announces Commencement of Consent Solicitation
Edinburgh, Scotland 3L Ltd, the premier provider of software tools to simplify multiprocessing, today announced availability of its 3L Diamond suite for use with the CommAgilityAMC-2C6678 high performance DSP/FPGA card.
Under continual evolution since 1987, 3L Diamond auto-magically handles the interconnection management when tasks are moved to different cores or devices. Engineers are free to focus on the application instead of the irritating minutiae of the connectivity. This freedom helps maximise the benefits of the C6678 multicore DSPs from Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI), built on the KeyStone architecture.
The AMC-2C6678 is a single-width, full-sized AMC card powered by two of TIs latest TMS320C6678 DSPs, each with eight 1.25GHz C66x cores. It is ideal for a range of high performance DSP/FPGA processing applications. The board also includes a Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA and a 20Gbps per port Serial RapidIO infrastructure.
The CommAgility AMC-2C6678 is the latest of many pre-installed hardware platforms supported within 3L Diamond. Each licence includes access to all supported devices and boards. Copious royalty-free examples and tutorials demonstrate the creation and simple movement of tasks around available hardware.
With 3L Diamond, moving tasks between devices and cores becomes a trivial effort. The main perceived complexity of multicore development is removed and engineers can focus on the application, said Guy Hunter, responsible for Sales and Business Development at 3L. Whether migrating legacy code or deciding on the best topology, the flexibility provided by 3L Diamond dramatically reduces risks of project delays associated with change.
Dr Peter Robertson, Founder of 3L Ltd, said, From the earliest days of parallel processing, we identified that access to the processing power needed to be simplified. Evolving through support for devices like the Transputer and 'C40, 3L Diamond provides proven, simple access to the performance of Texas Instruments' multicore DSPs.
TI enjoys collaborating with companies like 3L and CommAgility, who are committed to extending the reach of TIs KeyStone platform to a variety of customers, said Dave Bell, applications manager, DSP, TI. Our collaboration is helping simplify the software development environment, helping customers achieve maximum performance on the KeyStone architecture.
Availability: Immediate (24hr shipment)
About 3L Ltd Making multiprocessing simple has been the sole focus of 3L since it was formed in 1987. Pain-free movement of tasks from one processing element to another is the essence of 3L expertise. 3L works in close collaboration with tools provided by device manufacturers and 3rd party specialists in optimisation, efficiency and verification. We know we are doing our job right when during a demonstration the customer says....It can't be that simple. Show me again. All product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. Contact: Guy Hunter gh@3L.com (972) 994-6761 or rest of world +44 131 620 2641
About CommAgility CommAgility is a leading manufacturer of signal processing AMC modules for wireless and other signal processing applications, combining flexible interfaces including analogue RF, the latest Texas Instruments DSPs and Xilinx FPGAs, and high bandwidth on and off-card communications using Serial RapidIO and Ethernet. Customers around the world use CommAgility products to develop a wide range of high performance applications, and recent designs include test equipment, trial systems and base stations for a wide range of wireless standards especially WiMAX, LTE and LTE Advanced.
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Multiprocessing Software Tools ease connection management.