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Drawings & Works on Paper
Video & Installation
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Visions btw borders, energy & ecology at the MA*GA Museum
What's happening in the art world? Here we are with another article that could guide you between the most import events of this 2019. Today is dedicated to the biennialized artist Stefano Cagol and his solo show "Hyperobject. Visions btw borders, energy & ecology", now at the MA*GA Museum (Italy) and visitable until September 15th. Discover more about this 58th Venice Biennale...
The exhibition, curated by Alessandro Castiglioni, senior curator of the MA*GA Museum, presents video installations, photographic and sculptural works, which document the extended environmental interventions that the Italian artist has made since 2007, in order to reflect about themes such as environment, climate change, energy sources and the change of borders. Indeed, also the title refers to the theories of the Ango-American philosopher Timothy Morton, who defines Hyperobjects as "entities that are massively distributed in time and space forcing us to rethink what it means to exist, what the Earth is, what society is."
This idea of Hyperobjects help us contextualise and reinterpret Cagol's oeuvre, both in terms of content, referring to very global issues, and in terms of the method. "Even before discovering Morton's theoretical system – Alessandro Castiglioni underlines in his essay –, Cagol took interest in complex and global systems and developed a research-production system based on constant movement and practices that do not end with the creation of an object, but potentially carry on, constantly reconfiguring themselves by moving through space and time." "The exhibition – Castiglioni continues –, therefore, gathers a series of long-term projects where the perspective of this research appears extremely clear as such projects, constantly open, mutate at the mutation of contexts". If you are interested in artworks related to modern migration, don't miss our article about "The Vietnamese artist Tiffany Chung".
Stefano Cagol, The End of the Border (of the mind).
Viewers are welcomed in the MA*GA outdoor arena with the capital letters of the big neon sign FLU POWER FLU, which also gives the title of the work realized in 2007, in the middle of the bird flu panic. These words overlap physical influenza, the mental influence and the idea of power, and remind us that the desire of domination afflicts man's relations with the world, so much so it can be considered as cause of all the evils.
The exhibition continues with The Body of Energy, a research project still in progress dedicated to mapping the use, transformation and visualisation of energy usage (and waste), through video recordings filmed with an infrared video camera. The artist has literally crossed Europe, from the North Pole to Gibraltar, from Germany to Sicily, thus building an enormous archive of photographic and video material, which is gradually reconfigured and broadened according to the exhibition contexts the project is displayed at.
Stefano Cagol, The Ice Monolith.
The other front, around which Cagol's research moves, faces the direct outcomes of climate change. In particular the constant image the work of Cagol keeps referring to is the disappearance of ice caps or images and sculptural landscape elements preluding to something: an occurrence that seems not to befall us but that in reality is already directly under our eyes. Cagol sets us in front of this dynamic, constantly referring to the topic of individual responsibility.
In this context, the work Evoke Provoke (the border) is the result of a solitary expedition the artist made in 2011 beyond the Arctic Circle, where he ignited the gas of aerosol cans evoking the influence of man in the melting of eternal ice, launching distress signals from desolate lands.
The third issue is that of borders, that for the author are both a physical and immaterial fact. Surpassing is simultaneously a physical journey, made of bodies, and, on the other side, one traced in the void by the immateriality of a light beam, as it occurred on the very delicate Arctic border between Norway and Russia, in the 2013 work The End of the Border (of the mind). The border is not exclusively expressed in the physical and political dimension, but it takes on a more dematerialised dimension, touching information, knowledge, and body.
"Stefano Cagol's artworks – the curator writes – do not end with the creation of an object, but potentially carry on, constantly reconfiguring themselves by moving through space and time." The video, on view for the first time at the MA*GA, is an example of this. It shows the slow and inexorable melting of the block of ice Cagol installed at the 2013 Venice biennale as part of the Maldives National Pavilion. The actual melting time of The Ice Monolith exceeds the vision time of a spectator, who can only catch some fragments and instants of it, as the video is shown in an accelerated version of the original 72 hours recording.
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rmeden, I think the contact pics from FB will be stored on the Ooma side after pulls from FB (to be displayed when relevant calls comes in). Facebook will not know who called you because the handshakes between Ooma and Facebook will not be on per call basis and will not be triggered by any calls.
Interesting article on the Caller-id. I suspect the telcos learned how to maintain a CLID database from the Realtor;s MLS.
My point is Ooma does the lookup (for premium users) at the time of the incoming call. It's then displayed on my Caller-id device and stored in the call log. If that person then leaves a voice-mail, I think it should be stored there as well. That shouldn't involve another database dip.
On the FB lookup, I don't know how it works and I have never coded FB apps, but I have coded other online lookup apps. My guess is Ooma doesn't store the data but Ooma app queries a FB app that has been given permission to access your account. That's the method used by the Android FB app, and other web site links. If they didn't do it that way, they would need to scan frequently for changes, plus it may be against FB rules (speculation on my part).
Want a wakeup call? Try http://mypermissions.org/ to see what apps you've given access to your account(s). I don't know exactly what these apps and FB collect, but I'm pretty sure more than I want them to have.
rmeden wrote: My point is Ooma does the lookup (for premium users) at the time of the incoming call. It's then displayed on my Caller-id device and stored in the call log. If that person then leaves a voice-mail, I think it should be stored there as well. That shouldn't involve another database dip.
rmeden wrote: On the FB lookup, I don't know how it works and I have never coded FB apps, but I have coded other online lookup apps. My guess is Ooma doesn't store the data but Ooma app queries a FB app that has been given permission to access your account. That's the method used by the Android FB app, and other web site links. If they didn't do it that way, they would need to scan frequently for changes, plus it may be against FB rules (speculation on my part).
I don't think it will be on the fly lookup; pics would be stored somewhere within Ooma's network (handset for sure).
rmeden wrote: Want a wakeup call? Try http://mypermissions.org/ to see what apps you've given access to your account(s). I don't know exactly what these apps and FB collect, but I'm pretty sure more than I want them to have.
Haven't tried other media but for FB, that link brings you to the same place as "Account Settings" - "Apps" Yeah, if one doesn't recognize an app or doesn't know what it does, just remove it.
I want this new handset! I just hope the Ooma engineers made this handset better than the last, as the phone batteries or the phone in general does not keep a long charge (maybe 25-30 minutes at most of talk-time). I've got two handsets, charged them 24 hrs when they were new and Ooma has sent me and I've replaced my batteries but phone still undercharges quite fast. OOMA ENGINEERS: If you're reading this please fix the problem!
There's only one feature here I care about: The headset jack. If it works well (good volume both in and out), then I might be willing to give it a go as a path to a true 2nd line.
I was really hoping for bluetooth connectivity for a wireless headset for line 2.
The rest of the stuff: pretty much fluff for me that I'd likely not even use.
The Telo Handset is the only path that Ooma provides for a true line two, so if using a headset doesn't work well, then it's useless to me.
There is already an option in our Contacts to upload a pic or an avatar for a specific contact.
So maybe ooma is not entirely going to depend on Facebook for pics to come to the handset.
If someone in our contacts is not on Facebook, maybe whatever avatar we have uploaded for that contact will show up on the new telo handset when they call.
Could this be what ooma has planned as well as FB avatars?
They couldn't be entirely based on Face Book. Most (if not all) of my business contacts are not my Facebook friends, and my wife has her own Facebook friend contact list as well. That would get confusing. I hope they allow both or at least via upload into My Ooma contacts.
WayneDsr wrote: They couldn't be entirely based on Face Book. Most (if not all) of my business contacts are not my Facebook friends, and my wife has her own Facebook friend contact list as well. That would get confusing. I hope they allow both or at least via upload into My Ooma contacts.
I agree. I am not on facebook and none of my friends are either.
rmeden wrote: Do you want FB to know when folks call you?
The only FB involvement likely is just providing contact info (pic etc) when Ooma wants it (probably via refresh invoked by user).
rmeden wrote: How about the caller-id name for a caller *NOT* on your contact list?
It costs Ooma money to look up the name using number.
But they already paid it for my caller-id.
rmeden wrote: How about call log entry for blacklisted numbers?
This is on Ooma roadmap I think.
Granted I've only been involved in this forum for a few months, but from what I've seen, Ooma doesn't seem to pay attention to most of the posts nor respond frequently. Has anything from the suggestion forum been implemented?
I don't mean this as Ooma bashing, just a fact. They created this forum to reduce customer service load, but they don't seem to be taking full advantage of it.
You are 100% correct and not Ooma bashing. I have been with Ooma for 2 years and I have never seen them respond to any concern voiced here. I don't know about everybody else, however from my experience, Ooma's phone and email support is a joke. Just like their handset. For example; I recently called Ooma phone support and was told to email Ooma support with an attachment for clarification. Which I did. After several emails, which caused me to doubt that Ooma was even reading them, I was told to call customer support for assistance. I told Ooma it was not worth any more of my time and to call me. I am going to protest any unauthorized charges to my credit card. BTW, this was over the anniversary date of the increased taxes and fees.
pushout wrote: I am going to protest any unauthorized charges to my credit card.
If you are talking about monthly taxes, I wouldn't do that unless you want your service terminated. To reactivate, you'd have to pay a fee.


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Review: LIVING IN THE FUTURE'S PAST
Charting the rise of the super-organism, Jeff Bridges makes an impassioned plea for all of us to do a little something for the planet.
As stark warnings about climate change hit the news claiming that we have only 12 years to limit the coming catastrophe related to extreme weather changes, director Susan Kucera teams up with a number of academics and actor Jeff Bridges on the aptly titled documentary "Living in the Future's Past." The film is absolutely gorgeous, featuring an amazing collection of high resolution footage working in tandem with Bridges' rich narration. Without being preachy, this didactic narrative is informative and serves as a low key prayer for universal support for conservation.
Calling the human race a "super-organism," Kucera contrasts and compares our species' evolution to the progress of other organisms. And by concentrating on energy, how its many forms have led to changes in our environment, the film makes a good argument for altering our focus. It is human mastery of technology that may hold the key to our salvation, as its advances may have also created the problems we now face.
To make an effort to separate the film's perspective, which clearly errs on the side believing that human activities have caused climate change, Kucera finds an advocate for the push for deep mindfulness in former Republican Congressman Bob Inglis, from South Carolina. Inglis is an articulate, smart guy, who last lost his seat to Trey Gowdy in 2010. While he's not a scientist, he is a good mouthpiece for the argument that the overwhelming majority of scientists believe that human activities have contributed to the growing climate problem.
Another non-scientist voice is that of General Wesley Clark, the former NATO Supreme Allied Commander. A Democrat, who once sought the presidential nomination, Clark too shares Inglis' views on climate change. And when these layman voices, like that of journalist Paul Roberts, are combined with experts in various fields, the film has a nice balance, if also one that gives no time to the small, but vocal, group of global warming deniers. This is a suggestive piece of filmmaking, not one that directly attacks those with differing views.
And it is the interesting number of thinkers scattered upon a rich tapestry of images that make "Living in the Future's Past" such an entertaining and informative feature film. The approach isn't heavy-handed, and those that are on the fence about the subject might benefit. I especially appreciated the attempt to reasonably appeal to our responsibility as the guardians of our planet. Inglis even manages to work in a bit of religion, by appealing to Evangelicals, who might otherwise ignore changes as part of God's will.
What's telling is that with the dire warnings of the last few days, charting a point of no return unless actions are taken within the next decade, the requests made in "Living in the Future's Past" are so incremental. Kucera cleverly proposes a path to reversal of energy addictive habits. There is the suggestion that one car starting every morning by itself might not seem like a great contribution to the problem, but millions and millions of cars starting would understandably have an impact.
So, following that logic, if we choose to limit our use of the car, or something else, and opt for moderation in consumption of resources, we can, in a sense, do our part. I'm reminded of the great number of scooters that currently line the sidewalks of Atlanta, or the interest in reading food labels to discover where the ingredients may have originated. Doing your part might not be as hard as you think, and who knows, it might be a lot of fun too.
Bridges' final statement is an eloquent and utterly cool call to action. His well-written and persuasively delivered words point up vividly that the guy, who has over his lengthy career inhabited so many iconic screen characters, like the stoner dude from "The Big Lebowski," might be one of the most effective spokespersons for such a laid back but subtly important message. It might not take drastic and extreme measures to change the course of the future, and since we are living its past, we have a chance to shape what comes next.
Read more:Bob Inglis, climate change, documentary, Film review, global warming, Jeff Bridges, Living in the Future's Past, Susan Kucera, Wesley Clark


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Research Forward (Round 2)
This competition is now closed.
The Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education (OVCRGE) is hosting a second round of a Research Forward initiative to stimulate and support highly innovative and groundbreaking research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The initiative is supported by the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) and will provide funding for 1–2 years, depending on the needs and scope of the project.
Research Forward seeks to support collaborative, multidisciplinary, multi-investigator research projects that are high-risk, high-impact and transformative. It seeks to fund research projects that have the potential to fundamentally transform a field of study as well as projects that require significant development prior to the submission of applications for external funding. Collaborative research proposals are welcome from within any of the four divisions (Arts & Humanities, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences), as are cross-divisional collaborations.
Criteria for evaluation include:
What is the problem you are trying to solve? Why is this problem important and why should it be addressed now?
What are the innovative approaches, potential for groundbreaking impact, and significance of the research? How will it be transformative for the field?
What are the expected outcomes (e.g., grant submissions, publications)?
What are the unique qualifications of the research team for leading this research?
Award Application Process
The lead Principal Investigator (PI) must be a UW–Madison faculty member or a researcher with permanent PI status.
CHS faculty and academic staff without permanent PI status may participate as co-PIs.
Some Key Tips:
The PI must initiate the application.
The PI can invite additional collaborators (writers/editors) to fill out the application form. However, the PI who initiates the application must also be the person that ultimately submits the application.
Remember to scroll down and select "mark as complete" at the bottom of each completed page.
You will be able to select "review and submit" before final submission.
You will have the option of downloading the entire application document.
All applicants must provide:
1. A cover sheet that includes:
a. PI information (name, email address, departmental/center affiliation).
b. A list of anticipated co-Principal Investigators and co-Investigators.
c. A project title.
d. A list of four UW–Madison faculty with subject expertise relevant to the proposal. Please avoid listing faculty with potential conflicts of interest. For example, do not list dissertation advisors, former students, anyone in the same department as the PI (and co-PIs), or anyone with whom the PI (and co-PIs) have collaborated in the last five years.
e. A 300-word research abstract that addresses the following topics (in accessible language):
● What is the problem you are trying to solve? Why is this problem important and why should it be addressed now?
● What are the innovative approaches, potential for groundbreaking impact, and significance of the research? How will it be transformative for the field?
● What are the expected outcomes (e.g., grant submissions, publications)?
● What are the unique qualifications of the research team for leading this research?
f. The estimated amount of funding requested (up to a maximum of $500,000). Equipment requests are limited to under $10,000 for each year.
(note: if the number of project team members exceeds the space provided in the cover sheet, you may add a list of the team members at the end of the narrative below. This will not be counted in the five-page limit.)
Your cover sheet and abstract (item no. 1 above) must be completed by Dec. 6, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.. (You should scroll to the end of the first section and select "mark as complete".) You may proceed with the remaining sections (items 2-6 below) of the proposal only after the abstract has been completed by the due date. Complete proposals are due by Jan. 24, 2022 at 4:30 p.m..
Additional items in the research proposal:
2. A lay paragraph (150 words). Please summarize your project in language suitable for someone outside of your academic discipline. This will help the VCRGE convey the nature of your project to the WARF Board.
3. In a single PDF file: a narrative, not to exceed five pages, that describes:
● The specific aims, major research questions, and hypotheses being addressed.
● The multidisciplinary aspects of the research and the unique qualifications of the research team that increase the likelihood of project success.
● The innovative vision, potential for groundbreaking impact, and significance of the proposed research, including a statement about how this research will be transformative for the field.
● The bold, innovative approaches proposed to address these specific aims and research questions.
● How potential risks and challenges will be addressed.
● A statement of the expected outcomes of the proposed activities and an explanation of how these activities will provide the necessary foundation for seeking external funding.
● A timeline of research activities for the funding period.
● Plans for external grant submissions.
● A statement that the proposed research project represents a new and distinct direction for your research and is not an extension of ongoing current research.
● If other funding has been received for this or a closely related project, a description of the previously funded project.
● You may include optional additional material, as appropriate:
a. One page of figures or tables to accompany the narrative (or submit a six-page narrative with figures and tables embedded in the text);
b. A list of additional project team members that do not fit in the cover sheet (not counted in the five-page limit)
c.References (citations from the research literature); and
d. Letters of support or commitment to the project.
4. A detailed budget request, indicating the personnel to be supported and other categories of funding that will be needed. Although collaborations with faculty outside of UW–Madison may be beneficial, funds from this initiative cannot be used to support researchers at other institutions. The budget may include faculty salary for summer support only; this initiative will not provide in-semester support. For faculty with 9-month appointments, you may not exceed the NIH salary cap. For example, the current NIH salary cap is $199,300 over 12 months (1 month = $16,608, plus fringe benefits). Thus, if your annual salary exceeds the cap you are limited in your request to $16,608 (plus fringe benefits) per month. Faculty with 12-month appointments are not eligible for faculty salary support. Also, equipment requests are limited to under $10,000 for each year. Use the Research Forward 2 Budget Template_final, which you should save as a PDF and upload both the .xls workbook and the .pdf workbook to the on-line submission system.
5. Please indicate your final, total funding request to VCRGE for Research Forward (last line of the budget form, tab 3) in the space provided. Please also provide a brief (no more than one page) budget justification that explains the rationale for each item in your budget. Proposals will not be reviewed without an itemized budget justification.
6. In a single PDF file: CVs or Biosketches for the Principal Investigator, co-Principal Investigators, co-Investigators, and Collaborators. Include all current and pending intramural and extramural research support for each investigator.
For multi-investigator projects, please address diversity, equity and inclusion in your team and in the leadership of your project. (300 words max.)
Submitting the full application:
After completing the six items above, you will be able to select "review and submit" before making your final submission. Please make sure to review the entire document before you select to "submit" it. You will also have the option to download the entire document.
For questions regarding submitting an abstract, the full submission or eligibility, please contact the appropriate divisional Associate Vice Chancellor for Research (see https://research.wisc.edu/about/leadership/).
For technical questions or for general information, please send an email to competitions@research.wisc.edu.
A faculty committee of subject matter experts will review the proposals to identify those that hold the most promise for meeting the goals of this initiative. The committee will then make recommendations to the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education. The OVCRGE will make final selections.
Progress Report and Final Report
A progress report and a final report will be required. The reports will provide a summary of the progress that was accomplished on the project. Second year funding is contingent on having spent down 75% of Year 1 funds and on the receipt of a satisfactory progress report. The final report should include citations to any published papers or conference presentations that derive from the research undertaken or the equipment purchased and any new grants that were submitted by or awarded to the research team.
WHAT IS THE RESEARCH FORWARD INITIATIVE?
The goal of the Research Forward initiative is to stimulate and support highly innovative and groundbreaking research at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. This initiative seeks to fund research projects that have the potential to fundamentally transform a field of study as well as projects that require significant development prior to the submission of applications for external funding. It further seeks to support collaborative, multidisciplinary, multi-investigator research projects that are high-risk, high-impact and transformative. Collaborative research proposals are welcome from within any of the four divisions (Arts & Humanities, Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences), as are cross-divisional collaborations.
HOW IS RESEARCH FORWARD DIFFERENT FROM THE FALL RESEARCH COMPETITION?
The goal of Research Forward is to fund high-impact and transformative research projects, especially those that require significant development prior to the submission of applications for external funding. The Research Forward program does not provide funding as backup support for externally submitted proposals or to supplement existing grants; rather, the proposed project should be of sufficient scope (e.g. large center proposals or multi-investigator proposals) to require a substantial investment of resources in order to make it competitive for external funds. Research Forward projects will typically involve a multidisciplinary team of investigators.
The Fall Research Competition prioritizes the funding of junior faculty and providing insurance support to senior faculty for external grant submissions. The Fall Research Competition generally funds focused research projects, especially those close to or at the point of submission for extramural support.
WHAT ARE THE STEPS IN SUBMITTING A RESEARCH FORWARD APPLICATION?
An abstract for the proposal should be submitted through the online Research Forward portal, and it should demonstrate that the proposed project aligns with the goals of the initiative. The divisional Associate Vice Chancellor for Research will contact the applicant (Principal Investigator) if there are any concerns with the abstract and the submission of a full-length proposal. See the application instructions for the materials that need to be included in the full-length proposal.
CAN I BE A PI ON ONE PROPOSAL AND A CO-PI ON ANOTHER ONE?
Yes, as long as the two proposals are not related projects.
CAN I BE A CO-PI ON MORE THAN ONE PROPOSAL?
Yes, as long as they are not related projects.
WHAT IS THE AWARD RANGE?
The maximum award will be $500,000. Equipment requests are limited to under $10,000 for each year.
IS THERE A MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT?
No. Matching funds are not required.
CAN FACULTY SALARY SUPPORT BE REQUESTED?
For faculty on 9-month appointments, only summer salary support may be requested. Although, you may not exceed the NIH salary cap. For example, the current NIH salary cap is $199,300 (1 month = $16,608, plus fringe benefits). Thus, if your annual salary exceeds the cap you are limited in your request to $16,608 (plus fringe benefits) per month. Faculty with 12-month appointments are not eligible for faculty salary support.
HOW MANY YEARS OF FUNDING MAY BE REQUESTED?
Funding will be provided for 1–2 years, depending on the needs and scope of the project.
CAN A PORTION OF A RESEARCH FORWARD PROJECT BE HANDLED THROUGH A SUBAWARD TO ANOTHER INSTITUTION?
No. WARF funds cannot be used to fund subawards, pilot projects, mini-grants, or other projects at other institutions or partner agencies. However, purchase of services or equipment from other institutions and industry is allowable.
ARE THERE ANY CONDITIONS TO THE AWARD?
A progress report and final report will be required. Periodic updates after the funding ends will be required.
In accepting the award, the Principal Investigator agrees to seek external funding to continue the project within one year of the end of the VCRGE funding period.
WHEN ARE RESEARCH FORWARD PROPOSALS REVIEWED?
Dec. 6, 2021, for abstract submission; Jan. 24, 2022, for full proposal submission (award recipients will be notified in May 2022).
WHAT IS THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR RESEARCH FORWARD PROPOSALS?
Proposals will be initially evaluated by two reviewers with subject expertise. The proposals and solicited faculty evaluations will then be reviewed by a divisional faculty committee. The divisional review committees will be appointed by the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education in consultation with the divisional Associate Vice Chancellors for Research. Final award decisions will be made by the Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education in consultation with the divisional Associate Vice Chancellors for Research.
AT WHAT STAGE OF MY RESEARCH CAREER SHOULD I ENTER THE RESEARCH FORWARD COMPETITION?
Proposals from faculty and researchers with permanent PI status at all career stages are invited. Junior faculty who submit a proposal as a PI are encouraged to include senior UW–Madison faculty and/or researchers as co- PIs.


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Q: Why my index == "string" is not working in JS? I have a problem with an equal statement in Javascript. Look at this screenshot:

I am trying to check whether index is the same as "Delete", but it is never true. It also is not true if I try index === "Delete" or index == "Delete".

A: index is an Object, which does not appear to have a toString() method. Therefore calling toString() in it will most likely result in [object Object], which is obviously not what you're after.
Try if( index.return === "Delete") instead.

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#import "NSObject.h"

#import "IDESourceControlNameTokenViewDelegate-Protocol.h"

@class ABPerson, NSArray, NSImage, NSNotification, NSString;

@interface IDESourceControlPerson : NSObject <IDESourceControlNameTokenViewDelegate>
{
    NSString *_name;
    NSString *_displayName;
    NSArray *_emails;
    NSImage *_image;
    NSString *_chatUUID;
    NSString *_pairedUUID;
    ABPerson *_pairedPerson;
    NSNotification *_lastSeenNotification;
}

@property(copy) NSString *pairedUUID; // @synthesize pairedUUID=_pairedUUID;
@property(copy) NSString *chatUUID; // @synthesize chatUUID=_chatUUID;
@property(copy) NSImage *image; // @synthesize image=_image;
@property(retain) NSArray *emails; // @synthesize emails=_emails;
@property(copy) NSString *displayName; // @synthesize displayName=_displayName;
@property(readonly) NSString *name; // @synthesize name=_name;
- (void).cxx_destruct;
- (void)imPersonStatusChangedNotification:(id)arg1;
- (void)startChatWithToken:(id)arg1;
- (void)message:(id)arg1;
- (void)email:(id)arg1;
- (id)menuForNameToken:(id)arg1;
- (void)_stopListeningForChatAvailability;
- (void)_startListeningForChatAvailability;
- (id)_chatUUIDForPerson:(id)arg1;
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Q: Text analysis in python Have you seen some good tutorials for text analysis in python or just as a theory? I mean something like determining the topic of a text, analyzing words etc.

A: You can use Apache Spark, it comes with four supported languages (Java, Scala, Python and R), it's compatible with ipython and jupyter with some tricky modifications.
There some courses you can audit:

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*Introduction to Big Data

*Scalable Machine Learning
Here is a small pdf that paves the subject.

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*Text Analysis with Apache Spark
And here I show a small example of word-count using Apache-Spark, but it is not limited to this subject (it has PCA, SVD, and a big etc.)
documentRDD = sc.parallelize(["Hello", "world", "from", "the", "python", "world"])
tokensTupleRDD = documentRDD.map(lambda word: (word, 1))
tokensCountRDD = tokensTupleRDD.reduceByKey(lambda a, b: a + b)
print(tokensCountRDD.collect())
# ("Hello", 1), ("world", 2),...

Other alternative is to use Scikit-learn, which is very used, easy and covers this area too, the only bad thing is that algorithms can't run in clusters and don't scale nicely.
They even have a very easy tutorial in their site:

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*Scikit-learn Tutorial
So if your trying to learn I would suggest scikit-learn, but if you are trying to apply Bid Data at your work I might suggest you to study both and use Apache Spark


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Tekken 7 Review
June 24th, 2017 KellysKranium PC Review, Playstation Reviews, Reviews, Xbox Reviews 3 comments
Genre: Action, Fighting, Sports
Release Date: 1 June 2017
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Arcade Game
Supplied By: Microsoft
Here ye! Here ye! To all you fighting game fanatics I have news! Tekken is back! Jin, Kazuya and Heihachi are all back causing more mayhem than you can shake a pair of Marshall Laws nun chucks at! But wait, don't get your hopes up yet Tekken fans, because I hate to say it, but 6 was better. Now, hold your mouse! Don't go clicking on that close button yet, hear me out okay? Pinky swear you'll read to the end of the article? No? Well it was worth a shot.
Tekken 7 has been a highly anticipated game within the franchise, with the story gathering some serious momentum and the graphics getting better and better by the game it's been amazing to see our childhood fighting game grow up with the times. But I must say that as much as I love the franchise, Tekken 7 has fallen over and focused on the wrong things within this game.
When I first booted up the game it came alongside the typical Tekken opening scene which lasted over 3 and a half minutes. I was so eager to get into the fighting that I had completely forgotten about the long-standing feud within the Mishima family. The father and son relationship which is basically a who can kill who first championship. Once the opening scene was over (which you can skip if you want, I just like watching these things) a menu popped up with the most awesome artworks I have seen of Heihachi Mishima in a long time. It exuded darkness and grittiness which I think is what the game is moving more towards. Bandai Namco is trying to move away from the typical fighting game genre and into a darker story based game with fighting tournament multiplayer online capabilities.
Once starting the story mode, I was immediately thrust into the ending of Tekken 6 which I won't spoil for you lovely readers out there. But I will say that if you haven't played Tekken 6, don't worry! The people at Bandai Namco have given us the opportunity to view all stories all the way back from Tekken 1! This helped me lot because I've moved to a new house twice since playing Tekken 6 and my memory is a bit hazy. I would like to say that the story mode is good, but I can't, I'm sorry! I've loved Tekken since I first played it as a child but I can't lie to you! It's like watching a movie where you get to beat people up every other 10 minutes. For people like me, who love playing out a story in a game, this was not what I was hoping for. I had hoped for a story mode along the same lines as Tekken 6 where you are running down hallways fighting your way through guard after guard to get to an end of level boss. But Tekken 7's story mode just feels too rushed. I could play through the story mode in about 2-3 hours easily, and I'm not what you would call a hard-core gamer!
The graphics have kept to the good old Tekken style with gravity defying hair and jiggling…. nun chucks. They have improved on Tekken 6, but not obviously in a way that makes the player wow. It can run at a steady 60 frames per second, which is good for a fighting game that moves as fast as Tekken does!
The sound design is as manic as ever, with music playing over narrative and heavy bass beats in the background with hayahs in the foreground. One thing I have always loved about Tekken is that each character speaks their own language. Heihachi speaks Japanese, Nina speaks English and Eddy speaks Portuguese. All the narrative is in whatever language you choose to speak yourself, but all the spoken word stays the same. As a gamer, I'm so used to all the characters speaking English when I select English, but Tekken has always stuck by each player speaking in their native dialect, which I love.
The controls are as they have always been, if you're a pro, you select a predetermined combination of buttons and execute the perfect combo, if you're anything but a pro, you mash your hand into the buttons in the hope that a combo will magically appear in front of your eyes, and when it does totally pass it off as something you had planned all along. The character selection is limited at best. With Tekken 6 having an unreal selection of 47 different characters and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 having a whopping 54 characters you would expect the next in the line to have a decent selection for you to try your hand at. No. Granted it still boasts an impressive 29 characters to choose from, but it's missing some classic familiar faces! Where's Lei? Where's Roger? Where's Alex? This game has focused on the story so much that we have lost some rather iconic characters.
The multiplayer and online fighting has stayed the same to a point. Simply you log on and play. However, one feature I loved in Tekken 6 was the ability to have team matches where you could locally play a team of 8 against another team of 8 and it was an elimination style playoff. This was great for if you had a few people round who all wanted a go, you could easily swap and change controllers easily. But now, it's simply 1 v 1 in local and online matches, which is a norm within the fighting game genre, but it's all over too quickly.
I have played the Tekken games since I was very young, it's one of the first games I ever remember playing on my PlayStation 1 back in my childhood bedroom. I love this franchise and wish it all the best in its future endeavours. But with its lack of characters and 3-hour story mode, Tekken 7 just doesn't swing my nun chucks.
Great button basher, anyone can pick up this game and have a go
The story allows a few loose ends to be wrapped up from previous games
The story is 3 hours long at a push
Where's Lei? Where's Roger? Where's Alex?
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25th June 2017 at 11:17 pm Reply
Pretty much.. Bought it. And the "endings" on characters are pathetic. Same as customization. 700+ grn down the drain. But yeah, same as MGSV it's pretty much the best technically well-made Tekken game. If you are satisfied by only that alone.
26th June 2017 at 6:58 am Reply
What a bad review. Animals were reduced, Harada said "cause of bad influence to people" (see kangaroo fight on youtube) – pretty good reason, Leigh is the wrong name, did you mean Lei? Obvi you do not understand this franchise so much. Only true thing is the offline minimal content. Game mechaninc itself is 100. So 70%. DLC will save the offline maybe.
26th June 2017 at 11:12 am Reply
Good spot Andrew, have to love auto correct. Thanks its been updated
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They need to grow and experience cold chilling winters so that they do grow and flower.
A full day of warm sunny sunlight every day and they will furnish your garden and will add brightness indoors with their spectacular flowers placed in a vase.
Sometimes a plants life cycle can be complicated and is so hard to explain when the life cycle plays its roll of certain physical changes under the ground. The life cycle of a Bearded Iris plant goes through a series of stages from one generation to the next and this is what I am going to explain about Bearded Irises growing patterns. Most people think that an Iris can be planted or transplant at any time of the year, they maybe right! But there is a fixed time frame to best plant your Bearded Irises like most plants and I will explain why.
From early spring Bearded Iris have important functions underground. During this time they absorb the valuable water and nutrients available to them and store extra food in their rhizomes. The resources stored in the rhizome are also used to feed and grow all parts of the bearded Iris plant, even when it is in full bloom and at anytime growing the leaves, buds and blooms.
Once the Bearded Iris has finished blooming the next six to eight weeks focuses on the underground growth. This shows noticed proof, of a visible increase in rhizomes multiplying on the mother plant with new roots. When the rapid growth period under the ground has come to an end, six weeks after flowering. A good indication of this is when the flowering stem has completely dried, this means that all the work has been done underground.
At this time if you have maintained your Iris plants to a high standard, your Iris rhizomes taken from the mother plant should be large enough and mature to plant on their own. The complete new rhizome should be all this years growth and at flowering size ready to flower for you in the following spring. While the reblooming Iris varieties will carry on and continue to grow throughout the rest of the summer time in a semi dormant state.
If the Bearded Iris rhizomes are not at full size now there is no growing time left leading into their dormant winter. Early spring the Iris spend their time putting up leaves before showing off their elegant blooms in spring.
So now you know this, you can start to plan to divide Dwarf and Median bearded Iris as early as November and for the Tall Bearded Iris start dividing them in December in Australia. Especially if you live in a cool comfortable climate. If you grow and follow the life cycle root changes of a bearded Iris, this is the appropriate time to dig divide and replant each year. This is when the new roots of a bearded iris are able to have the natural ability to begin to develop roots quickly on their own.
If you live in a hot dry climate I would suggest not dividing Bearded Iris until autumn, as I have done over the years living with hot weather conditions without any problems. The golden rule is as long as you give the rhizomes six weeks to get their root system down into the soil and get established before the winter cold sets in, all is swell.
The Bearded Iris plants will either not bloom at the genetic time and you will have to wait till the following spring to see them in bloom.
The Bearded Iris will sit and refuse or act slowly to grow roots successfully, if they are divided and replanted in the cold winter months and are very unlikely to bloom in spring.
Now you can have a choice whether to plant or replant your Bearded Iris a little time after flowering till early autumn depending on the climate temperature you live in.


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[ MIXED MARTIAL ARTS ]
Ruthless, Mayhem engage
By Billy Hull
bhull@starbulletin.com
Six Red Bull energy drinks in 30 minutes.
That's the first thing Icon Sport founder T.J. Thompson remembers about his first Super Brawl card more than 10 years ago.
"I had no idea what it was at the time," Thompson said. "I was so excited and nervous for the event that I drank a bunch just before the card."
Thompson was amped up for his first mixed martial arts event that drew nearly 3,000 people to the Blaisdell Arena. Ten years later, he's hoping for a few more fans as Icon Sport (formerly Super Brawl) presents its 10th anniversary show tomorrow night, highlighted by the world middleweight title fight between champion "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler and challenger Jason "Mayhem" Miller.
"When we started, I had no idea what I was doing," Thompson said. "Forty-nine shows later, I still barely know what I'm doing."
Icon Sport has become one of the longest-running mixed martial arts promotions in the United States, and has showcased the best fighters in the world, including UFC champions Tim Sylvia (heavyweight), Rich Franklin (middleweight) and Matt Hughes (welterweight), along with Pat Miletich, Frank Shamrock, Josh Barnett, Jens Pulver, Takanori Gomi and Vitor Belfort, whose first MMA fight was in Super Brawl's second show.
It hasn't always been a smooth ride, as Thompson has had to overcome more than his share of obstacles. Just prior to Super Brawl's eighth show in August 1998, then-Gov. Ben Cayetano approved a law that outlawed street fighting in Hawaii. Not knowing what would happen, Thompson decided to go along with his event, and the show went off without any interruption.
"We had no idea if we would get shut down midway through or what," Thompson said.
Through various loopholes, the company stayed afloat long enough to reach its milestone event on June 1, 1999, when local favorite Egan Inoue fought Marcelo Tiger in the main event. Despite Tiger being disqualified for excessive fouling in the fight, it was a coming-out party for Thompson, as he was able to sell out Blaisdell Arena.
"Eight-thousand people were at that fight, but at least 20,000 people today will say they were there," Thompson said. "That's the first card we had news coverage for and basically was a milestone for us."
In 10 years, the sport of mixed martial arts has grown on a level that "you can't even put into words," according to Thompson. The early days of standing and throwing punches until someone is knocked out have been replaced by an all-around style of fighting. Most current fighters must be well-trained in all aspects of the game, including wrestling, grappling and jiu-jitsu.
As part of the movement to get away from the idea that mixed martial arts was just a form of bar fighting, Thompson ditched the old Super Brawl name he had for his events, and replaced it with Icon Sport.
"The Super Brawl name just didn't fit the product," Thompson said. "We want to introduce the uninitiated to this sport, and it's important to us to show the different dimensions of just how much of an art form mixed martial arts is."
Tomorrow night's main event is the first Icon fight in history that will be five 5-minute rounds, and features a clash of styles. It will be the perfect showcase to understand how diverse the sport has become.
Lawler (11-3), who is known for his incredible punching power, knocked out Niko Vitale for the belt last year, and then did the same thing in a rematch they had seven months later. Miller (16-4) enters the fight a perfect 7-0 in Hawaii, with five of those wins coming by submission, and has won only two fights by knockout in his career.
"I won't be standing in front of him waiting to get hit, obviously, and I'm pretty sure he won't be jumping into my guard either," Miller said.
Whoever can impose his own style should have the advantage in the fight, but both are confident they can handle each other's strengths.
"It's not like I'll be afraid on the ground," Lawler said. "The hardest part is not taking me down, it's keeping me down."
Two state titles will also be up for grabs as Kimo Woefel and Sydney Silva fight for the 170-pound title, and Chico Cantiberos and Kevin Delima clash for the 145-pound title.
"This card is going to live up to everything Icon Sport is about," Thompson said. "This is the cream of the crop and I'm going to enjoy it."
Even without the Red Bulls.
ICON SPORT: MAYHEM VS. LAWLER
When: Tomorrow, 7:30 p.m.
Where: At Blaisdell Arena
Main Event: World Middleweight Championship -- "Ruthless" Robbie Lawler vs. Jason "Mayhem" Miller
155 lbs.: Jason "Dynamite" Dent vs. Kolo Koka
135: Ikaika Silva vs. Tyson Nam
170: Mike "The Bull" Russo vs. Jay Jack
170: Kimo Woefel vs. Sydney Silva
135: Paul Gorman vs. Mark Oshiro
155: Marshall Harvest vs. Makana Albino
145: Chico Cantiberos vs. Kevin Delima (state title fight)
205: Lowen Cabuag vs. Kenneth Gusman
170: Keoni Bryant vs. Derek Stadler
HW: Shaun Durfee vs. Thomas Ferguson


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A Bettendorf, Iowa, native, Carton is rated as the No. 1 recruit in the state as well as the No. 2 point guard in the 2019 class according to the 247Sports composite rankings. The 6-foot-1, 189-pound guard is rated as the No. 21 player in the 2019 class.
As the first five-star recruit the Buckeyes have landed since 2014 in D'Angelo Russell, Carton joins Russell, Jared Sullinger and Deshaun Thomas as the only five-star recruits that Ohio State has had since 2009.


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Q: Can Logstash accept both Kafka and REST(HTTP) at the same time I am looking for something like this
input{
     tcp{
          port=>9600
          type=>sylog
        }
     kafka{
     bootstrap_servers=>"localhost"9092"
     topics=>["my_log"]
           }

A: Yes it would work, just fix your bootstrap_servers line to:
bootstrap_servers=>"localhost:9092"

It depends on your business logic, but generally I would recommend you to separate the inputs into two different files inside /etc/logstash/conf.d.
input_tcp.conf
input {
  tcp {
    port=>9600
    type=>sylog
  }
}

input_kafka.conf
input {
  kafka {
    bootstrap_servers=>"localhost:9092"
    topics=>["my_log"]
  }
}


Chef Seamus Mullen is back on our blog giving us some advice on a common question we ask ourselves every summer – how do we stick to a clean/healthy diet while out and about or traveling? Seamus is dedicated to staying active and energized, even though he travels frequently. Read on to see his advice!
Summer is always a time for fun excursions and road trips. As much fun as a good road trip can be, it often means making bad food decisions simply because there are rarely good food options to be had. It takes a little extra work, but planning in advance can make all the difference.
Whenever I hit the road, or even jump on a plane for that matter, I always take some time before leaving and plan out some nutritious food options to take along with me. Finger food is helpful, especially if we're in the car, but unfortunately many finger food options aren't that healthy for us.
I always try to pack a picnic and, rather than trying to shovel in some food while we're on the road, I prefer to take a quick stop, find a patch of grass or a picnic table and have a civilized quick meal. My go-to snacks for a road trip always involve a smoothie, blended up with summer fruit and Lifeway Kefir, packed in my cooler in a mason jar.
And I always love having some fresh veggies and a dip to go with them. It's super easy to prepare, there aren't any rules, and it packs up so easily! Here's an idea of something that travels well, is super nutritious, and tastes great!
In a food processor combine all ingredients for the herb dip and pulse to process. Set aside in a portable, sealable glass container. Pack in cooler with cut, mixed veggies and you're all set!


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\section{Introduction}

\noindent X-ray spectroscopy of kaonic atoms is the perfect tool for the investigation
of the strong interaction in the low-energy limit \cite{Ramos:1999ku,Friedman:2012qy,Gal:2013vx,Ikeda:2012au,Gal:2016boi,Cieply:2011nq}.
In particular, an extraction of the $\mathrm{K^-p}$ and $\mathrm{K^-d}$ scattering lengths
with isospin-breaking corrections \cite{Doring:2011xc,Meissner:2006gx} is possible, through the Deser-Truemann-type formulae,
by combining the measurements of the strong interaction induced
shifts and widths of the 1s level both in kaonic deuterium and hydrogen.\\
With this aim, soon after its successful measurement of kaonic hydrogen in 2009 \cite{SIDDHARTA:2011dsy}
at the DA$\mathrm{\Phi}$NE \cite{Zobov:2010zza} collider of the
INFN Laboratories of Frascati, the SIDDHARTA collaboration proposed to realize an updated version of the experimental apparatus which,
in April 2019, was ready to be installed on the Interaction Region (IR).\\
To perform both conditioning of the machine and tuning of the various components of the SIDDHARTA-2 setup,
a reduced version, named SIDDHARTINO \cite{Sirghi:2022tvv}, with only 1/6 of the X-ray Silicon Drift Detectors (SDD) has been installed in 2019.
The SIDDHARTINO run started, due to the pandemic situation, only in January 2021 and two runs, with the target cell filled with $\mathrm{^4He}$
gas at about 1.5\% and 0.8\% of the liquid helium density, were performed to optimize the various components of the setup
as well as to provide feedback to the machine during its commissioning phase.
The choice of $\mathrm{^4He}$ was dictated by the high yield of the
$\mathrm{K^4He(3d\rightarrow2p)}$ transition allowing for a very fast tuning. The experimental outcomes of this run already
represented the first important physics results of the SIDDHARTA-2 experiment, delivering the most precise measurement of
the 2p level shift and width in a gaseous target \cite{Sirghi:2022tvv}. \\
In the second half of 2021 the full SIDDHARTA-2 setup was installed on the DA$\mathrm{\Phi}$NE IR \cite{Napolitano:2022eik}.
The increased number of SDDs, as well as the
different conditions of the machine background resulting from the optimization of the instantaneous luminosity, suggested performing
a second test with helium before filling the target cell with the deuterium. This was indeed necessary to crosscheck the performances
of the experimental apparatus in its full version, with a particular focus on the background rejection capabilities of the trigger system.

\section{The SIDDHARTA-2 setup}\label{sec_setup}

\noindent DA$\mathrm{\Phi}$NE is an $\mathrm{e^+e^-}$ collider with $\mathrm{e^+}$ and $\mathrm{e^-}$
beams tuned at $\mathrm{510\,MeV/c}$ momentum; this facility is then
a world-class $\mathrm{\Phi}$-factory, delivering low
energetic and monochromatic back-to-back $\mathrm{K^+K^-}$ pairs
(16 MeV of kinetic energy) through the $\mathrm{\Phi}$-meson decay.
These properties render DA$\mathrm{\Phi}$NE the most suitable facility in the world
to perform high precision spectroscopy of kaonic atoms,
as already evidenced by the many important results achieved in 2009 by
the SIDDHARTA experiment \cite{SIDDHARTA:2011dsy,SIDDHARTA:2013ftj,SIDDHARTA:2009qht,SIDDHARTA:2010uae,SIDDHARTA:2012rsv}.\\
In Fig. \ref{Fig:setup} a drawing of the SIDDHARTA-2 apparatus is shown, where
the main components are highlighted. For this work, of particular interest are the Target Cell, the SDDs and the Kaon Trigger,
described below.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centerline{%
\includegraphics[width=11 cm]{setup}}
\caption{The SIDDHARTA-2 setup installed on the DA$\mathrm{\Phi}$NE Interaction Region at the INFN National Laboratories of Frascati.}
\label{Fig:setup}
\end{figure}

\noindent \emph{Target Cell (TC).} Enclosed in a cylindrical vacuum chamber and made of a high purity aluminum
structure and a 150 µm thick Mylar wall, the TC is used to store the various targets.
In particular, kaonic deuterium gas is planned to be stored at an equivalent density
of 3\% of Liquid Deuterium (LD).\\
\emph{X-ray Silicon Drift Detectors (SDDs).} The X-rays emitted from the various transitions of kaonic atoms are measured by
384 fast 450 $\mathrm{\mu m}$ thick SDDs, $\mathrm{0.64\,cm^2}$ surface each, arranged in 48 arrays (2 x 4 matrix),
placed all around the target cell, for a total surface of $\mathrm{245.76\,cm^2}$.
Each unit is closely bonded to a C-MOS charge-sensitive amplifier (CUBE \cite{5873732}) and the signals are processed by a dedicated
ASIC (SFERA, \cite{Quaglia:2016uox,7466864}). The SDDs system has been optimized in the laboratory and successfully
tested in the heavy background of the collider \cite{Sgaramella:2022rbl,Miliucci:2022lvn,Miliucci:2021vil,Miliucci:2021wbj}.
The SDDs are, together with the target cell, placed inside the vacuum chamber where they are cooled down to $\mathrm{-145^{\circ}C}$.\\
\emph{Kaon Trigger (KT).} This tool is used to identify those events
in which a kaon pair is delivered in the vertical direction with a characteristic Time of Flight (ToF), ensuring that a charged kaon entered in
the target cell. A dramatic reduction of the asynchronous component of the DA$\mathrm{\Phi}$NE machine background can be then achieved with the ToF selection.\\
Among the other components, a Luminosity Monitor is used to assess the luminosity delivered by the collider \cite{Skurzok:2020phi} while two VETO
systems are implemented to reduce the hadronic background \cite{Bazzi:2013kwa,Tuchler:2018vyt}.\\
The Kaon Trigger is used to achieve a factor $\mathrm{10^5}$, without which signals from kaonic atoms would be impossible to be measured.\\
This work is focused on the tests performed immediately after the installation of the full apparatus on DA$\mathrm{\Phi}$NE with a
$\mathrm{^4He}$ target.
A confirmation of the good performances achieved in the SIDDHARTINO run is then mandatory to declare the full SIDDHARTA-2 setup
ready for the kaonic deuterium measurement.

\section{The kaonic helium test}\label{sec_test}

\noindent The data presented in this paper have been collected in the period 04-26/05/2022 and correspond to $\mathrm{28\,pb^{-1}}$ of integrated luminosity.
The SDDs were cooled down to $\mathrm{-145^{\circ}C}$, and the density of the target corresponded to about 1.4\% times the Liquid Helium one.
All the spectra are already calibrated in energy, with a procedure extensively discussed in \cite{Sgaramella:2022rbl}.

\subsection{Background suppression}\label{sec_sb}

\noindent In this section, the steps of the analysis from the raw data, collected by the SDDs, to the
final kaonic helium spectrum, are described.
The overall spectrum obtained without selection cut is shown in the upper pad of Fig. \ref{Fig:trigger_effect}, where peaks due to
the fluorescence of the various materials present in the experimental apparatus, thus not correlated in time with the beam crossing and the
$\mathrm{\Phi}$-decay, are present.\\
To remove this asynchronous background, a first selection is applied using the information from the KT; only triggered events in which
two signals are detected in coincidence by the two scintillators are retained while all the others are discarded.\\
The effect of this selection is visible in the lower pad of Fig. \ref{Fig:trigger_effect}, where the number of events is drastically reduced and
the fluorescence peaks are not visible anymore, except for that from titanium which is present in the top of the target cell and is activated by
kaons not stopping in the gas. In the triggered spectrum the transitions of kaonic atoms formed in the
Mylar walls of the target are visible.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=9.2 cm]{total}
\includegraphics[width=9.2 cm]{trig}
\caption{\emph{Top}: The total $\mathrm{28\,pb^{-1}}$ spectrum obtained from the sum of the individual SDDs.
Fluorescence peaks from Ti, Cu and Bi are present. \emph{Bottom:} Total spectrum after the trigger request (see text for details).}
\label{Fig:trigger_effect}
\end{figure}

\noindent The KT information could be also used to eliminate part of the remaining synchronous background, mainly consisting of Minimum Ionizing Particles (MIPs) produced
in electromagnetic showers occurring within a fixed time window with the beam crossing.
The two scintillators of the KT allow discriminating by TOF between MIPs and kaons as shown in Fig. \ref{Fig:kmip} and \ref{Fig:kmip_diag}.
In Fig. \ref{Fig:kmip}, the scatter plot of the Mean Timers of the two PMs reading each scintillator is presented, where the distinct clusters corresponding to
kaons (more intense) and MIPs (less intense) are visible in a double structure.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centerline{%
\includegraphics[width=12.5 cm]{kmip}}
\caption{Scatter plot of the Mean Time of the two PMs reading the upper and lower scintillators of the Kaon Trigger. Clusters related to kaons and MIPs are
clearly visible in a double structure due to the usage of the RF/2 signal as time reference (see text for details).}
\label{Fig:kmip}
\end{figure}

\noindent The $\mathrm{\sim\,370\,MHz}$ radiofrequency (RF) of the $\mathrm{DA\Phi NE}$ collider, providing a trigger for every collision,
and used as a time reference by the DAQ of the experiment, can't be handled by the most performing Constant Fracton Discriminators
(CFD), limited to work with 200 MHz, used to process it.
To overcome this limitation, the RF/2 is then used, at a frequency of $\mathrm{\sim\,185\,MHz}$; as a consequence, every coincidence event in the
KT discriminators can be randomly associated in time with one of the two collisions.
The net results is the presence of the double structure visible both in Fig. \ref{Fig:kmip} and \ref{Fig:kmip_diag}.\\
In Fig. \ref{Fig:kmip_diag} the projection of the scatter plot on the diagonal is used to perform a fit and select only the events related to the kaons.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centerline{%
\includegraphics[width=12.5 cm]{kmip_diag}}
\caption{Projection on the diagonal of the scatter plot of Fig. \ref{Fig:kmip}. The fit (red line) is used to define the acceptance windows for the kaons,
while the double structure is due to the usage of the RF/2 as time reference (see text for details).}
\label{Fig:kmip_diag}
\end{figure}

\noindent As the last step, the time information from the SDDs can be exploited as well; a triple coincidence between the two scintillators of the KT and a hit
in one of the SDDs, using the same RF/2 timestamp as reference time, is presented in Fig. \ref{Fig:drift}, where the peak represents the good signals while the flat
background is due to accidental X-rays fake occurring randomly in time.\\
The drift time of the $\mathrm{e^-}$ towards the anode of an SDD after a photon detection,
typically of the order of hundreds of ns, is much larger than the time needed by the kaons to reach the target, to be then moderated in the gas, to form the kaonic atom
and finally go through the cascade emitting X-rays.
For this reason, the shape of the timing distribution in Fig. \ref{Fig:drift} is mainly due to the Drift Time of the $\mathrm{e^-}$ in the SDDs \cite{Miliucci:2022lvn}.
A further event selection can be performed by rejecting all the events lying outside the $\mathrm{1.1\,\mu s}$ window shown in Fig. \ref{Fig:drift}.
It has to be stressed that, with respect to the $\mathrm{-100^{\circ}C}$ of the SIDDHARTINO run, the $\mathrm{-145^{\circ}C}$ cooling of the SDDs allows obtaining a much narrower time window than the almost $\mathrm{2\,\mu s}$ previous one, thanks to a reduction of the FWHM of the triple coincidence peak from 950 ns to about 430 ns.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centerline{%
\includegraphics[width=12.5 cm]{triple}}
\caption{Time distribution of the triple coincidence between the two KT scintillators and a hit on an SDD. The peak width comes mainly from the $\mathrm{e^-}$ drift time
towards the anodes of the X-ray detectors (see text for details).}
\label{Fig:drift}
\end{figure}

\noindent The overall effects of all these selections are presented in Fig. \ref{Fig:drift_eff} where the spectra with only the KT flag, the further addition of the
kaon selection and then the triple coincidence requirement are shown in black, green and magenta, respectively.
The number of events for each spectrum are reported; comparing these values with those presented in Fig. \ref{Fig:trigger_effect},
a background rejection factor of $\mathrm{3.1\times10^-5}$ can be extracted.
The results confirm those obtained during the SIDDHARTINO run \cite{Sirghi:2022tvv}.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centerline{%
\includegraphics[width=12.5 cm]{factors}}
\caption{Overimposed total $\mathrm{28\,pb^{-1}}$ spectra obtained from the sum of the individual SDDs after the trigger requirement,
the kaon selection and the application of triple coincidence window.}
\label{Fig:drift_eff}
\end{figure}

\section{Conclusions and perspectives}\label{sec_conclusions}

\noindent In this paper, we presented the first tests performed after the full installation of the SIDDHARTA-2 experimental apparatus on the Interaction Region of the
DA$\mathrm{\Phi}$NE collider at the INFN National Laboratories of Frascati.
The test, performed in the period 04-26/05/2022, has been used to confirm the very good performances of the trigger system achieved during the SIDDHARTINO test run,
performed in 2021 with a reduced number of X-ray detectors and different machine conditions.
This test was mandatory to assess that these new conditions, as well as the larger amount of detectors, were not negatively impacting on the crucial background rejection factor.
The outcomes of this run confirmed the $\mathrm{10^5}$ rejection factor obtained with SIDDHARTINO \cite{Sirghi:2022tvv} and allows to start the first
measurement of the kaonic deuterium $\mathrm{2p\rightarrow1s}$ transition, which will be performed in 2022 and 2023.

\section*{Acknowledgments}

\noindent We thank C. Capoccia from LNF-INFN and H. Schneider, L. Stohwasser, and D. Pristauz- Telsnigg from Stefan-
Meyer-Institut for their fundamental contribution in designing and building the SIDDHARTA-2 setup. We thank as
well the $\mathrm{DA\Phi NE}$ staff for the excellent working conditions and permanent support. Part of this work was supported by
the Austrian Science Fund (FWF): [P24756-N20 and P33037-N]; the Croatian Science Foundation under the project
IP-2018-01-8570; the EU STRONG-2020 project (Grant Agreement No. 824093), the EU Horizon 2020 project
under the MSCA (Grant Agreement 754496); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS KAKENHI Grant
No. JP18H05402; the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education grant No. 7150/E-338/M/2018 and the Polish
National Agency for Academic Exchange (grant no PPN/BIT/2021/1/00037).

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