So I googled around a bit and found this page: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B148652&x=13&y=8 I tried solution one but the "Ignore Libraries" box does not exist, and so does the Object/library modules box. For the Ignore Libraries I found Ignore specific libraries, but skipping step five only gave me 17xx errors.
I googled around a lot, but always came back to the same page, how can I fix this problem in Visual Studio 2012?
The most likely cause of the problem is having different versions of the C runtime (multi- or single-threaded, debug- or non-debug) linked for different parts of the project. Perhaps your main executable has one runtime linked but you are linking to a library built with a different runtime. Use depends.exe to check each library that you are linking explicitly in turn to find the odd one out.
I fixed the problem: I found that it is a problem with the order of the includes. However forcing every file to have the afx.h include (properties->c/c++/advanced/force include file) fixed the problem for me.
Ok, I just dealt with this problem while combining a .c file (compilation unit) with an MFC project. The .c file had the same name (compilation unit) that was in a library I was linking with. I changed the name of the file and the linker confusion went away.
I tried the other solutions above and none of them worked.
I also found that if you use LTGC (link-time code generation) and you've just added a custom implementation for operator new or some other symbol that exists in the CRT, then you should do a full rebuild, only then does the incremental linker omit "weak references". This is true even in VS 2015.
Were you having this problem with Visual Studio 2008 or 2010?
I am seeing a similar failure in Visual Studio 2012: code that linked fine in earlier versions of the toolchain is now giving multiple instances of error LNK2005: "void * __cdecl operator new(unsigned __int64,void *)" (??2@YAPEAX_KPEAX@Z) already defined. Unlike you, we're not using MFC.
This is not a solution to your problem, of course, but it may point to a regression bug in Microsoft's compiler or linker development. If you can verify that the same code works fine in VS2010, that would tend to confirm my diagnosis.
EDITED TO ADD: This error has been reported to Microsoft as bug #768788.
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Global X Disruptive Materials ETF
(formerly known as Global X Advanced Materials ETF)
NASDAQ: DMAT
2021 Summary Prospectus
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund's prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund's prospectus and other information about the Fund (including the Fund's statement of additional information and annual report) online at http://www.globalxetfs.com/funds/dmat. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-888-493-8631 or by sending an e-mail request to info@globalxetfs.com. The Fund's prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated January 15, 2022, as amended and supplemented from time to time, are incorporated by reference into (legally made a part of) this Summary Prospectus.
As permitted by regulations adopted by the SEC, paper copies of the Fund's shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank). Instead, shareholder reports will be available on the Fund's website (www.globalxetfs.com/explore), and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report. If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically anytime by contacting your financial intermediary. You may elect to receive all future Fund shareholder reports in paper free of charge. Please contact your financial intermediary to inform them that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of Fund shareholder reports and for details about whether your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with your financial intermediary.
Ticker: DMAT Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The Global X Disruptive Materials ETF (formerly known as Global X Advanced Materials ETF) ("Fund") seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Disruptive Materials Index ("Underlying Index").
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares ("Shares") of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the tables and examples below.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):
Management Fees:1
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees:
Other Expenses:2
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses:
1 Management fees have been restated to reflect current fees.
2 Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
Example: The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary market. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
Portfolio Turnover: The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. The Fund is not yet operational and does not yet have a portfolio turnover rate to disclose.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES
The Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets, plus borrowings for investments purposes (if any), in the securities of the Solactive Disruptive Materials Index (the "Underlying Index") and in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on the securities in the Underlying Index. The Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before it can be changed.
The Underlying Index is designed to provide exposure to companies that produce metals and other raw or composite materials that have been identified as being essential to disruptive technologies such as lithium batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, fuel cells, robotics, and 3D printers. Each material has been determined by Solactive AG, the provider of the Underlying Index (the "Index Provider") to be instrumental to the development and materialization of one or more disruptive technologies. Disruptive technologies refer to those technologies that are essential to the development and materialization of long-term, structural changes to existing products, services, industries, or sectors. Specifically, the Underlying Index will include securities issued by "Disruptive Materials Companies" as defined by the Index Provider.
Disruptive Materials Companies are those companies that derive at least 50% of their revenues in aggregate from the exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of one or more of the following ten materials categories: Carbon Fiber, Cobalt, Copper, Graphene & Graphite, Lithium, Manganese, Nickel, Platinum & Palladium, Rare Earth Elements, and Zinc (collectively, "Disruptive Materials Categories"). Companies engaged in exploration and mining include those companies involved in locating and extracting disruptive materials. Companies engaged in production include those companies involved in manufacturing, processing, and trading disruptive materials for primary usage. Companies engaged in enhancement include those companies involved in refining, developing, and/or smelting materials to extract and purify disruptive materials. As of January 1, 2022, the Underlying Index had 50 constituents.
For the Lithium category, companies that derive greater than 25% but less than 50% of revenue from the production and/or processing of lithium are also eligible for inclusion (collectively, "Diversified Lithium Companies"). In addition, companies with primary business operations in the exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of one or more of the Disruptive Materials Categories, but which are not currently generating revenue, are also eligible for inclusion (collectively, "Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials Companies"). To determine whether a company has primary business operations in the exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of one or more of the Disruptive Materials Categories, the Index Provider reviews the public financial disclosures and filings of the company, and identifies the products and business segments disclosed therein. The Index Provider then reviews the management discussion and analysis, as well as the level of investment the company allocates to those products and segments, to determine whether those business operations are the primary operations of the company.
In constructing the Underlying Index, the Index Provider applies a proprietary natural language processing algorithm to the eligible universe, which seeks to identify and rank companies involved in each of the Disruptive Materials Categories based on filings, disclosures, and other public information (e.g., regulatory filings, earnings transcripts, etc.). The highest-ranking companies identified by the natural language processing algorithm in each Disruptive Materials Category, as of the selection date, are further reviewed by the Index Provider to confirm they derive at least 50% of their revenues from one of the Disruptive Materials Categories as described above, derive between 25% and 50% of their revenues from the Lithium category in the case of Diversified Lithium Companies, or have primary business operations in the exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of one or more of the Disruptive Materials Categories but do not currently generate revenues in the case of Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials Companies. The five highest-ranking Disruptive Materials Companies and Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials Companies according to free float market capitalization from each Disruptive Materials Category are included in the index. For the Lithium category, the five highest-ranking Disruptive Materials Companies, Pre-Revenue Diversified Materials Companies and Diversified Lithium Companies according to free float market capitalization are included. If fewer than five companies are identified that satisfy the above criteria within a Disruptive Materials Category, all eligible companies are selected, and the category consists of fewer than five companies.
To be a part of the eligible universe of the Underlying Index, companies must be classified in one of the following Economies according to Factset (a leading financial data provider that maintains a comprehensive structured taxonomy designed to offer precise classification of global companies and their individual business units): Basic Materials, Industrials, or Technology. In addition, certain minimum market capitalization and liquidity criteria, as defined by the Index Provider, must be met. As of January 1, 2022, companies must have a minimum market capitalization of $100 million and a minimum average daily turnover for the last 6 months greater than or equal to $1 million in order to be eligible for inclusion in the Underlying Index. As of January 1, 2022, companies listed in the following countries were eligible for inclusion in the Underlying Index: Australia, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and the United Arab Emirates. As of January 1, 2022, the Underlying Index had significant exposure to Chinese issuers. The Fund may invest in China A-Shares, which are issued by companies incorporated in mainland China and traded on Chinese exchanges. The Fund may invest in securities of issuers located in emerging markets.
The Underlying Index is weighted according to a modified capitalization weighting methodology and is reconstituted and re-weighted semi-annually. Modified capitalization weighting seeks to weight constituents primarily based on market capitalization, but subject to caps on the weights of the individual securities. During each rebalance, the maximum weight of a company is capped at 4%, and all constituents are subject to a minimum weight of 0.3%. In addition, Diversified Lithium Companies and Pre-Revenue Disruptive Materials Companies are subject to an aggregate weight cap of 10% at each semi-annual rebalance. Generally speaking, modified capitalization weighting will limit the amount of concentration in the largest market capitalization companies and increase company-level diversification. The Underlying Index may include large-, mid-, small-, or micro-capitalization companies, and components primarily include materials companies. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder approval.
The Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund ("Adviser"). In addition, any determinations related to the constituents of the Underlying Index are made independent of the Fund's portfolio managers. The Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However, the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling strategy.
The Fund concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of January 1, 2022, the Underlying Index was concentrated in the metals & mining industry and had significant exposure to the materials sector. The Fund is classified as "non-diversified," which means it may invest a larger percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL RISKS
As with any investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the Fund's performance could trail that of other investments. There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely affect the Fund's net asset value ("NAV"), trading price, yield, total return and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are described in greater detail in the Additional Information About the Funds section of this Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI"). The order of the below risk factors does not indicate the significance of any particular risk factor.
Asset Class Risk: Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
China A-Shares Risk: A-Shares are issued by companies incorporated in mainland China and are traded on Chinese exchanges. Foreign investors can access A-Shares by obtaining a Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor ("QFII") or a Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor ("RQFII") license, as well as through the Stock Connect Program, which is a securities trading and clearing program with an aim to achieve mutual stock market access between the China and Hong Kong markets. Stock Connect was developed by Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited, the Shanghai Stock Exchange ("SSE") (in the case of Shanghai Connect) or the Shenzhen Stock Exchange ("SZSE") (in the case of Shenzhen Connect), and the China Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Limited ("CSDCC"). The Fund currently intends to gain exposure to A-Shares through the Stock Connect Programs. Investments in A-Shares are subject to various regulations and limits, and the recoupment or repatriation of assets invested in A-Shares is subject to restrictions by the Chinese government. In addition, investors from outside mainland China may face difficulties or prohibitions accessing certain A-Shares that are part of a restricted list in countries such as the U.S. A-Shares may be subject to frequent and widespread trading halts and may become illiquid. Trading suspensions in certain stock could lead to greater market execution risk and costs for the Fund, and the creation and redemption of Creation Units (as defined below) may also be disrupted. These risks, among others, could adversely affect the value of the Fund's investments.
Depositary Receipts Risk: The Fund may invest in depositary receipts, such as ADRs and GDRs. Depositary receipts may be subject to certain of the risks associated with direct investments in the securities of foreign companies. For additional details on these risks, please see Foreign Securities Risk. Moreover, depositary receipts may not track the price of the underlying foreign
securities on which they are based. A holder of depositary receipts may also be subject to fees and the credit risk of the financial institution acting as depositary.
Equity Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a company's business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic conditions.
Associated Risks Related to Investing in Disruptive Materials Companies: Disruptive Materials Companies engage in the exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of metals and other raw or composite materials that have been identified as being essential to many of the world's most disruptive technologies. There is no guarantee that demand for these technologies will continue, or that the raw materials currently used in the production of these materials will continue to be utilized. A reduction of demand for the technologies that utilize these disruptive materials, or of the materials themselves, would have an adverse impact on the Fund. Companies involved in the various activities that are related to the exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of disruptive materials may be medium-, small-, or micro-capitalization companies. These companies tend to have volatile share prices and are highly dependent on the price of the underlying disruptive materials, which may fluctuate substantially over short periods of time. The value of such companies may be significantly affected by the success of exploration projects, political and economic conditions in geographies where the companies operate, government royalties, energy conservation, environmental policies, commodity price volatility, changes in exchange rates, imposition of import/export controls, increased competition, depletion of resources and labor relations, and other world events. The exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of disruptive materials can require large amounts of capital and, if companies involved in such activities are mismanaged, the share prices of such companies could decline even as prices for the underlying materials rise. In addition, companies involved in the various activities that are related to the exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of disruptive materials may be at risk for environmental damage allegations and potentially punitive claims. Exploration, mining, production and/or enhancement of disruptive materials may involve environmentally intensive processes, and Disruptive Materials Companies may be at risk for environmental damage liabilities, as well as mandated expenditures for safety, pollution control, and environment remediation.
Capitalization Risk: Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization Companies Risk: Large-capitalization companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market. Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse - than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization companies.
Small-Capitalization Companies Risk: Compared to mid- and large-capitalization companies, small-capitalization companies may be less stable and more susceptible to adverse developments, and their securities may be more volatile and less liquid.
Cash Transaction Risk: Unlike most exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), the Fund intends to effect a significant portion of creations and redemptions for cash, rather than in-kind securities. As a result, an investment in the Fund may be less tax-efficient than an investment in a more conventional ETF. Moreover, cash transactions may have to be carried out over several days if the securities market is relatively illiquid and may involve considerable brokerage fees and taxes. These factors may result in wider spreads between the bid and the offered prices of the Fund's Shares than for more conventional ETFs.
Commodity Exposure Risk: The Fund will hold securities that are dependent on a single commodity, or are concentrated on a single commodity sector, that typically exhibit even higher volatility attributable to commodity prices. Any negative changes in commodity markets could have a great impact on the Fund. Commodity prices may be influenced or characterized by unpredictable factors, including, where applicable, high volatility, changes in supply and demand relationships, weather, agriculture, trade, changes in interest rates and monetary and other governmental policies, action and inaction.
Commodity Price Relationship Risk: The Underlying Index measures the performance of companies engaged in a particular industry and not the performance of commodities prices themselves. Companies may under- or over-perform commodities prices over the short-term or the long-term.
Concentration Risk: To the extent that the Underlying Index concentrates in investments related to a particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also concentrate its investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund's investments will likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund's performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations; political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the value of the Fund's investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries or sectors.
Risks Related to Investing in the Materials Sector: Companies in the materials sector are affected by commodity price volatility, exchange rates, import controls and worldwide competition. At times, worldwide production of industrial materials has exceeded demand, leading to poor investment returns or outright losses. Issuers in the materials sector are at risk of depletion of resources, technological progress, labor relations, governmental regulations and environmental damage and product liability claims.
Risks Related to Investing in the Metals and Mining Industry: Securities in the Fund's portfolio may be significantly subject to the effects of competitive pressures of the metals and mining industry and the price of the underlying materials. The price of these materials may be affected by changes in inflation rates, interest rates, monetary policy, economic conditions, and political stability. Commodity prices may fluctuate substantially over short periods of time; therefore, the Fund's Share price may be more volatile than other types of investments. In addition, metals and mining companies may also be significantly affected by import controls, worldwide competition, liability for environmental damage, depletion of resources, and mandated expenditures for safety and pollution control devices. Metals and mining companies may have significant operations in areas at risk for social and political unrest, security concerns and environmental damage. These companies may also be at risk for increased government regulation and intervention. Such risks may adversely affect the issuers to which the Fund has exposure.
Currency Risk: The Fund may invest in securities denominated in foreign currencies. Because the Fund's NAV is determined in U.S. dollars, the Fund's NAV could decline if currencies of the underlying securities depreciate against the U.S. dollar or if there are delays or limits on repatriation of such currencies. Currency exchange rates can be very volatile and can change quickly and unpredictably. As a result, the Fund's NAV may change quickly and without warning, which could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. Additionally, the Chinese government heavily regulates the domestic exchange of foreign currencies and yuan exchange rates in China, which may adversely affect the operations and financial results of the Fund's investments in China. Shares purchased through the Stock Connect Programs will be purchased using offshore yuan, the value of which may differ from and experience greater volatility than the value of onshore yuan. Offshore yuan cannot be freely remitted into or transferred out of China, and there is no assurance that there will always be sufficient amounts of offshore yuan available for the Fund to invest in all components of the Underlying Index.
Custody Risk: The Fund may hold foreign securities and cash with foreign banks, agents, and securities depositories appointed by the Fund's custodian. Investments in emerging markets may be subject to even greater custody risks than investments in more developed markets. Less developed markets are more likely to experience problems with the clearing and settling of trades and the holding of securities by local banks, agents and depositories.
Foreign Securities Risk: The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign securities. The Fund's investments in foreign securities can be riskier than U.S. securities investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers (including investments in ADRs and GDRs) are subject to the risks associated with investing in those foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or nationalization. The prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S. securities have, at times, moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities of foreign issuers may lose value due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign issuer or market. During periods of social, political or economic instability in a country or region, the value of a foreign security traded on U.S. exchanges could be affected by, among other things, increasing price volatility, illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the security (or the security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. You may lose money due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign issuer or market.
Geographic Risk: A natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse impact on the Fund's investments in the affected region or in a region economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk of Investing in Australia: Investments in Australian issuers may subject the Fund to regulatory, political, currency, security, and economic risk specific to Australia. The Australian economy is heavily dependent on exports from the energy, agricultural and
mining sectors. This makes the Australian economy susceptible to fluctuations in the commodity markets. Australia is also dependent on trading with key trading partners.
Risk of Investing in Canada: The Canadian economy is highly dependent on the demand for and price of natural resources. As a result, the Canadian market is relatively concentrated in issuers involved in the production and distribution of natural resources and any changes in these sectors could have an adverse impact on the Canadian economy. The Canadian economy is heavily dependent on relationships with certain key trading partners, including the United States and China. Developments in the United States, including renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA") and ratification of the successor United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement ("USMCA"), which went into effect on July 1, 2020, as well as the imposition of additional tariffs by the United States, may have implications for the trade arrangements between the United States and Canada, which could negatively affect the value of securities held by the Fund.
Risk of Investing in China: Investment exposure to China subjects the Fund to risks specific to China.
Economic, Political and Social Risk
China may be subject to considerable degrees of economic, political and social instability. Concerns about the rising government and household debt levels could impact the stability of the Chinese economy. China is an emerging market and demonstrates significantly higher volatility from time to time in comparison to developed markets. Over the last few decades, the Chinese government has undertaken reform of economic and market practices, including recent reforms to liberalize its capital markets and expand the sphere for private ownership of property in China. However, Chinese markets generally continue to experience inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies resulting from governmental influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social instability. Internal social unrest or confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military conflicts in response to such events, may also disrupt economic development in China and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation.
China has experienced major health crises. These health crises include, but are not limited to, the rapid and pandemic spread of novel viruses commonly known as SARS, MERS, and COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Such health crises could exacerbate political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned.
Export growth continues to be a major driver of China's rapid economic growth. Elevated trade tensions between China and its trading partners, including the imposition of U.S. tariffs on certain Chinese goods and increased international pressure related to Chinese trade policy and forced technology transfers and intellectual property protections, may have a substantial impact on the Chinese economy. Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution of additional tariffs or other trade barriers (including as a result of heightened trade tensions between China and the U.S. or in response to actual or alleged Chinese cyber activity), or a downturn in any of the economies of China's key trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy. The continuation or worsening of the current political climate between China and the U.S. could result in additional regulatory restrictions being contemplated or imposed in the U.S. or in China that could impact the Fund's ability to invest in certain companies.
Security Risk
China has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international relations. Additionally, China is alleged to have participated in state-sponsored cyberattacks against foreign companies and foreign governments. Actual and threatened responses to such activity, including purchasing restrictions, sanctions, tariffs or cyberattacks on the Chinese government or Chinese companies, may impact China's economy and Chinese issuers of securities in which the Fund invests. Incidents involving China's or the region's security, including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may cause uncertainty in Chinese markets and may adversely affect the Chinese economy and the Fund's investments.
Heavy Government Control and Regulation
Chinese companies, including Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges, are not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards or auditor oversight as companies in more developed countries, and as a result, information about the Chinese securities in which the Fund invests may be less reliable or complete. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for investigations into or litigation against Chinese companies and shareholders may have limited legal remedies. Investments in China may be subject to loss due to expropriation or nationalization of assets and property or the imposition of restrictions on foreign investments and repatriation of capital.
Tax Risk
China has implemented a number of tax reforms in recent years and may amend or revise its existing tax laws and/or procedures in the future, possibly with retroactive effect. Changes in applicable Chinese tax law could reduce the after-tax profits of the Fund, directly or indirectly, including by reducing the after-tax profits of companies in China in which the Fund invests. Uncertainties in
Chinese tax rules could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. Should legislation limit U.S. investors' ability to invest in specific Chinese companies through A-shares or other share class listings that are part of the underlying holdings, these shares may be excluded from Fund holdings.
Special Risk Considerations of Investing in China – Variable Interest Entity Investments
For purposes of raising capital offshore on exchanges outside of China, including on U.S. exchanges, many Chinese-based operating companies are structured as Variable Interest Entities ("VIEs"). In this structure, the Chinese-based operating company is the VIE and establishes a shell company in a foreign jurisdiction, such as the Cayman Islands. The shell company lists on a foreign exchange and enters into contractual arrangements with the VIE. This structure allows Chinese companies in which the government restricts foreign ownership to raise capital from foreign investors. While the shell company has no equity ownership of the VIE, these contractual arrangements permit the shell company to consolidate the VIE's financial statements with its own for accounting purposes and provide for economic exposure to the performance of the underlying Chinese operating company. Therefore, an investor in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, will have exposure to the Chinese-based operating company only through contractual arrangements and has no ownership in the Chinese-based operating company. Furthermore, because the shell company only has specific rights provided for in these service agreements with the VIE, its abilities to control the activities at the Chinese-based operating company are limited and the operating company may engage in activities that negatively impact investment value.
While the VIE structure has been widely adopted, it is not formally recognized under Chinese law and therefore there is a risk that the Chinese government could prohibit the existence of such structures or negatively impact the VIE's contractual arrangements with the listed shell company by making them invalid. If these contracts were found to be unenforceable under Chinese law, investors in the listed shell company, such as the Fund, may suffer significant losses with little or no recourse available. If the Chinese government determines that the agreements establishing the VIE structures do not comply with Chinese law and regulations, including those related to restrictions on foreign ownership, it could subject a Chinese-based issuer to penalties, revocation of business and operating licenses, or forfeiture of ownership interest. In addition, the listed shell company's control over a VIE may also be jeopardized if a natural person who holds the equity interest in the VIE breaches the terms of the agreement, is subject to legal proceedings or if any physical instruments for authenticating documentation, such as chops and seals, are used without the Chinese-based issuer's authorization to enter into contractual arrangements in China. Chops and seals, which are carved stamps used to sign documents, represent a legally binding commitment by the company. Moreover, any future regulatory action may prohibit the ability of the shell company to receive the economic benefits of the Chinese-based operating company, which may cause the value of the Fund's investment in the listed shell company to suffer a significant loss. For example, in 2021, the Chinese government prohibited use of the VIE structure for investment in after-school tutoring companies. There is no guarantee that the government will not place similar restrictions on other industries.
Risk of Investing in Developed Markets: The Fund's investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international relations. Incidents involving a country's or region's security may cause uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund's investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities.
Risk of Investing in Emerging Markets: Investments in emerging markets may be subject to a greater risk of loss than investments in developed markets. Securities markets of emerging market countries are less liquid, subject to greater price volatility, have smaller market capitalizations, have less government regulation, and are not subject to as extensive and frequent accounting, financial, and other reporting requirements as the securities markets of more developed countries, and there may be greater risk associated with the custody of securities in emerging markets. It may be difficult or impossible for the Fund to pursue claims against an emerging market issuer in the courts of an emerging market country. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for investigations into or litigation against emerging market companies and shareholders may have limited legal rights and remedies. Emerging markets may be more likely to experience inflation, political turmoil and rapid changes in economic conditions than more developed markets. Emerging market economies' exposure to specific industries, such as tourism, and lack of efficient or sufficient health care systems, could make these economies especially vulnerable to global crises, including but not limited to, pandemics such as the global COVID-19 pandemic. Certain emerging market countries may have privatized, or have begun the process of privatizing, certain entities and industries. Privatized entities may lose money or be re-nationalized.
Risk of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
International Closed Market Trading Risk: To the extent that the underlying investments held by the Fund trade on foreign exchanges that may be closed when the securities exchange on which the Fund's Shares trade is open, there are likely to be deviations between the current price of such an underlying security and the last quoted price for the underlying security (i.e., the Fund's quote from the closed foreign market). These deviations could result in premiums or discounts to the Fund's NAV that may be greater than those experienced by other exchange-traded funds ("ETFs").
Investable Universe of Companies Risk: The investable universe of companies in which the Fund may invest may be limited. If a company no longer meets the Index Provider's criteria for inclusion in the Underlying Index, the Fund may need to reduce or eliminate its holdings in that company. The reduction or elimination of the Fund's holdings in the company may have an adverse impact on the liquidity of the Fund's overall portfolio holdings and on Fund performance.
Issuer Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those companies may cause the value of such company's securities to decline.
Market Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the Fund's returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central governments and governmental agencies, including the Federal Reserve or the European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative impact on the Fund. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. For example, the rapid and global spread of a highly contagious novel coronavirus respiratory disease, designated COVID-19, has resulted in extreme volatility in the financial markets and severe losses; reduced liquidity of many instruments; restrictions on international and, in some cases, local travel; significant disruptions to business operations (including business closures); strained healthcare systems; disruptions to supply chains, consumer demand and employee availability; and widespread uncertainty regarding the duration and long-term effects of this pandemic. Some sectors of the economy and individual issuers have experienced particularly large losses. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic may result in a sustained economic downturn or a global recession, domestic and foreign political and social instability, damage to diplomatic and international trade relations and increased volatility and/or decreased liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund's NAV could decline over short periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market downturns.
New Fund Risk: The Fund is a new fund, with no operating history, which may result in additional risks for investors in the Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size, in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to liquidate the Fund. While shareholder interests will be the paramount consideration, the timing of any liquidation may not be favorable to certain individual shareholders. New funds are also subject to Large Shareholder Risk.
Non-Diversification Risk: The Fund is classified as a "non-diversified" investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund's NAV and may make the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended to address.
Passive Investment Risk: The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed, respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of individual securities could cause the Fund's return to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.
Index-Related Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the Fund's ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser's investment strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment objective.
Tracking Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund, differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does not. ETFs that track indices with significant weight in emerging markets issuers may experience higher tracking error than other ETFs that do not track such indices.
Reliance on Trading Partners Risk: The Fund invests in economies which are heavily dependent upon trading with key partners. Any reduction in this trading, including as a result of adverse economic conditions in a trading partner's economy, may cause an adverse impact on the economies and on the companies in which the Fund invests. Because of this interdependence and the economies in which the Fund invests, the Fund is specifically exposed to Asian Economic Risk. Economies in emerging market countries generally are dependent heavily upon commodity prices and international trade and, accordingly, may be affected adversely by the economies of their trading partners, trade barriers, exchange or capital controls, managed adjustments in relative currency values, and may suffer from extreme and volatile debt burdens or inflation rates.
Risks Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds: As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation and/or redemption orders, Shares may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an exchange. Authorized Participants Concentration Risk may be heightened because the Fund invests in non-U.S. securities.
Large Shareholder Risk: Redemptions by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of the Shares.
Listing Standards Risk: Under continuous listing standards adopted by the Fund's listing exchange, the Fund will be required to confirm on an ongoing basis that the components of the Underlying Index satisfy the applicable listing requirements. In the event that the Underlying Index does not comply with the applicable listing requirements, the Fund would be required to rectify such non-compliance by requesting that the Index Provider modify the Underlying Index, adopting a new underlying index, or obtaining relief from the SEC. Failure to rectify such non-compliance may result in the Fund being delisted by the listing exchange. In addition, the Fund may face the risk of being delisted if the Fund does not meet certain conditions of the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. Disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV
of the Fund is calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Fund's holdings. The trading price of the Fund's shares fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to changes in the Fund's NAV.
Risks Related to Stock Connect Programs: The Stock Connect Programs are subject to daily and aggregate quota limitations, which could affect the Fund's ability to enter into and exit Stock Connect positions on a timely basis. The Shenzen and Shanghai markets may operate when the Stock Connect Programs are not active, and consequently the prices of shares held via Stock Connect Programs may fluctuate at times when the Fund is unable to add to or exit its positions. The Stock Connect Programs are new, and the effect of the introduction of large numbers of foreign investors on the market for trading Chinese-listed securities is not well understood. Regulations, such as limitations on redemptions or suspension of trading, may adversely impact the value of the Fund's investments. The Fund's investments in A-Shares though the Stock Connect Program are held by its custodian in accounts in Central Clearing and Settlement System ("CCASS") maintained by the Hong Kong Securities Clearing Company Limited ("HKSCC"), which in turn holds the A-Shares, as the nominee holder, through an omnibus securities account in its name registered with the CSDCC. The precise nature and rights of the Fund as the beneficial owner of the SSE Securities or SZSE Securities through HKSCC as nominee is not well defined under Chinese law. There is no guarantee that the Shenzen, Shanghai, and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges will continue to support the Stock Connect Programs in the future.
Tax Status Risk: The Fund intends to pay dividends each taxable year to enable it to continue to satisfy the distribution requirements necessary to qualify for treatment as a regulated investment company ("RIC"). If the Fund were to distribute to its shareholders less than the minimum amount required for any year, the Fund would become subject to federal income tax for that year on all of its taxable income and recognized gains, even those distributed to its shareholders. In addition, under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), the Fund may not earn more than 10% of its annual gross income from gains resulting from the sale of commodities and precious metals. This could make it more difficult for the Fund to pursue its investment strategy and maintain qualification as a RIC. In lieu of potential disqualification as a RIC, the Fund is permitted to pay a tax for certain failures to satisfy this income requirement, which, in general, are limited to those due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect.
Trading Halt Risk: An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities, or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its investments and/or may incur substantial trading losses.
Valuation Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund's valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's Shares.
The Fund does not have a full calendar year of performance. Once the Fund has completed a full calendar year of operations, a bar chart and table will be included that will provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the variability of the Fund's returns and comparing the Fund's performance to the Underlying Index. The Fund's performance is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Investment Adviser: Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio Managers: The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund are John Belanger, CFA; Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Kimberly Chan; and Vanessa Yang ("Portfolio Managers"). Messrs. Belanger, To, Xie and Ms. Chan and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio Managers of the Fund since the Fund's inception.
PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only "Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co. ("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that
have been aggregated into blocks called "Creation Units". The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day that the national securities exchanges are open for business ("Business Day"). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the "bid-ask spread"). To access information regarding the Fund's net asset value, market price, premiums and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to www.globalxetfs.com.
The Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more information.

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Prof. Miriam Shefer Mossensohn, Tel Aviv University
Date: 10 February 2021Time: 6:00 PM
Finishes: 10 February 2021Time: 7:00 PM
The lecture will focus on two Jewish physicians of the Ottoman period. Refael Mordekhai Malki (d. 1702), a rabbi and physician in Ottoman Jerusalem, composed in the 1690s a vast Torah commentary in Hebrew, calling for medical reform. Tobias Cohen (d. 1729), a physician at the Ottoman Sultan's court, published his Ma'aseh Tuviyya, "The Work of Tobias", in Venice in 1708. It is a medical compendium with a new mechanical understanding of the human body.The lecture will investigate the mind-set of these two rather conservative and cautious scholars who, on the threshold of modernity, advocated profound changes along two axes, the Jewish-communal and medical-universal realms.
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Home News & Analysis Fundraising Sparx closes greenfield renewables fund on ¥31.6bn – exclusive
Sparx closes greenfield renewables fund on ¥31.6bn – exclusive
Backed by Chubu Electric, Toyota, Mizuho Bank and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, the new fund exceeded its original ¥30bn target and has already invested in a solar project in Japan.
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Tokyo-based Sparx Group's latest renewables fund reached a final close of ¥31.6 billion ($282 million; €252 million) at the end of March, the firm's head of green energy investment has told Infrastructure Investor.
Launched in September 2018, the Mirai Renewable Energy Fund focuses on greenfield projects in Japan. It secured its first ¥10 billion from Toyota at the time of its launch. A Toyota spokeswoman told Infrastructure Investor at the time that the automaker aimed to have zero-emissions plants and vehicles and was looking towards future electricity supplies.
In November, Sparx, which is contributing ¥100 million of its own capital, said it had raised an additional ¥13.6 billion from Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Chubu Electric. It said that Chubu was working to reduce CO2 emissions by aggressively developing renewable energy sources: "Chubu Electric believes this investment could make more contributions to the increase of renewable energy sources and the reduction of CO2 emissions in Japan."
Hiroshi Ouchi, Sparx's head of green energy investment, declined to name other investors that had contributed to the fund since then, nor the specific amounts raised from each LP. He said the fund had already invested in one solar project in Japan as the sector remains "the most favourable" in the renewables space, but declined to provide further details.
The firm said in its November statement that the vehicle would have a 25-year lifespan and would invest in solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydraulic power projects.
The fund is aiming to develop energy assets with a total generation capacity of 250MW, more than half of which will come from solar power. Shun Ozasa, a spokesman for the firm, told Infrastructure Investor last September that the vehicle would be targeting an IRR of 8 percent.
In July 2018, the Japanese asset manager held a final close for its Sparx Renewable Energy Brownfield Fund on ¥47 billion. The strategy raised capital from several domestic LPs, including AEON Bank, Bank of Nagoya, NEC Capital Solutions, Nippon Life Insurance Company, Ricoh Leasing Company, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and Taiyo Life Insurance Company.
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The Joy of Not Understanding!
January 21, 2019 by Daniel
I am by nature a contrary person, but bear with me.
So I was listening to a Turkish radio channel on Saturday evening. The program was for the youth audience but, though I'm long past my teens, I stuck with it because I like Turkish music.
It makes me want to dance, which is surprising as I hate dancing.
Also because the DJ fascinated me – the young woman introducing the tracks and taking calls from listeners around Turkey spoke so incredibly fast!
I could get bits of it: good evening, where are you calling from, welcome, thank you, and then…
Her vocal style was like a heavy machine gunner on a battlefield – rhythmic, unremitting, impossible to overcome.
I swear, the callers barely got a word in edgeways the whole time I was listening.
I could only hazard a guess as to what the, rather one-sided, conversations were about.
Was it a game, perhaps? Could it be that the callers were attempting to answer a question?
The presenter seemed to cut people off so abruptly, I hypothesised that maybe she was trying to take as many calls as possible so someone would get the right answer.
But that was just a guess. I freely admit, beyond the formalities, I got virtually nothing of what was being said.
But that was engaging. It held my attention.
The evening before, when it came to clearing up after dinner, I switched on my Swedish radio app.
The program had already started and there wasn't much information on my smartphone screen to tell me what I was listening to.
Missing the beginning of something definitely makes it more challenging.
Anyway it was a political interview. That much was obvious.
But with who?
And what were they talking about?
I listened until the end, around thirty minutes in total.
As the conversation progressed I picked up clues.
Would the interviewee be supporting the new government?
Yes and no. It depended on the policies being put forward.
And definitely not THAT policy!
I won't bore you with the details, but I'd read about the proposal in question in the newspaper earlier that day.
So that narrowed it down a lot.
I was listening to a party leader who wasn't going to be in the coalition but whose party's votes would be essential to maintaining the new government in power.
And he was unhappy about the liberals' influence on the policy agenda.
His party's function, he explained, was to HELP the poorest members of society. Not to make things harder for them, as this policy would inevitably do.
Long before the end of the interview I was convinced I knew who I was listening to, so when the interviewer thanked her guest for his time, using his name and (unpronouncable) surname, that just confirmed it.
I was pretty pleased with myself!
Today's 'Blue Monday', the supposedly most-depressing day of the year.
Because it's January, it's winter, and of course, it's Monday!
But if every day were a Friday in spring?
What would be the point of that?
You have to have the boring days in order to better appreciate life's Fridays.
People often complain about listening in Italian:
"I don't understand!"
And I'm like:
And they look at me like I'm an idiot.
But it really is good news that they don't understand.
Sure it is!
That way there's Friday to look forward to – think how great you'll feel when you do understand!
And if it was easy to learn a foreign language?
Then everyone would be doing it!
It would be unremarkable, banal, like drinking a cup of coffee or using the toilet.
How boring would that be?
But here and now, and you just don't get it!
Your brain will be running at maximum revs.
Your engine is hot. Sinews are tense. Blood is pumping. You're on high alert.
Reserves are being rushed to the front to meet the challenge!
Insomma, it's these situations when something is HARD that makes learning a challenge, and success something worth celebrating.
You have to be BUSY NOT UNDERSTANDING to get the desired result of, at some future point, pushing your understanding to the next level.
By the way, try not to think of understanding as an absolute: you do, or you don't.
It's not like that.
Understanding is always going to be partial, a question of how much.
Suppose you switch on the radio and you hear a woman speaking Chinese.
Do you understand?
Of course you do!
You understand that it's a woman speaking, and that she's (probably) speaking Chinese.
You may know that it's a young woman, or an older woman.
You might be able to work out the type of program – say a radio quiz, or a phone-in, or an interview.
Beyond that, of course, you don't understand, that's true.
Beginners rarely do.
But stick at it and you won't be a beginner forever.
Here's something to think about: the prospect of understanding EVERYTHING is so remote you may as well forget it as an objective.
And concentrate on understanding MORE.
And on enjoying the fascinating process of building your skills, your experience, your cultural knowlege, and so on.
You don't understand?
Have at it.
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Note to the head of the group.
I don;t have time right now….but I would love to do an Italian/French barter with you sometime…..on Skype….
My French is good I speak it naturally so would not be able to answer any questions about the grammar.
My father was French so lived in Paris until I married an American Mother was English.


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Bear caught in Los Angeles foothills appears to be Twitter celebrity
By Miguel Llanos
A black bear that was tranquilized Tuesday in the backyard of a home in the Los Angeles foothills is thought to be the same one that picked up a Twitter following after frequenting the area on trash days.
The large bear, believed to weigh several hundred pounds, was roaming some streets and yards in La Crescenta for several hours when a wildlife official happened to be in the area and sprang into action, the Los Angeles Times reported.
"The timing was real good," said California Fish and Game officer Martin Wall.
Transferring the tranquilized bear to a truck was another matter, with Wall comparing it to "moving a water bed without a frame."
Locals have seen a bear in their midst over recent weeks. One garage was raided last month, with frozen meatballs taken from a fridge.
A Twitter feed was soon set up in his honor.
Among the posts: "Why did the black bear cross the road? To get to the other trash can."
As the bear roamed early Tuesday, it was a near-death experience for resident Vaz Terdandenyan, who was texting on his cellphone when he looked up and spotted the animal in a passageway along his home, KTLA-TV reported.
"I got up this morning from helicopter noise and I was trying to see what was going on," Terdandenyan told KTLA, which captured the scare on video from a helicopter.
"I was texting my boss that I would be late for work because something is going on, and I'm coming down the stairs and I see the bear coming up the stairs toward me."
"I turned back and I ran for my life."
Plans are to return the bear into the nearby Angeles National Forest, KTLA reported.
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Q: Connected component labeling (CCL) for vehicle headlight detection I am developing a project of detecting vehicles' headlights in night scene. I am working on a demo on MATLAB. First I use Gaussian blur to filter the grayscale image, then threshold to get the binary image. The next step is to find connected components and bounding box to recognize them. I have CCL code using two pass 4-connectivity method without using bwlabel and it's fairly simple. But I think this method is very resource intensive when implementing on FPGA. I'm considering other algorithms such as contour tracing or single pass. Could you guys give me some suggestions of other CCL methods suitable for FPGA? Thanks alot

A: Depending on the type of image you're using, and depending upon the output of the thresholding operation, you may manage to bypass CCL and go straight to contour tracing.
I'd say the real challenge is to correctly threshold the image, so that the binary resultant contains only the headlight (as close as possible).
For example, if I take this image:

and do the following steps sequentially:
1. conversion to grayscale
2. median filter
3. Otsu's threshold
4. Morphological gradient
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I guess a simple Hough circle on that image would suffice.

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Remember my post about Bamboo, our little foster dog? Well he was officially adopted yesterday and is now in his new "forever" home. I am so relieved he is now settled for good. He was such a good and sweet dog.
It's shopping day today so I'll let you know tomorrow if I found any great deals.
I think that most followers know my sidekick, Buck the beagle. Where ever I am in the house is where you will find him. He is 7 years old and was rescued from a pound just before he was to be euthanized (more like a bullet in the head, it's cheaper). He was our first foster dog and just never left. He is just my speed when we walk and I can always count on him to cheer me up when the day is cold and gray. We did adopt him and we all couldn't be happier.
We have an adoptee in temporary residence with us now. This is Bamboo!
He is the most loveable Pug mix with tons of personality. I don't know if he was abandoned or owner surrendered, all I know is that he has an abundance of love for whoever adopts him.
Don't let the docile look fool you. When it comes to going out for a walk you must deal with a whirlwind. It is like trying to harness Tigger. He gets so excited and just can't wait for you to get ready. Buck, on the other hand, is more like Eeyore and sits patiently. What a pair.
I think nearly every adult has had a pet at some point in their lives. I have always been a cat lover and have owned many. There was the white cat named Charlie Brown by my daughter. Then there was Taurus the tortoise shell, and Miss Fluff our very prissy black and white longhair and finally Mischief, my black shorthaired ball of mischief. All of the cats survived to old age with the exception of Mischief who died at age 3.
I was devastated and cried for days. Mischief was everything to me. I could always count on him to get into"mischief", hence the name. I was very hesitant to go with another cat as I felt so responsible for Mischief's passing and could not bear to think I may kill another one. It was just way to hard for me. Our son had been hinting about owning a dog, so, since he was old enough I thought it would maybe be a good time to try one out. I was so lonely during the day and desperately needed another companion, and that is when Buck came to us.
None of these pets were purebred and they all just needed a forever home for one reason or another. I guess I have been rescuing for most of my life and have always had a companion around. Each one has been a joy and blessing wrapped in fur. There is nothing like the comfort of a pet. They play many roles in your life, therapist, psychologist, entertainer, friend, bodyguard, nursemaid, you name it.
Now I am surrounded with all of this and more. Luckily my hubby is the same and enjoys these dogs as much as I do. They can be a lot of work but I have the time now and can devote it to my family and furbabies. What a wonderful life I have.


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Turtles Are Slow to Move And Slow to Wake Up From Hibernation, Says Turtle Activist
By Devon Jolander
Thursday, Mar. 28th, 2019
The spring brings more than just warmer weather. It also brings turtles out of hibernation.
Turtle activist, Bri Bri the Turtle Guy says that turtles are slow to wake up from their hibernation, which means you need to watch out for them when out for a drive. While turtles are known to be quite smart, they take around a month to wake up from their slumber, he says. "They're disoriented when they first come out of the ice," Bri Bri says. He says their first priority is to look for food, not to make sure they're safe. That's why he says it's important we do our part to make sure they are kept safe. Once they wake up, he says they are smart enough to be aware of their surroundings when it comes to traffic and other animals.
Bri Bri says the biggest challenge is "human righteousness." He adds his number one rule when talking to people about helping turtles is self-preservation. "Look left, look right," he says you should do before walking into the middle of the road to help a turtle.
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, many turtle species are listed as threatened, endangered or endangered. Bri Bri says the positive work we do today in keeping turtles safe will be seen by future generations.
"My goal is to pass what I know along to other people which multiplies and multiplies and multiplies," he says. If you're interested in learning more about how you can help turtles, email Bri Bri at [email protected] "It's 25 hours a hour for 7 months," he says about the work he does teaching people about turtles. "I love it."
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After reading and reviewing Charles Hatfield's Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature, I discovered that he has a blog and that there's a whole movement to treat comics as a valid literary field of study. However, the movement is in its earliest stages. Hatfield's latest blog entry (at the time I started this review, not necessarily the time I finish it) is a list of various comics studies Charles would like to see, such as "Well-documented accounts, historical and critical, of American feminist comix" (here, here) and a "Greater formal study of comics that test the limits of narrative." Go read his full list, it's interesting.
One trouble with this, though, is that libraries, like here in Los Angeles, usually keep the GNs in the "Young Adult" section, which can lead to problems. One recent issue in the news was the library in San Bernardino that pulled Paul Gravett's Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics off the shelves after a concerned mother worried that her teenage son may have looked at a sexual image. Apparently the book was misfiled, but the incident created a mini uproar in both San Bernardino and in the comics blogosphere. Luckily, Charles's book when I took it out was properly in the adult section of the library, so hopefully that won't share the same fate.
The other problem with libraries and GNs — and the one I'm really concerned about since it affects my immediate well-being — is the serial nature of many comic book collections and the perfect example of this issue is my reading of Grant Morrison's Animal Man.
First of all, I guess I don't understand the economics of the comic book industry that it can't make an affordable collection of a 26-issue comic series, which is the number of issues Morrison worked on Animal Man. So instead of an all-in-one volume, Animal Man is broken up into three separate collections. You can read my review of the first collection here and what you're reading now is my review of the third collection. What you won't read is a review of the second, or middle, collection. Why? Because it doesn't appear that the Los Angeles library system has it. This is like trying to read a novel with the middle chapters torn out. Anyway, I figured it was better to read Parts 1 and 3 without Part 2 than to not read any Grant Morrison at all. And I'm not going to fare any better with his other collected series, which I'll be getting to in the weeks to come.
When reading about Grant Morrison's pretty famous Animal Man run, all reviewers/commentators/historians are going to mention one thing and ruin the end of the book. I'm not going to be any different because you can't talk about the comic without doing that. The story goes, and I'm not sure if this is comics legend or the truth, but Morrison originally came up with the idea for the first four issues of Animal Man, then planned to turn the book over to another writer. But he stayed with it and developed an epic 22-issue storyline that culminated with the titular hero meeting Grant Morrison.
Characters meeting their creators, or in this case their writer since Morrison didn't invent Animal Man, is nothing new of course. (And if you want to really read my opinion on authors doing such a thing, follow my reviews of Stephen King's Dark Tower series.) But in this case it was very unusual since Animal Man was a character in a mainstream book who is heavily involved in a company's regular continuity. So at the time it was a pretty bold thing for a superhero writer to do. However, reading the series now, I think Morrison missed his mark.
This third collection begins with Morrison re-writing Animal Man's secret origin much in the same way Alan Moore revamped Swamp Thing. This is a good thing since Animal Man had pretty much the stupidest origin of any superhero. The original story is that an alien spaceship blows up in front of stuntman Buddy Baker and he suddenly has the ability to absorb the power of any nearby animal.
The plot finally culminates in Animal Man meeting Grant Morrison, an event that follows the same exact formula that every "character meets his maker" event follows. But that didn't bother me. Here's the problem, though: Morrison has been making this distinction through the series that all the characters in the book are just fictional constructs. In the end, Animal Man, of course, does not meet Grant Morrison. Instead he meets a fictional construct of Grant Morrison and I was disappointed that Morrison didn't make that distinction in the book. Buddy Baker never does escape from his comic book "prison." Even when he thinks he's escaped by leaping out of the panel borders, he's still just stuck in another comic book page with another fictional character. The way the series was drawn out, I think that would have been the real "meta" way to end it all.
Beyond that picky detail, Deus Ex Machina is still a fun read and maybe someday I'll get to read the middle chapters.
I looked back at your Dark Tower reviews, but don't really understand your complaint about an author "appearing" in their work. What do you think the author is trying to achieve? Do you think the goal is worthwhile? Do you think it's successful in execution?
You understood that the Morrison in Animal Man is a fiction, so why do you need it pointed out?
I haven't read a ton of metafiction, so I don't know why all authors insert themselves into their work. Stephen King pretty much says why he did it. He thought the Dark Tower series was such a vital part to his career, he thinks it's his signature work, that it "only made sense to him" that he should appear in it. In other words, that the saga of actually writing the book is as important to what's actually in the book. I don't recall reading Dave Sim's reason for inserting himself into Cerebus, but I assume the motivations would be along the same line.
But, as a consumer of these works, what I actually care about is the saga of me reading them, not them writing it. As I said in a Dark Tower review, I don't really care about Stephen King, I'm not emotionally invested in him the way I am invested in his characters. So, to have them "step out" of their fictional worlds to interact in a fictionalized "real world,' just takes me out of the actual "reality" of the fiction. Especially in Cerebus that had years of backstory building up about the nature of the universe only to find out that that backstory was totally irrelevent because it was all made up by a guy named "Dave Sim." Man, when I read that I felt so totally gypped. All the secrets and innuendo and competing religious theories he developed were just thrown out the window.
Morrison's point is a little different since Animal Man isn't his defining work. He was just trying to make a point that no matter how hellish Buddy Baker's "life" got, it was nothing compared to the real world tragedy faced by Grant Morrison. That's a somewhat interesting idea, but again I feel a little bit gypped because as a reader Buddy Baker is more "real" to me than Grant Morrison and taking Buddy out of his environment just points out how "fake" he is, leaving me unsatisfied.
Thanks for the link. Timothy's review is a more detailed style of review than I do here on Bad Lit. I do find it interesting that he can't review the series without having to explain things that happen OUTSIDE the actual series, i.e. DC's Invasion event. Shouldn't a book exist in and of itself?
I don't think the series requires an explanation of the event, but it's a genre trapping of a certain kind of review. It's no different to reviews of literary novels that can't help bringing in author-biographical or historical information. But we all bring knowledge to whatever we read.
Thanks for the expansion on your metafiction complaint. My reading was a little different: that Buddy's life is in some way real, and his particular reality takes its flavour from our real life (he's marginalised, in the dark, pre-determined, tragic). Most revisionary fictions paint a hopeless view of life, as in the Coyote Gospel, but Grant restores the hope of the real Gospel, that sometimes our creators can be kind. Your mileage may vary – I'm afraid I cried like a baby over the Jamara story.
But I think Morrison has multiple points in writing himself in. It's worth getting the whole story, and it rewards rereading. I often think it is his best work.


fuel, depart home to Corsicana, TX (kcrs) to pick up her mother. fuel. Tanya, "I want those tanks FULL when I depart to go do the dance." Depart kcrs for North Little rock (ORK) Arkansas. She has an IFR flight plan filed for that last leg. The goal is to take her mother to a family wedding. Looking at the weather this morning, she said "I'm completely prepared not to make it or to spend the night somewhere else and try again tomorrow." Mom knows that too.
Bill, heads up! She has cookies onboard.
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