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Coconut and Wheat Germ Crusted Chicken
Coconut and Wheat Germ Crusted Chicken
Nutrition FactsServing Size: 1 slice (211g)
Servings Per Recipe 4
Calories 440
Calories From Fat 200
- % Daily Value
- Total Fat 22g34%
- Saturated Fat 7g35%
- Trans Fat 0g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 7g
- Monounsaturated Fat 7g
- Cholesterol 130mg43%
- Sodium 350mg15%
- Potassium 740mg21%
- Total Carbohydrate 36g9%
- Dietary Fiber 4g16%
- Sugars 5g
- Protein 33g
- Vitamin A 8% Vitamin C 10%
- Calcium 6% Iron 15%
- Vitamin E 30% Thiamin 25%
- Folate 30% Phosphorus 45%
- Magnesium 20% Zinc 20%
Serves 4
Instead of the same old pan-fried chicken, try a twist on tradition with this nutty, crusty, slightly sweet chicken dish. You'll love its flavor as well as the nutritional benefits. Serve with Key Lime Sauce.
1/4 cup flour
1/2 cup plain panko crumbs
1/2 cup Kretschmer Original Toasted Wheat Germ
1/4 cup sweetened coconut
1/4 cup finely chopped dry-roasted, unsalted pistachios
1 large egg
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts, thinly sliced
2 tablespoons canola oil, divided
Add flour to medium bowl.
In another medium bowl, mix together panko, Kretschmer wheat germ, coconut and pistachios.
Crack egg in medium bowl and whisk until combined.
Dip chicken into flour, shaking off any excess, then dip into egg and then crumb mixture, making sure to press crumbs into chicken.
Place prepared chicken on a large plate until ready to fry.
Meanwhile heat large nonstick pan on high heat. Add 1 tablespoon oil and spread around the pan. Add two pieces of chicken, turn heat down and cook for 2 to 3 minutes or until crispy but not burned. Flip over and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes or until chicken is cooked and no longer pink inside. (Note: Cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of the chicken.)
Remove chicken from pan, wipe out crumbs; heat pan again, add oil and cook the remaining chicken.
Key Lime Sauce
1 shallot, finely chopped (about 1 tablespoon)
1 clove garlic, finely chopped (about 1/2 teaspoon)
1/2 cup sour cream
1 tablespoon key lime juice
2 tablepoons finely chopped parsley
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/8 teaspoon pepper, or to taste
Mix all ingredients together in bowl. Drizzle over chicken slices or serve alongside. Makes a generous 1/2 cup or about 2 generous tablespoons per person.

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DWTS Season 11 PRO WATCH – August 24, 2010
And as most of you know, Anna Demidova is out. I'm afraid I saw that one coming a mile away. I guess she just didn't make enough of an impact on the show and, at the point she joined up, making an impact was relatively important. Some of these pros are stars in their own right – like it or not, you purists. 🙂 Where do we stand on the rest of them? Well…
Chelsie Hightower – probably in
Cheryl Burke – Unknown
Edyta Slwinska – Unknown
Lacey Schwimmer – OUT
Anna Trebunskaya – Unknown
Anna Demidova – OUT
Karina Smirnoff – Possibly In
Kym Johnson – Unknown
Ashly Costa – Probably out – tweeted "me too" to Jonathan.
Julianne Hough – OUT (Footloose)
Alec Mazo – I bet out
Derek Hough – Probably In
Louis Van Amstel – As of today, doesn't know yet.
Mark Ballas – Unknown
Maks Chmerkovskiyi – Unknown
Damian Whitewood – Unknown
Dmitry Chaplin – OUT
Jonathan Roberts – OUT
Tony Dovolani – Unknown
Apparently, DWTS says there are 12 contestants this season, so it looks like the men are set, unless there is a new pro we aren't aware of. And it's always possible they could exchange Louis with Alec if some of the women are too tall. If the 12 is true, it looks like all the women are set too, assuming that Ashly was saying she's not on this season and Jackie Josephs isn't on.


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There are countless recipes out there involving tomatoes, sausage, and some kind of pasta. It's an Italian staple, and I've seen many varieties from region to region. But flipping through Lidia Bastianich's wonderful book Lidia Cooks from the Heart of Italy, I was drawn to this particular for bucatini con salsicce that used pickled peperoncini for the spicy kick. I knew I could trust the woman many might call the presiding Grandmother of Italian Cuisine.
Most recipes in search of spiciness call for the ubiquitous red pepper flakes (known variously as hot red pepper flakes, chili flakes, or crushed chili flakes), which are fine, but I happened to have a jar of pickled pepperoncini in my fridge itching to get used. Though they are Greek rather than the "Tuscan-style" the recipe calls for, they were pretty close. I loved the way they infused the sauce with a different kind of spiciness: bright and slightly briney. The addition of white wine, which is evaporated and absorbed into the sausage, gave the dish even more flavor and balance.
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- 3/4 pound sweet Italian sausage, preferably without fennel seeds
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1/3 cup whole pickled peperoncini, drained, preferably Tuscan-style
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, plus more for serving
- 3 plump garlic cloves, peeled and sliced
- 1 28-ounce cans Italian plum tomatoes, crushed by hand
- 1 pound bucatini (or another long pasta)
- 1/2 cup freshly grated pecorino cheese, plus more for passing
Slit the casings of the sausages lengthwise and turn the meat out into a bowl. Break it up into small pieces with your hands, then add the wine and toss until the meat is moistened. Remove the stems and seeds of the peppers, then slice into 1/4-inch rings, crosswise.
Heat the olive oil in a large (12-inch) skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic slices and cook until golden, then add the sausage mixture. Spread it out, breaking up any clumps, and cook until the moisture has mostly evaporated. When the sausage begins to render and sizzle, add the pepperoncini and cook for an additional minute or two.
Pour in the tomatoes plus 1 cup of water and bring to a boil. Turn down to a simmer and cook until the liquid dramatically reduces by half, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes. It should be a thick enough consistency to cling well to the pasta.
In the meantime, bring a large pot of salty water to boil and cook the pasta until al dente. When it it done cooking, drain and add it to the skillet, reserving some pasta cooking water. Toss the pasta and sauce together for another minute, adding pasta water if necessary to loosen the sauce. Turn off the heat and transfer to bowls. Top with Pecorino and a drizzle of olive oil, if desired.
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Beaches out of action as massive cleanup continues
BEACHES close to the mouth of the Clarence River at Yamba will be no-go zones for swimmers for at least another week says Clarence Valley Council general manager Scott Greensill.
Mr Greensill, who was trapped in Yamba during the latest flood crisis, has been co-ordinating the council clean-up of the beaches, which began on Saturday morning.
He said Turners Beach had been cleared of rubbish, but Main, Convent and Pippi beaches were still covered by a carpet of debris.
He said there were logistical problems slowing the work at Main and Convent beaches.
"Because of the problems with access at Main Beach we can only use small trucks to carry debris away from the beach to a tree-refuse depot inland," Mr Greensill said.
"It might be two or three days before we get the beach back to the way it normally looks."
"At Convent Beach there is no vehicular access so were we're going to trial some methods for moving debris from there tomorrow." He said where the debris did not cause problems some of it might be left in place.
The beaches are likely to remain unsafe for swimmers after the debris is gone because of health risks.
"People need to remember the quality of the water is not going to be great for a while," he said.
"We've had issues with dead animals being washed up on beaches and there's going to be a risk of bacterial infections for some time yet."
Mr Greensill said the unprecedented dumping of debris on Yamba's beaches was brought about by a freakish number of coincidences.
"There was the heavy rain in all the tributaries of the Clarence River, which washed a huge amount of debris into the river system," he said.
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`Blind Road' is Gee's story up to the age of eighteen, when his apprenticeship as a writer began.
`Running on the Stairs' tells the story of Margaretha Garden, beginning in 1940, the year of her birth, when she travelled with her mother Greta from Nazi-sympathising Sweden to New Zealand, through to her meeting Maurice Gee when they were working together in the Alexander Turnbull Library in 1967.
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Sundance 2012: A Joel Edgerton thriller that evokes...'The Hangover'?
Mixing "The Hangover Part II" with the 2001 TIlda Swinton thriller "The Deep End" wouldn't seem like an obvious formula for a movie (or a good way to plan a vacation). But don't tell that to Kieran Darcy-Smith.
The Aussie writer-director of "Wish You Were Here" attempts pretty much that with his new film, which follows a group that returns home to Sydney after a vacation in Southeast Asia where one of them goe missing (and the others carry their share of secrets).
The dramatic thriller was one of several movies that opened the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Thursday night, and as the enthusiastic response at the festival's Library Theater underscored, it may be one of the more commercial pictures ever to kick off this art-house film gathering. (The movie is seeking U.S. distribution; it's hard to imagine a buyer won't take a flyer on it.)
Without giving too much away, it basically unfolds like this: Dave and Alice (Joel Edgerton and Felicity Price, the latter of whom is also Darcy-Smith's real-life wife and screenwriting partner) have an idyllic marriage--two cute kids and a third on the way. Steph (Teresa Palmer) is Alice's pretty and drifter-y younger sister who has begun to date Jeremy (Anthony Starr), a convivial if shady international businessman. All seems well for the foursome when they decide to travel to Cambodia, then embark on a night of drug-fueled partying.
But soon after Dave and Alice return home to their children, it becomes clear to us that Jeremy has disappeared. As he remains missing, the movie delves into how the other three deal with the fallout--"Hangover!" (minus the comedy)--in other words, how much to reveal to the police, and to each other. Before long, the secrets from that night start to tear at Dave and Alice's marriage. Their role as parents becomes trickier too.
Darcy-Smith doles out information in small, tantalizing chunks, mainly by periodically flashing back to the vacation. But it would be a simplification to describe "Wish You Were Here" only in mystery terms. How much each of the characters is morally responsible for what they're inflicting on the others is equally on the filmmakers' minds; Edgerton's Dave, a strong silent type who may know more than he's letting on, is perhaps the most ambiguous.
"What we found delicate," the actor said at a question-and-answer session after the film, "was to not push Dave too far from the audience's empathy, but also to allow us to mistrust him." Indeed, if "The Hangover" comes to mind, so does "The Deep End," another movie in which characters harbor a secret about a crime for the sake of--or is it at great cost to?--their family.
Dramatic thrillers can be tough terrain. Tilt things in a character direction and you lose the suspense; get too caught up in the mystery and you forget about the people. But the filmmakers said they consciously tried to make a movie that worked on both levels.
"I wanted to write a film about Gen-X growing up and having kids and having to deal with the drag of being responsible," Price said at the Q&A.
But, she added, she also was struck by a story from a mutual friend who went on a vacation that ended in similarly murky circumstances. "I was fascinated with what would happen to the other three people," she said.
Then Darcy-Smith, sharing an impulse that film buyers will surely appreciate, added that this didn't mean ignoring the thriller elements. "It's about kicking a ball up in the air and keeping the audience...caring."
Photos: The scene at Sundance 2012
Sundance: Tim & Eric, Rashida Jones and four other story lines to watch
--Steven Zeitchik
Photo: Felicity Price and Teresa Palmer in "Wish You Were Here." Credit: Sundance Film Festival


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Marlins Park's dimensions a challenge for homers
MIAMI -- Marlins Park is modern, colorful and comfortable for players and fans. It also is one of the most difficult buildings to hit home runs. Along with having high lime green walls, the dimensions play big. It's 418 feet to dead center, 392 feet in right-center and 386 feet in left-center.
"It's big," Marlins manager Mike Redmond said. "This ballpark plays very big, which I think is good for our pitching, and it's not so good for our offense."
The Marlins, a team not currently loaded with power, have 18 home runs in their ballpark, which is the lowest of any team in the Majors in its own building. By contrast, the Cubs have 61 homers at Wrigley Field.
Visitors have hit 38 homers at Marlins Park for a total of 56 long balls recorded in Miami this season. AT&T Park in San Francisco has had the second fewest total homers, 62, with the Giants accounting for 29.
The longest home run recorded at Marlins Park this year, according to the Home Run Tracker web site, is 459 feet by Juan Francisco, when he was with the Braves on April 10. Francisco's blast was shaded just shy of center to the right-field side, and it smacked off the facing of the upper-deck siding.
Redmond says the Marlins' pitchers need to use the big ballpark to their advantage.
"I think the keys for us is make teams, especially good offensive teams, use the big part of the ballpark here," Redmond said. "You can hit it as hard and as far as you want to center field, where just a couple of balls have gone out all year."
The ballpark was a factor on Monday night in the Braves' 7-1 win in 14 innings. Giancarlo Stanton guessed about six balls could have been homers in other buildings.
Atlanta's Dan Uggla connected on two that he was stunned stayed in the building. And Justin Ruggiano lifted a ball to right-center that Jason Heyward caught just shy of the 392 sign.
"Pitching-wise for us, that's good," Redmond said. "We can be a little more aggressive on the outside corner and let guys hack away, because in this ballpark, it's so big."


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This is a healthy nutritious soup that is so delicious you won't even know you're enjoying a low calorie, high fiber meal. It's pretty flexible too. If you don't want to spring for fresh parsley and fresh cilantro, use one or the other. Use about equal amounts of celery, onion, and carrot. Vegetable broth rather than chicken broth makes this a vegetarian or vegan soup. I loved this so much, I immediately made a second batch. The first batch, I used half brown lentils and half red lentils (thought to be honest, red lentils are orange). The taste is quite similar but the red lentils do make a prettier soup. Let's be honest, brown doesn't make for incredible appetizing food.
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 medium onion, diced
2 large stalks celery with leaves, diced
3 carrots, peeled and sliced or diced
2 cloves of garlic, minced
7 cups vegetable or chicken broth
2 cups lentils
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne red pepper flakes
1 lemon, cut into wedges
In large stock pot, add oil and onion, celery and carrots and sauté over medium high heat for 4or 5 minutes, stirring every minute or two. Add garlic to pan and sauté for another minute. Add vegetable broth, lentils, parsley, cilantro, coriander, cumin, turmeric, black and red pepper to pan and bring to boil. Reduce heat to a low and simmer for 25 minutes or until lentils are fall apart tender and vegetables are soft. Serve each bowl of soup with a wedge of lemon, squeezing the juice from the wedge into each bowl. If you really like lemon, serve with extra lemon wedges.


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Release Notes
You can find more information about new features, known issues, and fixed issues (including installation issues for the BlackBerry 10 Native SDK) in the Native SDK release notes.
Highlights - Cascades beta 2
Core UI: Changes and additions
The core UI controls received an exciting facelift, changing from a dark theme to a light one. Many controls have been reworked, giving them more features or making them easier to use. There are also some new controls for you to try out in your apps, such as the title bar, application menu, and sheet control.
Multimedia API
Create visually astonishing UIs for your mobile apps with fully functioning multimedia support for both video and audio. Capture video and audio with record functionality, and allow users to play back audio and video files as well as streams. The multimedia APIs support most of the popular video and audio file formats and streaming protocols.
Lists: New layouts and scrolling
Lists have been updated with some new layouts that you can use. You can create a grid layout to arrange your list items, or you can use a flow layout to simply position list items one after another. There's also support for programmatic scrolling, so you can direct your list to scroll to the position of a specific item as your app is running.
New in this release
Cascades UI framework
Built-in controls
- Action bar - The action bar now supports a compact mode (making the sidebar only partially visible), splat symbols to identify new or updated content, and numbers for the tabs. You can now determine if items should appear on the action bar or in one of the menus, and you can also populate the action bar dynamically from within your apps, giving you more flexibility in your designs. New visibility modes have been added; show the action bar on top of your app's UI, or even hide it completely. Your users can also peek into the compact sidebar by dragging the sidebar button. Multi-selection mode can now be triggered from the action bar, showing a context menu with multi-selection capabilities.
- Context menu - The context menu has now a compact mode and fully expanded mode with two separate layouts. Compact mode shows only the icons of the menu items, while fully expanded mode is scrollable and displays both icons and item titles. Touch behavior has been improved and it's now possible to expand item-by-item by dragging your finger along the actions. Multi-selection mode has been added, and users can perform context-sensitive actions on the selected set of items.
- Application menu - This is a new control in this release, and appears at the top of your app's UI. With the ability to hold up to 5 visible items, you can use the application menu to provide access to help, settings, or other custom actions that your app provides. When it's enabled, users can swipe or drag down from the top of the screen to display the menu, and swipe or drag up to dismiss it. This control is currently available only in C++, but support for QML will be added in a later release.
- Custom dialog - A custom dialog is a full-screen view that's displayed as a transparent layer on top of the current screen context. It's a new control that lets you show anything you want on top of the current application.
- Container and ScrollView - A new ScrollView class has been added, and scrolling functionality from the Container class has been moved to this new class. You can now scroll containers programmatically and the container animates to the new scroll position. You can also use the ScrollView class to support zooming using pinch gestures. There's also support for painting tiled images on a container; use this approach when you need to save memory in your apps instead of loading a background image.
- Sheets - A sheet is a new type of control that, when it's opened, appears on top of all other controls in your app. Think of a sheet as a pop-up that can display a NavigationPane, TabbedPane or Page.
- Buttons with images - You can use two new controls to show an image that behaves like a button. No border is displayed on these controls, only the image itself, which gives you an easy way to create custom buttons. These features are available in two flavors: standard button behavior and toggle button behavior.
- Focus handling for controls - The approaches to focus handling are being updated. This is a work-in-progress, but will allow controls to become focusable and have a region of interest that is connected to scrolling and the virtual keyboard. Stay tuned for more updates!
- Title bar - This is a new control that's shown at the top of your app's content area. The title bar includes support for plain title text, actions, segmented control, or a combination of these elements.
- Progress indicator - An additional state has been added that you can use to indicate when an error occurred during progress (hint: it's red).
- Segmented control - You can now add images to a segmented control.
- Check box - You can now combine a check box with a label in a pre-packaged way.
- Date and time picker - An additional mode, timer mode, has been added to the date and time picker control. This mode displays hours, minutes, and seconds.
- Sharing and invocation from context menus and the action bar - There's a new type of action item, InvokeActionItem, that you can use in your context menus and on the action bar. These items support sharing data with other registered applications, viewers, or services. Two categories of action items are supported:
- Bound action - This action is associated with a specific target application or service. You can add this item and specify the MIME type and target application. An example is a "Share on Facebook" item.
- Unbound action - This action lets users choose from a list of target applications or services. When users select this item, a list of targets appears, depending on what's installed. An example is a "Share as" item, which might expand to a list that includes "Facebook", "Twitter", or other applications.
Context menu: Dragging an item from list to the menu.
A custom dialog, with a titlebar visible at the top.
- Grid list layout - This is a list style where the rows in the list can be divided into a number of columns, resulting in a grid of cells. This just changes the layout of the list items; your list still benefits from properties such as kinetic scrolling and population from an associated data model.
- Flow list layout - In this list style, items are arranged row-by-row (left-to-right, right-to-left) or column-by-column (top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top), trying to fit as many items as possible before moving to the next row or column.
- Padding - You can now specify padding parameters on a list view to create a more spacious design.
- Programmatic scrolling - Support has been added for more advanced scrolling behaviors. You can direct your list to scroll to a specific item, position, or pixel location programmatically in your app.
- Leading visual - Using this feature, you can specify a set of items to be placed in an area directly above the list that can be pulled into view and interacted with, then dismissed back out of view. For example, you might create an inbox that contains a list of email messages, with calendar events in the leading visuals area.
- Emoticons - There is now support for emoticons in text fields and text areas.
- Password masking - Text fields now support password masking.
A grid list layout.
Cascades platform APIs
- Notifications - Present a notification as a vibration, an LED flashing, a sound playing, or an entry added to the Universal Inbox. Notifications can also be a dialog box that gives the user choices, such as Cancel or OK.
- System dialogs, prompts, and toasts - Display standard dialog boxes with user confirmation, prompts with text input from the user, credentials prompts, or simple dialogs that time out without any user interaction required.
- Device info - Retrieve information about the configuration or availability of a device, as well as general information about the device hardware, such as PIN and serial number.
- Home screen - Interact with the home screen from your application, such as change the wallpaper and set the icon of an application. Note that depending on the version of device software you are running, some features might not be available. For more information, see the Known Issues section.
- Geographics - Access base geographic elements that can be put on a map, definitions for points in geographic space (longitude and latitude), lists of geographic entities, and geographic boundaries (2-dimensional axis-aligned bounding boxes).
- Places - Display a place (a location on a map, an address, a point of interest) in a fullscreen UI component and let the user browse, edit, or save place details in the Places database. You can use this with Location APIs to create map-based apps.
- Multimedia API - Capture video and audio with record functionality, and allow users to play back audio and video files as well as streams. The multimedia APIs support most of the popular video and audio file formats and streaming protocols.
- Invocation framework - Provide the ability for the user to perform an action on an item identified as content. This framework enables the client (applications, services, or viewers) to send a message to a target (applications, services, or viewers) to perform a particular action. The framework also offers the capability to discover what targets are available on the device.
- Barcode processing and creation - Initiate a barcode scanner that uses the camera viewfinder; scan and decode QR codes, 1-D barcodes, and 2-D barcodes using the ZXing library; create QR codes from a string message (URI).
- Vibration control - Determine whether vibration is supported on a device, control the vibration of the device by starting and stopping vibrations with a specified duration and intensity.
- Clipboard - Add data to or remove data from a clipboard that's shared between applications on a device; copy and paste data in different locations in the same app, or between different apps; store multiple types of data in the clipboard, including plain text, HTML, RTF, or types that you define yourself.
- NFC - Support basic NDEF handling in your apps. Some of the classes have been copied from the Qt Connectivity API, modified, and renamed. Other classes are new, and all are located in the QtMobilitySubset library. The NFC API includes the following classes:
- QNdefUriRecord – This class is a renamed copy of the QNdefNfcUriRecord class in the Qt Connectivity API, and provides an NFC RTD-URI. The NFC RTD-URI uses the NFC Record Type Definition to encapsulate a URI.
- QNdefTextRecord – This class is a renamed copy of the QNdefNfcTextRecord class in the Qt Connectivity API, and provides an NFC RTD-Text. NFC RTD-Text encapsulates text that can be displayed to the user.
- QNdefSpRecord – This class handles smart poster records. It is new, and not copied from the Qt Connectivity API.
- QNdefRecord – This class is a modified copy of the QNdefRecord class in the Qt Connectivity API, and can be used to create and read NDEF records. Changes from Qt Connectivity include renaming of enumeration members, and addition of enumeration members. The copy constructor has also been modified to allow the type to be ignored when comparing instances of the QNdefSpRecord class.
- QNdefMessage – This class is a copy of the QNdefMessage class in the Qt Connectivity API, and can be used to provide NDEF messages. It has not been renamed or modified.
Cascades Builder
- Color settings for highlighting - You can now specify your own colors for elements such as keywords, comments, errors, and so on.
- Improved QML validation - Cascades Builder provides additional information when validating your QML code. For example, unknown properties and signals are now marked as errors. Errors are also shown for read-only properties, when there are duplicate properties, and for an invalid format of the id property. Warnings are displayed for id properties with quotes. Unknown components are also identified.
- Design view improvements - Previously, only a subtle green/red color cue was used to indicate when the design view could not render the content of a QML file. Now, rendering problems are more clearly indicated, and an error description is displayed. In addition to a set of predefined zoom levels, there is now a "fit to window" option.
- New project templates - A new and improved set of project templates have been added, which cover more UI patterns that are common in BlackBerry 10 applications.
- Outline view edit actions - There is support for drag-and-drop from the Components palette into the Outline view to add controls to the scene. You can also drag-and-drop to reorder the components that are displayed in the outline view. You can also right-click to access "Add", "Move Up/Move Down", and "Delete" actions.
- Editing of translation source files - When you double-click a translation source (.ts) file, it is now opened with an Eclipse text editor.
Cascades Exporter plug-in for Adobe Photoshop
- UI controls palette - A subset of the BlackBerry 10 controls are available in a palette and can be used in your designs. When you export your design, these controls are preserved as actual controls, instead of being exported as bitmaps. This means that when you import your design into Cascades Builder, a button in the Photoshop document will become a Button control in the QML file.
- Performance improvements - Previously, switching between layers became slow for Photoshop documents with a large number of layers (more than 100). Now, this action is instant, even for very large documents. In addition, the export action is now faster. The bigger the document, the more you'll notice this performance improvement; increases of as much as 20% can be achieved for large documents.
Many new project templates to help you get started.
Fixed in this release
Cascades UI Framework3630712
UIObject.attachedObjects.length returned a value of 0, even if objects had been attached.3628516
The first option of a SegmentedControl was not being selected when the selectedIndex had a value of 0. The first option should be selected by default when the selectedIndex is 0.3622193
Replacing an ImageView image caused the heap size to grow as if both images were still present. Replacing an ImageView image should delete the previous image and adjust the heap size accordingly.3593375
StandardListItem.imageSource property returns an empty string when called, instead of returning the path to the source image.3582296
Scrolling past the top bounds of a scrollable container caused the entire container area to turn white.3558816
SqlConnection transactions did not function correctly unless a transaction has already been executed.3556268
When using a TabbedPane, the first tabpage appeared on the ActionBar when showTabsOnActionBar was set to 'false'.3545884
SqlConnection::execute/executeAndWait(Insert Statement) was being executed twice, causing the database to be updated twice with new entries.3523678
Attempting to use NavigationPanes in a TabbedPane did not work correctly. The tabs were not displayed.3515020
Using horizontalAlignment: HorizontalAlignment.Fill on a button in a DockLayout did not fill the width of the screen, and caused text used in the button to be clipped.3514830
Using horizontalAlignment: HorizontalAlignment.Fill on a button in a StackLayout dif not fill the width of the screen with the button.3512901
Using spaceQuota on a button in a StackLayout used to cause text to overlap the button.3481382
The attachedChanged signal did not fire when an attached window was destroyed.3469198
If ActionSet->setTitle was called when the ActionSet menu was visible, the UI was not updated.3428673
The header files for FontStyle, FontWeight, and FontStyleHint did not exist and caused the following error when you attempted to compile: "error: bb/cascades/FontStyle: No such file or directory".3427602
SegmentedControl::resetSelectedIndex and SegementedControl::resetSelectedOption did not reset the control when used. These are intended to reset the control and select the first option in the list.3427080
An imageSourceChanged signal was not fired when an imageSource was set, or reset.3415323
Animations appeared to stutter or jump if Cascades was idle.3414323
Adding two ActionItems to a page, then adding that page to a tabbedPane, caused the Action Bar to not be visible to the user.3405801
A selectedIndexChanged signal was not being fired when an option was set, reset, or set by index.3398536
The text assigned to a drop-down option was not updating on the UI when another option was selected. The selectedIndex of the drop-down option was changing, but the text reflected on the UI was not.3373861
Attempting to insert a tabPane by using TabbedPane:Invoking insert(0, tabPane) resulted in a tabpage that appeared empty.3245777
Attempting to add/insert a duplicate RadioGroupOption would cause RadioGroup->optionCount() to increase by 1, but the RadioGroupOption was not added visually to the control.3231101
RadioGroupOption isSelected returned false when an option was selected via the RadioGroup setSelectedOption or setSelectedIndex APIs. RadioGroupOption isSelected now returns true when an option is selected.3228156
The QML RadioGroup Q_INVOKABLE_at function returned 'undefined' when invoked in QML3223580
Attempting to add/insert a tabPane which was already assigned to an existing TabbedPane resulted in the ownership remaining with the source TabbedPane.3212523
QListDataModel::move triggered DataModel:updatedItem twice, when it should trigger DataModel:updatedItem only once.3207098
Image assets assigned to drop-down options were not being displayed in the drop-down list.3198300
When you got the file path from xmlDataModel using source(), the file path returned began with two forward slash characters (//) it should not have prepended the path.3193126
QML - scrollMode was not registered in QML for container objects, and would return "QMetaProperty::read: Unable to handle unregistered datatype 'bb::cascades::ScrollMode::Type' for property 'QDeclarativeBoundSignalParameters::newScrollMode'" if called.3193101
QML - resetScrollMode was not available in QML for container objects.3192970
The bb::Cascades::Paint type was not registered in QML, and would return the following error message if called: QMetaProperty::read: Unable to handle unregistered datatype 'bb::cascades::Paint' for property 'QDeclarativeBoundSignalParameters::background'.3178884
resetLayout() resets the container layout to StackLayout by default, instead before it returned a 'NULL' value.3176692
PreferredSize, PreferredHeight, LeftMargin, RightMargin, MinWidth did not function correctly with DateTimePicker if the values were lower than the defaults are given.3160688
A three second UI lag occurred the first time you changed the DateTimePicker's mode to 'DateTime'.3159146
More than one pane could be pushed from the same source pane simultaneously if you tapped the control buttons quickly, which caused the previous pane to be painted in the background of the current pane.3158040
The resetTopMargin(), resetBottomMargin(), resetLeftMargin(), resetRightMargin() did not trigger signals from topMarginChanged(), bottomMarginChanged(), leftMarginChanged(), rightMarginChanged() respectively for ProgressIndicator.3156065
In QML, the imageTracker.source always returned an empty string value, even if a source had been defined.3150612
Previously painted content could be seen briefly when the virtual keyboard opened.3128997
Both setSelected and resetSelected do not update the UI with changes made to drop-down menu items, which can result in an empty drop-down being displayed.3091660
Setting the font color of a label that did not have a font size defined caused a resizing of the font when two or more labels were present.3090247
The ScalingMethod type was not registered in QML, and led to the following error if the onScalingMethodChanged signal handler was invoked: "QMetaProperty::read: Unable to handle unregistered datatype ' bb::cascades::ScalingMethod::Type' for property 'QDeclarativeBoundSignalParameters::scalingMethod".2999639
Some options used to be still selectable after having their 'Option Enabled' status set to false.2992360
Attempting to call Application::setScene() to pass a setting's root caused a segmentation fault error to be thrown.2988579
A Control::layoutPropertiesChanged signal was not being fired when resetLayoutProperties() was called, even though the layout properties had been reset in the control.2985208
Inserting a second tabPage by using myTabPane->insert(0,secPage); resulted in the second tabPage replacing the position of the first tabPage.2983994
Previously, Pages could not be pushed to the NavigationPage more than once, and would display 'Cannot access memory at address 0x0' in the debug window upon multiple attempts.2981253
When a container was disabled, its ChildObjectsEnabled property remained set to true.2981241
A TextField did not render special characters properly.2981175
Tapping a TextField that is disabled/non-editable used to still display the virtual keyboard.2981171
The first time a user tapped a TextField in a Cascades application, the area above the TextField was painted white until the user forced a re-paint.2981143
The clear control of a default TextField did not clear the text when pressed.
Cascades Platform APIs3606249
Attempting to run a readyRead() signal on a PpsObject containing a large amount of data (/pps/services/wifi/status for example) resulted in no data being placed in the buffer.3590400
The bb::device::Led::colorChanged() signal was not being fired when the color of an LED was changed while the LED was flashing. The signal was detected when the color of an LED was changed when the LED was not flashing.3558709
Using bb::platform::Homescreen.setWallpaper() to set a .GIF file as wallpaper did not function correctly. The .GIF was not displayed, and the previous wallpaper was removed leaving no wallpaper on the home screen.3558122
NetworkStatus objects used to emit a networkConnectedChanged() signal on the registered slot immediately when executing a connect statement. The registered slot should not have been called immediately when executing the connect statement.3483069
Attempting to post two notification instances with prompt choices resulted in neither dialog being displayed.
Cascades Builder3633870
Attempting to create and package a project with a name length greater than 25 characters used to throw the following error: "Packaging failed:1 ... Error: Attribute Application-Name: value exceeds 25 chars", even though the name creation notification states that a project name was 3 to 126 characters in length.3633745
In Cascades Builder, importing a .TMZ file with a text layer used to cause Cascades to crash.3629363
The QML wizard does not display the 'Finish' button, or an error message, if you attempt to create a file with a duplicate name in different case (a.qml and A.qml for example). The user is given no indication of the naming conflict, and cannot finish the file creation.3613963
Invoking code assist after 'background: Color' used to not display the 'Color' context property. The user should have been shown options (Red, Green, and Yellow), but nothing was displayed.3613016
Including a period (.) or a space in the project name used to cause a binary error when you attempted to build the project as a simulator debug. A warning was not provided in the file creation wizard.3601213
Attempting to open a Cascades project in a VMware virtual environment used to cause the IDE to crash unexpectedly3596131
Invoking code assist after 'propertyBinding = SystemDefaults.TextStyles' returned a 'Null Pointer Exception' error instead of displaying the static properties of SystemDefaults.TextStyles.3560257
Temporary preview files (.preview######qml.qml) used to be included in the .bar file during packaging.3560254
Temporary preview files (.preview######qml.qml) used to be included in the .ts translation files.3160891
In Windows 7 (64-bit), the NVIDIA graphics card driver v191.25 used to not support design mode in the QML editing perspective.2981167
Attempting to display the values of Cascades specific objects in variables view or watch expression view during a debug used to not display the values.
Cascades Exporter3547445
In Photoshop, in the rescaling dialog box, including a space in the scaling value ("2 4" for example) returned a 'Problem Null' error instead of informing the user that special characters were an invalid input parameter.3540237
[MAC] When working on two or more projects, attempting to undock one of the projects from the design window used to cause Photoshop to crash.3225698
When exporting a .TMZ file that has a BB10 or Playbook button included, the .TMZ preview only displayed a preview of the button. Also, if multiple buttons are added, the preview only showed the last button that was added to the file.3216416
When using the 9-slice tool in Photoshop, dragging the left guide over the right guide used to result in errors with the positioning and errors with values returned by the 9-slice tool. Also, if you deleted the layer being sliced and only displayed the background layer, sections of the 9-slice tool used to still be seen.3200157
When exporting any file type from Photoshop, the 'Cancel' button cannot be clicked, and the operation cannot be stopped.3199307
Importing a BB10 or Playbook button with no specified text into Cascades caused the 'Text Property' to default to 'Null', when no 'Text Property' should be declared.
Known limitations
Foreign Window
When the ForeignWindow control has its windowFrameUpdateEnabled property set to true, applications that use the ForeignWindow control to display media, or a camera viewfinder may find that the content being displayed does not scale to the dimensions of the ForeignWindow control as expected.
Workaround: To work around the above issue the application must set the windowFrameUpdateEnabled property to false, and update the position and size of the ForeignWindow in response to a controlFrameChanged signal.
// In QML: ForeignWindow { windowId: "VideoSurface" windowFrameUpdateEnabled: false onControlFrameChanged: { app.updateProperties(windowHandle, x, y, width, height); } }
// In C++: #include <screen/screen.h> void App::updateProperties(unsigned long windowHandle, int x, int y, int width, int height) { screen_window_t win = (screen_window_t)windowHandle; int pos[2] = { x, y }; int size[2] = { width, height }; screen_set_window_property_iv(win, SCREEN_PROPERTY_POSITION, pos); screen_set_window_property_iv(win, SCREEN_PROPERTY_SIZE, size); }
void App::updateProperties(unsigned long windowHandle, float x, float y, float width, float height) { screen_window_t win = (screen_window_t)windowHandle; //prepare the array for position parameter int positionParam[2]; positionParam[0] = x; positionParam[1] = y; int result = -1; result = screen_set_window_property_iv(win, SCREEN_PROPERTY_POSITION, positionParam); if ( result != 0) { //TODO: Error handling fprintf(stderr,"ERROR : screen_set_window_property_iv : SCREEN_PROPERTY_POSITION = %d \n", result ); } //if //prepare the array for size parameter int sizeParam[2]; sizeParam[0] = width; sizeParam[1] = height; result = -1; result = screen_set_window_property_iv(win, SCREEN_PROPERTY_SIZE, sizeParam); if ( result != 0) { //TODO: Error handling fprintf(stderr,"ERROR : screen_set_window_property_iv : SCREEN_PROPERTY_SIZE = %d \n", result ); } //if }
The multimedia APIs currently require a set of libraries to be linked in the application project (.pro file). The libraries required are: –lbbmultimedia –lmmrndclient –lstrm –lasound.
The MediaPlayer class and MediaError class do not execute properly on the BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha simulator. Subsequently, the VideoPlayback sample app does not run properly on the simulator. The simulator does not have the decoders for these APIs.
Workaround: If your application uses these classes, run them on a device.
Invocation framework
The Invocation Framework is currently not functional on the simulator.
Orientation is not fully functional when using OrientationHandler. An application can still set the orientation mode to be fixed in portrait or landscape. It can also set the orientation programmatically (for example, in response to clicking a button). However, actively changing the orientation in response to device orientation changes will likely result in mismatched pixels and distorted screen components (on alternating orientation changes).
QML preview
Currently, navigational controls like NavigationPane and TabbedPane do not display correctly. Their content is visible, but the navigational features are not. Some of the new Cascades controls, such as the TitleBar and ImageButton, also do not display correctly.
Known issues
Cascades UI Framework
When a Page is popped off of a NavigationPane using the pop() function, the Page is sometimes deleted by the garbage collector. The pop() function incorrectly sets the parent of the Page to NULL, which makes it a viable candidate for destruction by the garbage collector. This issue also occurs when garbage collection is triggered manually.
Workaround: Use the deprecated push() function instead.
If using a WebView component, your application can sometimes fail or become unresponsive at runtime.4389394
When using the Croatian or Kazakh character sets, some characters are missing.4286336
When using a TextArea with content exceeding one screen in height, the TextArea becomes difficult to scroll.4278679
Adding or removing ActionItems from a hidden (immersive) ActionBar causes the ActionBar to be shown on the screen.
Workaround: Add ActionItems to a visible ActionBar.
When using the deprecated Orientation messages API, your application can become unresponsive at run-time if the Orientation is altered by the user.
Workaround: Use the new Orientation messages API.
When you're using a QML Container with a LeftToRight stack layout with one element aligned to the left and the second aligned to the right (using the HorizontalAlignment.Right property), both elements are aligned side-by-side instead of to each side.
Workaround: In this situation, do not use a LeftToRight stack layout and align the elements manually.
When using an ImageView object, the ScalingMethod.AspectFit enumeration does not scale the ImageView correctly when used to resize an ImageView between portrait and landscape mode.3859167
When receiving onTouch events from applications that use child classes of CustomControl, unexpected values might be returned on the events. An example would be positional change between touch events of over 300 pixels in under 70 ms.3747253
In a scrollable Container that includes a button to toggle orientation, a scroll event is sometimes emitted when the button is pressed. A button-click event should be emitted instead.3745033
Calling QListDataModel::Move(x, y) moves x to index y-1 instead of index y.
Workaround: Adjust your moves accordingly, so if you want to move x to y, then move x to y+1.
The defaultImageSource property of ImageButton does not prefix the file path with "file://", but the imageSource property does.
Workaround: Add the "file://" prefix manually.
A ListView with a StackListLayout containing DropDown components, each having a layout direction set to LeftToRight or RightToLeft, can cause the application to become unresponsive and fail with a 'SIGSEGV' error.3633517
When using a Label object with large font sizes, text might be rendered incorrectly.3630528
A ListView component with a GridListLayout displays only the grid header and does not display data within each cell.3625051
A ToggleImageButton is not visible if the dimensions are not specified.
Workaround: Specify the dimensions of the ToggleImageButton.
A displayDirectionChanged signal is only emitted on the first instance of a display direction change, when it should be triggered on each rotation.3622819
When using a Slider control, a touchUp event can contain incorrect information about the positional value of the slider. An example would be receiving a previous touchUp event value even though the user did not touch the same area as before.3621228
The API documentation indicates that the TextField.resetHintText() slot function resets hint text to an empty string, but the function actually resets hint text to "Enter text".3598628
A parent Container's maxHeight can be overwritten by a child Container's minHeight when the parent Container uses a DockLayout or the parent Container is contained within an empty Container.3596128
TextStyle.base components cannot be set to null, even though in the API reference the default is stated as a null TextStyle. Also, altering TextStyle.base does not emit the onBaseChanged signal.3596121
When the TextStyle.resetBase() function is called, the changeListener signal emits the new base as a defined TextStyle object instead of the default value of NULL.3596112
The TextStyle.onBasedChanged signal is emitted after setting the same base value.3593657
The default value of TextStyle.base is specified as null in the API documentation, but at runtime the value is undefined.3556364
When using a GridListLayout object, calling the GridListLayout.setSpacingAfterHeader() function does not add spacing after the header. If the spacingAfterHeader property is connected to a slot function, a signal is not emitted when the setSpacingAfterHeader() function is called, as it should.3555874
When using HeaderListItem with layoutDirection set to LeftToRight or RightToLeft, the parent ListView has infinite scrolling and non-header items are hidden.3555132
The ImageTracker.onImageChanged signal is emitted even when setting the image to the same image.3552793
Public headers for WebLoadRequest and WebSettings are missing.3542367
Using nested StackLayout layouts may cause overlapping elements.3527827
Sometimes, the leftmost edge of the first letter of text in a Label can be clipped.3524418
When two Pages with no background are programmatically pushed to a NavigationPane at the same time, both are displayed on top of each other.
Workaround: Programmatically push one Page at a time to the NavigationPane.
When using a Button with HorizontalAlignment set to Fill inside an Container with a LeftToRight stack layout, sometimes text is displayed improperly and does not fill the width of the screen.3484797
Inserting items into and removing items from a QListDataModel can result in an incorrect DataModel size and incorrect number of items displayed in the associated ListView.
Workaround: If you add separate Buttons for data model removal and data model addition, this issue does not occur. Also, if QListDataModel::clear() is called to remove all values in the model, this issue does not occur.
The TextField.onTextChanging signal is emitted after the onTextChanged signal if you change focus to another UI element, even if no text has changed in the original TextField.3467064
SegmentedControl does not update the display when an option has been moved from one control to another. The option remains in the initial control, and is placed in the target control.3428181
When setting SupportedDisplayOrientation to All, the supportedDisplayOrientationChanged signal is not emitted and the connected slot function is not invoked.
Workaround: Set a specific display orientation using DisplayLandscape, DisplayPortrait, DeviceNorth, or CurrentLocked enumerations instead of specifying All as supported.
Using SupportedDisplayOrientation::All can cause application orientation to be unresponsive when the device is rotated.
Workaround: Set a specific display orientation using DisplayLandscape, DisplayPortrait, DeviceNorth, or CurrentLocked enumerations instead of specifying All as supported.
The GroupDataModel::RemoveAt function returns true even when removing the header is unsuccessful.3228577
RadioGroup.SelectedIndexNone returns 'undefined' in QML. The expected return for RadioGroup.SelectedIndexNone is '-1'.3213907
Attempting to use "QVariantList() << (negative integer)" as a parameter for DataModel::childCount, hasChildren, itemType, and data causes the application to terminate unexpectedly.3206167
The QListDataModel::append() function emits an itemAdded signal with an incorrect indexPath value.3193875
The clipContentToBounds property has no effect when it is set from QML, and can cause objects within a Container to be clipped if their size exceeds the bounds of the Container.3190445
Attempting to quickly stop and restart an animation returns the following error message: "ERROR: Animation: Failed to stop animation."3190444
The resetLayout() function should reset a container's layout to StackLayout by default, but instead it returns a 'NULL' value.3163347
The titleChanged, valueChanged, and modeChanged signals for DateTimePicker are not being emitted correctly, or at all, when their respective changes occur.3139275
Default-size TextFields in Containers with LeftToRight layouts can push some Labels out of view by exceeding the bounds of the Container.2983165
With nested Containers and touch behavior set to start tracking on a touch down event, touching the child Container causes the parent Container to respond as if it had been touched.2981126
A TextArea does not scroll up to display all entered characters when the virtual keyboard is displayed.2981125
Tapping a TextArea after hiding the virtual keyboard does not display the virtual keyboard a second time.
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When you're using AudioRecorderPrivate::setMediaState slot function connected to mediaStateChanged signal, the mediaState can sometimes be set to "Unprepared" even if another state is expected.5561615
The ForeignWindow::controlFrameChanged signal is not emitted on rotation changes of the device. The signal is emitted on the first layout but not subsequent rotations.5521813
When using the bb::platform::Homescreen class, the boolean value returned from the lockState() function returns an incorrect, unknown state. Also, the lockStateChanged signals are not being emitted properly.5521788
When using the bb::platform::Homescreen class, if you alter the boolean that indicates if a wallpaper is set through the setWallpaper() function, the device stops responding and must be reset. After the reset, the wallpaper is not set to the wallpaper passed into setWallpaper().5505884
The API documentation is missing a description for the bb::platform::osVersion() function.
Workaround: Look at the \target\qnx6\usr\include\bb\platform\Version.hpp file, relative to where you installed the BlackBerry 10 Native SDK.
The bb::utility::i18n::Formatting class is missing API reference documentation.
Workaround: Look at the \target\qnx6\usr\include\bb\utility\i18n\Formatting.hpp, relative to where you installed the BlackBerry 10 Native SDK.
The API reference documentation is missing descriptions of the bb::system::locale::Type class.
Workaround: Look at the \target\qnx6\usr\include\bb\system\locale\Type.hpp, relative to where you installed the BlackBerry 10 Native SDK.
In the bb::platform::Homescreen class, the WindowCover API and signals are not working correctly. This includes the setWindowCover() function, the windowCoverSize() function, the windowCoverModeEntered() signal, the windowCoverExited() signal, and the ImageWindowCover child class.5456354
The InvokeManager::invoke(InvokeRequest) function does not invoke the target when only the mime-type is specified in the InvokeRequest parameter.5438620
Notifications cannot trigger the LED/sound/vibration effects specified in the settings.5347148
When the user performs a swipe down gesture, the swipeDown signal is not emitted.5327958
In the Homescreen class, the setIconBadge() function places the icon badge in an incorrect position. The icon badge is placed in the middle of your application's icons as opposed to directly on top of the icon.5296601
When you're using the Homescreen class, the setWindowCover() function does not set any cover when working on the BlackBerry 10 simulator.5266178
Using the Homescreen class, the addShortCut() function scales up the image icon if the icon passed is smaller than the expected size, opposed to not scaling the icon as stated in the documentation.5177696
When using bb::device::Led, the red LED flashes, but the green and yellow LEDs do not flash.5177452
When opening an encrypted database with bb::Data::SqlConnection with an SqlWorker, an OperationFailure error is thrown. The error should be a ConnectionFailure error.5156596
In the Homescreen class, the setTransition() function, when passed WindowCoverTransition::Slide or WindowCoverTransition::Fade, does not cause a window transition effect to be enabled.5148962,
When free storage on the device is less than 1 GB and video is recorded until the device storage is full, the videoCaptureStopped signal is not received when the device storage is full. Also, when this occurs, the videoCaptureFailed signal is received with an error set to RecordingSpaceFull.4407225
In the Homescreen class, the setBadgesDisplayed(true) function and setWindowCover() function do not show an image with a badge.4244961
The bb::Application class does not allow for delayed exits, but instead exits the application immediately. Sending the PPS message "extendTerminate" to the Navigator to extend the exit does not work either.4242355
Using Clipboard.insert() to insert an empty string or NULL statement is not allowed, and is not stated in the documentation.3640476
In your application, if you call Toast.setIcon( const QUrl& ) and then call Toast.show(), the icon previously set is not shown.3621151
In the bb::platform::DigitalGoodResponse class, the methods digitalGoodId() and digitalGoodSku() return an empty string value, instead of the digital good ID. The header file states that these methods will return the digital good ID if passed in the original request.3606315
On a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device, using the PaymentService API to make a purchase in Test Mode results in a cut-off configuration dialog for digital goods, in which only the bottom part of the dialog is shown.3527483
Using the Display API, it is not possible to receive signals from the secondary display when signals are connected to the primary display.
Cascades Builder5815502
When using Cascades Builder on Windows XP, overwriting or replacing an image in Cascades is not reflected in the design canvas.5632672
"The navigation and tabbing features are not displaying properly in the QML preview. Also some of the new Cascades controls, such as the TitleBar and ImageButton do not display correctly in the QML preview.
Workaround: Use the device to display them."
QML ImageTracker is marked as an unknown component in the QML properties view.5145761
When installing Cascades Builder on Mac OS, the soft links reference invalid/missing files.3674748
The debugger displays errors when watching expression values on Cascades objects.3665573
When using the Debug Perspective on a Mac, variable information does not appear in the 'Variables View' after you debug an application.3633843
Adding a Container component to an empty Cascades project will cause the QML editor to notify the user of parsing errors, when no parsing errors exist.
Workaround: Close, then re-open the file.
When using the Debug Perspective on a Mac, stepping into the code during a debug can cause the debug session to stop responding.3628816
It's not possible to browse for a file in the 'Image Source' text field of the Properties View.
Workaround: Specify the path manually.
On a BlackBerry 10 Dev Alpha device, attempting to debug a Cascades application over Wi-Fi can result in a timeout error, which stops the debug session.3596004
Invoking code assist after 'TextStyleDefinition' does not display 'onBaseChanged' as an option in the property list.3540124
If the BlackBerry 10 Native SDK is installed in a non-default location, the compiler is unable to build projects.3284040
When running the SpeedWriter sample app, the QML preview does not work and produces an error indicating that MyControl is not installed.3255622
The QML status button in the QML editing perspective always displays as red, indicating invalid QML code even when the QML code is valid.3147605
Attempting to use code assist for the first time in a project can cause code assist to function incorrectly, or not at all.
Workaround: Save, close, and re-open the project.
Cascades Exporter3179521
Using the 9-slice tool in Photoshop can cause window margins to decrease in size unexpectedly.
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The Central Connecticut men's cross country team finished sixth out of 10 teams in the 10th Annual Ted Owen Cross Country Invitational at Stanley Quarter Park in New Britain, CT on Saturday.
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Northeastern placed first among the teams, followed by the University of Connecticut, Hartford, Wagner and Rhode Island. Central was followed by Marist (seventh) and Franklin Pierce finished eighth. Southern Connecticut and Fairleigh Dickinson rounded out the 11 team field.
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During a five-day stretch, I had the opportunity to hear two orchestras with very different histories, but a common reputation for excellence.
The venerable Philadelphia Orchestra was established in 1900. It was a dominant force in the orchestral world for decades but slipped somewhat in recent years and also experienced financial peril, resulting in a bankruptcy reorganization in 2011. I would argue that the glory days are back, thanks in large part to the leadership of music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
On Thursday night, March 3, Yannick led a program consisting of two often played, but deservedly popular works. Hélène Grimaud was the outstanding soloist in Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2. More like a symphony for piano and orchestra, the listener is drawn to the grandeur and profound beauty of the music, rather than the pianistic fireworks. It's certainly a challenge for the pianist—our keyboard side seats gave us a great view of the tortures which Brahms inflicts on the pianist, and which Grimaud conquered with such assurance--but the focus is always on the music. All four movements are gifts to the musical experience, but special mention must be made of the passionate dialogue between cello and piano in the third movement. Principal cello Hai-Ye Ni brought her golden tone to this famous exchange.
Schumann's Symphony No. 1 ("Spring") is aptly named. It's not as "programmatic" as Beethoven's Sixth, the Pastoral, but it conveys the mood of the season through the joyousness that permeates the work. The orchestra's fine performance certainly put me in mood for the coming season, despite the snow that just started to fall as we left the Kimmel Center.
The Russian National Orchestra is of more recent vintage. Founded in 1990 by the renowned pianist Mikhail Pletnev, it is unique among Russian ensembles as a private, non-governmental institution. During its relatively short history, it has gained a reputation as a world-class orchestra, and its visits to the United States are eagerly anticipated.
I had heard the RNO before, at a music festival several years ago in Boca Raton, Florida. But the performance took place in a large tent, with amplification that did not do justice to the orchestra. However, on Monday night, March 7, we heard the RNO in the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, Florida. From our particular seats in the balcony, the acoustics were excellent and I could really appreciate the virtuosity of the individual musicians during their solos as well as the overall sound and presence of this great orchestra.
Under the direction of Kirill Karabits, the orchestra began this all-Russian concert with a brief but pleasing appetizer, In the Steppes of Central Asia, by Alexander Borodin. This was followed by Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2. It's a work that combines lyricism with that undertone of anxiety and foreboding that is so typical of Prokofiev. This was my first time hearing soloist Stefan Jackiw, and on the basis of this superb performance, I hope to hear him again. Whether it was good orchestral balance maintained by the conductor, or Jackiw's tone, or the acoustics, I could clearly hear the solo violin throughout the concerto.
Igor Stravinsky arranged three suites from his ground breaking ballet, The Firebird. The last of these, from 1945, comprised of 11 segments, contains the most music from the complete score. So for those like myself who can't have enough of this great music, it's the best of the three suites. The RNO's performance was magnificent in every way, with special mention to the solo players, especially the French horn.
Finally, we were treated to not one but two encores, a rarity in other orchestral concerts. The clear intent was to wow the audience and the thrilling renditions of two works by Khachaturian--the waltz from the Masquerade Suite and Lezghinka from the ballet Gayaneh—did just that.
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Very fine and informative reviews Henry, thanks for that.
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It takes about 7 hours to fully charge the speaker if it is charged via PC connection*.
The time would be shorter (3 hours) if the speaker is charged via the mains supply, using the supplied adaptor.
*Make sure both USB plugs are connected to the PC when you charge the speaker via PC connection.
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I'm curious if anyone knows how to reattach the rear hatch panel on a 1996 VW GTI which houses the license plate shown in the photo below. This panel additionally contains the lock and release mechanism for the rear hatch.
At present this panel appears to be securely hanging from the top portion of the panel. Additionally it appears it may just have been glued on, but that seems very janky to me.