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Outgoing longwave radiation
Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) is the energy radiating from the Earth as infrared radiation at low energy to Space.
Atmospheric energy radiation[edit]
OLR is a critical component of the Earth's energy budget, and represents the total radiation going to space emitted by the atmosphere.[1] Earth's radiation balance is quite closely achieved since the OLR very nearly equals the Shortwave Absorbed Radiation received at high energy from the sun. Thus, the Earth's average temperature is very nearly stable. The OLR is affected by clouds and dust in the atmosphere, which tend to reduce it to below clear sky values.
Role in greenhouse effect[edit]
Greenhouse gases, such as methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), water vapor (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2), absorb certain wavelengths of OLR adding heat to the atmosphere, which in turn causes the respective absorbing layer of the atmosphere to emit more radiation. Some of this radiation is directed back towards the Earth, increasing the average temperature of the Earth's surface. Therefore, an increase in the concentration of a greenhouse gas would contribute to global warming by increasing the amount of radiation that is absorbed and emitted by these atmospheric constituents.
The OLR is dependent on the temperature of the radiating body. It is affected by the Earth's skin temperature, skin surface emissivity, atmospheric temperature, water vapor profile, and cloud cover.[1]
Longwave radiation typically refers to radiation in the spectral region from 3 to 100 microns. In the Earth's climate system, longwave radiation involves processes of absorptions, scattering, and emissions from atmospheric gases, aerosols, clouds and the surface. Measuring outgoing longwave radiation at the top of atmosphere and downwelling longwave radiation at the surface are important for understanding how much radiative energy is kept in our climate system, how much reaches and warms the surface, and how the energy in the atmosphere is distributed to affect developments of clouds.
Outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) has been monitored globally since 1975 by a number of successful and valuable satellite missions. These missions include broadband measurements from the Earth Radiation Balance (ERB) instrument on the Nimbus-6 and Nimbus-7 satellites;[2][3] Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) scanner and the ERBE non scanner on NOAA-9, NOAA-10 and NASA Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS); The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) instrument aboard NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites; and Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget instrument (GERB) instrument on the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellite.
Downwelling longwave radiation at the surface is mainly measured by Pyrgeometer. A most notable ground-based network for monitoring surface longwave radiation is Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN), which provides crucial well-calibrated measurements for studying global dimming and brightening.[4]
See also[edit]
- ^ a b Susskind, Joel; Molnar, Gyula; Iredell, Lena. "Contributions to Climate Research Using the AIRS Science Team Version-5 Products". NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ Jacobowitz, Herbert; Soule, Harold V.; Kyle, H. Lee; House, Frederick B. (30 June 1984). "The Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) Experiment: An overview". Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 89 (D4): 5021–5038. doi:10.1029/JD089iD04p05021.
- ^ Kyle, H. L.; Arking, A.; Hickey, J. R.; Ardanuy, P. E.; Jacobowitz, H.; Stowe, L. L.; Campbell, G. G.; Vonder Haar, T.; House, F. B.; Maschhoff, R.; Smith, G. L. (May 1993). "The Nimbus Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) Experiment: 1975 to 1992". Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 74 (5): 815–830. doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1993)074<0815:TNERBE>2.0.CO;2.
- ^ Wild, Martin (27 June 2009). "Global dimming and brightening: A review". Journal of Geophysical Research 114. doi:10.1029/2008JD011470.
External links[edit]
- NOAA Climate Diagnostics Center
- NASA Earth Observatory Outgoing Heat Radiation
- Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, Radiation Budget at the Wayback Machine (archived May 5, 2008)
- Meteorological Satellite Center, Japan Meteorological Agency at the Wayback Machine (archived September 27, 2007)
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You can configure Visual Studio Lab Management by using the TFSConfig Lab /Settings option. The Settings option
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Optional. Do not prompt for confirmation. Do not use with the /List option.
Lists the current configuration values for Lab Management.
One of the /ScvmmServerName, /NetworkLocation, /IpBlock, /DnsSuffix, or /List options must be specified on each TfsConfig Lab /Settings command line.
To set up Lab Management, you must specify both /ScVmmServerName and the /NetworkLocation options. However, you can specify these options on separate command lines.
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Last week Forbes' contributor Rick Ungar indignantly labeled Rick Santorum a "despicable human being" for saying that Obamacare will result in rationed care based on usefulness and not on the dignity of every human life. Sorry, but when the government is in charge of health care, and new committees are created to make decisions about care vs. cost, it is only the most duped among us who will be confident in a bureaucrat's willingness to grant expensive medical care to the less-abled, the elderly, and even to children like Bella Santorum.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Catholic Online) - Forbes' contributor Rick Ungar had some very harsh words for Rick and Karen Santorum last week. In his column, "Rick Santorum's Despicable and Hurtful Health Care Lie", he blasted the Santorums for "scaring the hell out of parents whose children face illness and disability in their lives" and said Rick was a "despicable human being."
Mr. Ungar believes the idea that disabled children might be denied care under Obama's health care law is so far-fetched as to be absurd, and thus the Santorum's concerns are the most egregious sort of fear-mongering imaginable. But the Santorums are hardly the only ones to see the writing on the wall, even if the language of the bill is tricky. When insurers in 34 states suddenly stopped offering child-only policies as a direct result of Obamacare in 2010, some states had to respond with legislation requiring them to continue selling such policies.
But just how far can all these requirements go and what happens when cost/profit meets disability/life expectancy? Which medicines and procedures will insurers be required to cover, and for what time frame, and for whom under what circumstances? These decisions will have to be made, and they'll be made by people whose motivation will likely be dollar signs and not patient care.
When the government is in charge of health care, and new committees are created to make decisions about care vs. cost, it is only the most duped among us who will be confident in a bureaucrat's willingness to grant expensive medical care to the less-abled, the elderly, and even to children like Bella Santorum.
Amidst all of Ungar's scathing insults was the following gem, just too good to pass up:
"However, when Rick Santorum tells us that the law would deny the right to life and the care needed to sustain that life to children like his own daughter, because such a child would be deemed to not be of 'sufficient use to society', he accuses the President, every member of Congress who supported the law, and every other supporter, such as myself, of being unfit to walk to this earth."
"Anyone is welcomed to disagree with my judgment as to whether the Affordable Care Act is a good or a bad law... But if you are going to accuse me of being willing to allow a child-or anyone else- to die because I would somehow deem her to be inconsequential to society, you'd really better be prepared to not only say that to my face but take the punishment that I promise you will follow." (emphasis mine)
Them's fightin' words, Mr. Ungar, and I'm delighted to hear you say it. We need more passionate pro-life citizens in America.
Naturally, I understand you to mean that you find it despicable to deny a child the right to life. I understand you to mean that you find it despicable to say that just because a child isn't "wanted" or wasn't "planned" that the child is inconsequential to society and can be destroyed by whatever means necessary. Certainly what you mean is that every child's life is precious and the adults have no right to say which children can live and which must die by our "choice."
Because surely you realize, Mr. Ungar, that children are killed every single day in our country precisely because they are deemed inconsequential to society. Worse, actually. They're considered enemies of freedom and prosperity. Worse still, they aren't even considered human. Their murders are sanctioned by the law and police power of the State, and millions of people -- not you, of course -- consider it a good thing, a moral thing, a necessary thing.
Let me make it clear, Mr. Ungar: If you are of the opinion that abortion is a legitimate and moral "choice" that should be protected by the laws of our nation, that is despicable. If you are willing to allow the child in the womb to be killed and call it a "right", that is despicable.
What you're doing in that case is exactly what you falsely accuse Rick Santorum of doing, except it's far, far worse. You are denying the child in the womb her humanity. You are calling the child an "it"; far less than merely inconsequential to society, you've made her a slave to someone else's power and self-interest; a "thing" to be eliminated in service to someone else and society at large.
I'm prepared to say that to your face, and President Obama's, Nancy Pelosi's, and anyone else's. Do not boast about your appreciation of the value of human life and your unimpeachable virtue in protecting children if you continue to sanction the deliberate destruction of babies in the womb and call it freedom and "choice." I'm not impressed by your indignation. There is nothing more despicable than denying the humanity of the child in the womb.
It's also arrogant to try to school the Santorums on the realities of medical care for disabled children. Rick and Karen could spend hours telling us of all the times doctors told them to just let Bella die, and how one doctor actually sent them home with a prescription for a lethal dose of morphine without telling them the dose was lethal; or the doctors who refused to even call Bella by her name.
They could recount the numerous times they've had to fight and demand that Bella receive the medical care any "normal" child would get. No doubt parents all over America could tell similar stories of the callous and inhumane treatment their disabled children have endured at the hands of those who are supposed to help them.
Mr. Ungar may believe that all this will magically change with the government fully in control of medical care, but like the Santorums, I don't buy it for a second. The same government that denies the humanity of the child in the womb will deny the dignity and worth of the disabled, the elderly, and anyone else whose "quality of life" is deemed too low to merit expensive care. With a limited pool of resources and bureaucrats interested in the bottom line -- not the dignity of the human person -- people will certainly be assessed according to their worth using a cost/benefit scale.
(While we're on the subject of allowing people to die because they're not useful to society, what about Terri Schaivo, Mr. Ungar? Actually, in her case, we didn't allow her to die -- we killed her. The people in charge of her "care" actually starved her to death. Surely you'd agree with me that killing Terri that way was utterly despicable. She was a human being, right? I mean, she wasn't a baby, so there can't be any question about her humanness. But she was disabled, so maybe I'm wrong there. Do we consider the disabled to be a little less human than the rest of us? No -- that would be despicable.)
As it is, most children like Bella don't make it out of the womb. The majority of babies found to have Trisomy 18 or Down Syndrome are aborted, often at the arm-twisting of medical professionals who make doom-and-gloom proclamations that the genetic condition is "incompatible with life" -- the very words spoken to the Santorums about Bella.
Rick Santorum is absolutely correct to point out that more prenatal testing, as Obama's mandate prescribes, will lead to even more babies being killed in the womb when their "defects" are discovered. A few prenatal tests can save the system a boatload of cash by eliminating expensive, disabled children. Back up a step further and it'll save even more money, says the White House: "Covering contraception is cost neutral since it saves money by keeping women healthy and preventing spending on other health services."
"Other health services"? That's code for pregnancy, prenatal care, and childbirth. Like I've said before, caring for a pregnant woman is expensive. Contraception is much cheaper. Besides, according to Obama's top science advisor, John Holdren, the United States government has a "responsibility to halt the growth of the American population."
Sorry, Mr. Ungar, but it's clear to everyone with eyes to see that Obamacare, with all its mandates and edicts, will not serve the dignity of the human person or respect life. We'll never have health care that honors human life until we as a society honor human life from conception to natural death. We fancy ourselves entitled to kill the tiniest children. We afford ourselves the power to decide who is human and who is not, who is worthy to live and who is not, so we can dispose of the ones we deem not. That's what is really despicable.
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Thomas Scott Cree (1 May 1914[1][2] – 28 March 1990[3]) was an Australian rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Tom Cree was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His father Captain Robert Scott Cree, died of wounds sustained in the 3rd Battle of Gaza in 1917 when Tom was three years old. Tom and his mother, Zara Carvick (Webster) Cree, migrated to Australia when he was six. He was educated at Geelong Grammar School[4] and Jesus College, Cambridge.
In 1935 he partnered David Burnford to win Silver Goblets at Henley Royal Regatta.[5] In 1936 he was a member of the winning Cambridge boat in the Boat Race. Later in the year he partnered Burnford in the coxless pair representing Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, where they reached the semi-final stage.[6] He again rowed for Cambridge in the Boat Race in 1937.
T S Cree joined the Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1939 and left as a Lieutenant Commander in 1946. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. He died at Darling Point, NSW, in 1990.[3]
See also[edit]
- ^ Australian Department of Veteran Affairs Service Record
- ^ Indexes to Statutory Registers at the General Register Office for Scotland
- ^ a b Obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald, 30 March 1990
- ^ Rowing History Australia
- ^ Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1839–1939
- ^ Sports Reference Olympic Sports – Thomas Cree
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SAN FRANCISCO While much of the tech world is struggling with the switch to mobile devices, eBay Inc (EBAY.O) and its PayPal online payments division likely had a strong holiday season as more consumers used eBay's apps and PayPal's mobile payment service to shop.
EBay and PayPal forecast mobile transaction and payment volume of $10 billion for each business earlier in 2012 and they are likely to exceed that guidance when eBay reports results on Wednesday, according to analysts and investors.
"The surprises are going to be on the upside on these numbers," said Bill Smead of investment firm Smead Capital Management, which has almost 7 percent of its assets in eBay shares.
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In contrast, eBay and its main rival Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) do not rely as much on ads and are benefiting as mobile devices spur more online transactions.
"Mobile is serving as a catalyst for overall e-commerce," Heath Terry, an analyst at Goldman Sachs, wrote in a note to investors on Friday.
He raised his fourth-quarter eBay revenue estimate slightly to $4.06 billion and bumped his price target on the shares to $63 from $56.
Wall Street as a whole expects eBay to make 69 cents a share on revenue of $3.97 billion in the fourth quarter, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
EBay said in a blog this week that roughly 1.8 million new customers joined its online marketplace through a mobile device in the first three quarters of 2012, breathing new life into a business that was losing e-commerce market share a few years ago.
Smead's 53-year-old wife Becky was one of those new shoppers. The fund manager bought her an Apple Inc (AAPL.O) iPad two years ago when she was "computer illiterate." This Christmas she used the tablet for a lot of her shopping, snapping up gifts on eBay.com and paying with PayPal.
"She's gone from not ever using a computer to having email, Facebook and looking, finding and buying things online in two years," Smead added. "That's a powerful underlying current."
PayPal, the online payments business, benefits as more people shop on eBay.com because it is the preferred way to pay on the website. However, PayPal's mobile payment apps have given the business an extra growth spurt lately, beyond eBay.com.
In a recent blog, PayPal said global mobile payment volume almost tripled on the crucial holiday shopping days of Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, compared to the same days a year earlier.
"The shift to mobile has had a lot of impact on eBay and PayPal, especially this holiday, and we will see that as they report fourth-quarter results," said Gil Luria, an analyst at Wedbush Securities. "It's quite likely they will exceed their already-raised goals of $10 billion in mobile volume for each of those businesses."
Wedbush surveyed online shoppers during the holiday season and found that when they were on a PC they visited 10 or more retail sites. When they were on a mobile device, they visited just three, two of which were eBay and Amazon.
"So the more people shop on mobile, the more they are likely to shop on eBay," Luria said.
PayPal also got a mobile boost. Shoppers surveyed by Wedbush used PayPal 21 percent of the time they were buying on a PC and 24 percent of time on a mobile device.
"That's almost a 15 percent increase as people shift from PC to mobile, which is very significant for PayPal," Luria said.
PayPal is popular online because shoppers do not have to type in credit card numbers and address details when completing purchases. That convenience increases on a mobile device, which is harder to input such detailed information, Luria said. (Editing by Will Dunham)
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Vintage: 2011
The year 2011 was an interesting year for many northern and central European countries, as the weather was more than unpredictable in the spring and summer. However, in most countries, the climatic conditions thankfully settled down in the late summer and fall. The result of this slightly difficult year of weather in France was a set of surprisingly small yields, but overall, these yields were of a higher quality than those harvested in certain previous years. A fantastic set of wines was also made in Italy and Spain, and the Rioja wines - when released - are set to be very good indeed. Austria also had superb year in 2011, with almost fifty percent more grapes being grown and used for their distinctive Gruner Veltliner wines than in the year before. Possibly the European country which had the finest 2011, though, was Portugal, with wineries in the Douro region claiming this year to be one of the best in decades for the production of Port wine, and the bright, young Vinho Verdes wines. In the New World, the Pacific Northwest saw some of the best weather of 2011, and Washington State and Oregon reportedly had a highly successful year, especially for the cultivation of high quality red wine grapes. Chile and Argentina had a relatively cool year, which certainly helped retain the character of many of their key grape varietals, and should make for some exciting drinking. South Africa had especially good weather for their white wine grape varietals, particularly Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, and many South African wineries are reporting 2011 as one of their best years in recent memory.
Varietal: Barbera
Unusually for a grape grown in a hot climate, the Barbera grape varietal has a high acid content and remarkably light tannins, resulting in wines which are at once intense in flavor and light in body. This favorable combination has made it a popular grape for centuries in its native Italy, and changing international tastes have prompted it to become one of the most widely planted red grape varietals in the country. As a result of its growing popularity, many New World countries beginning to catch on and plant it where it can thrive and develop its unique characteristics. Barbera grapes are adored by wineries, as they are extremely vigorous and can produce high yields with little intervention, and are ideal for oak aging and for selling as young wines, packed with hedgerow fruit flavors.
Region: California
Since the 18th century, California has been a hugely important and influential wine region, acting as a trailblazer for other New World wine regions and utilizing an important blend of traditional and contemporary practices, methods and techniques relating to their wine production. Split into four key areas – the North Coast, the Central Coast, the South Coast and the Central Valley – Californian wineries make the most of their ideal climate and rich variety of terrains in order to produce a fascinating range of wines made with a long list of different fine grape varietals. Today, the state has almost half a million acres under vine, and is one of the world's largest wine exporters, with Californian wines being drunk and enjoyed all across the globe.
Country: United States
Of all the New World wine countries, perhaps the one which has demonstrated the most flair for producing high quality wines - using a combination of traditional and forward-thinking contemporary methods - has been the United States of America. For the past couple of centuries, the United States has set about transforming much of its suitable land into vast vineyards, capable of supporting a wide variety of world-class grape varietals which thrive on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coastlines. Of course, we immediately think of sun-drenched California in regards to American wines, with its enormous vineyards responsible for the New World's finest examples of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot based wines, but many other states have taken to viticulture in a big way, with impressive results. Oregon, Washington State and New York have all developed sophisticated and technologically advanced wine cultures of their own, and the output of U.S wineries is increasing each year as more and more people are converted to their produce.
Appellation: Sonoma Valley
The mid-nineteenth century was a hugely important era for the United States wine industry, and it was in this period when Sonoma Valley was first used as a wine region. The earliest wineries which made the wide and flat valley floor their home recognized the potential the region had, and noted the fantastic climate Sonoma Valley received. Alongside this, they understood the importance of the mineral rich volcanic soils and geothermal springs of the region, which would go on to provide nutrition for millions of grape vines over the next century and a half. Today, Sonoma Valley is one of California's premier wine producing regions, and it is widely agreed that many of the state's finest red and white wines hail from this beautiful area.
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It's okay, I needed this break though. (=
It's literally weird being back on Tumblr, loooll.
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If Kobe wasn't injured & Dwight knocked it down at the line..
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Still a Lakers' fan. Thanks for killing the franchise, Jim. Where are all the beautiful Laker fans at? I need to interact with you people more.
I swear I always fall for your type.
This morning, I woke up and you popped into my head with the song by Jamie Foxx to go with it. Got on my laptop and already the first song I want to play is not the original version, but a cover version of the song. I don't know about other guys, but I sometimes also get lonely too. I just don't say anything about it cause I don't want to spoil any of my friend's evening by saying I am. I love to stay strong and say that I'm fine but deep in the abyss of within, I'm pretty much not. Last night it happened & I didn't know what to say to the things I've secretly heard about you. Now I seriously don't know what to do. I didn't know you wanted to do that and try to become famous. All I want to do is get to know you more and she says your not girl friend material. Last night, I tried to look for certain friends to comfort myself in and help me give advice on what I should do. Though, at the end of the day it's all up to me to make the decision and do it. I know I've been told before and not to pursue you, but I didn't listen in their eyes and told them I'm just going to wait around. I can't believe that I always fall for your type, especially at the wrong time. How am I to know that your different? I know she told me I shouldn't go for you and that your stuck up in your own world and pretty much focusing on your life & career. I don't blame you, but even independent girls do get lonely too. I know a career may provide blankets to keep you warm at night, but it won't embrace you for life. You definitely are a nice girl & you already know I'm gentleman material. If I swept you off for your feet for a second like you told me that one night, wouldn't you like and or love it for the rest of your life? I guess I'm getting into deep with very much liking you and still don't know what to do. Same mistake, never learned from. I don't want to prove anything cause it's the last thing I want or quickly assume, but I can make you settle. I've dated a player & made her quit playing games. Turned a lesbian, straight cause at the time I wanted to date her. (No joke. I turned a lesbian straight.) I guess you can say I can make people change and of course it's actually the person if they want to change. I'll tell you this much, your going to really like it a lot. All I ask is just one chance if you let me. I swear your going to be swept of your feet. I'm not saying this to say "I'm the greatest dude, I can sweep girls off their feet." No. No, I don't because cockiness is unattractive and all I have is confidence and not brag about but know what I'm capable of. People do change, but it's because of the people & the impact that they left with them. Everyone has their different point of view of how people change, this is mine. Again, if you let me have a chance. You definitely will never regret doing so. So for now, I'm just going to stick around and be supportive for you, see, & hope things would happen the way I hope it would happen. Hey, it could happen. It only takes time and I really do hope patience is a virtue. So, again the question is: Should I pursue you and wait while I focus on myself as well or move on and try to find … (Sorry I'm very speechless at this time). In the meantime though, I'll also be focusing myself as well and If I can ask you one question, that question would be..
"Can I stick around? Through your success & failures, ups & downs?"
Am I going feelings crazy for this girl and going to fast? Help.
r.i.p. grandma. )'=
aloha au ia 'oe a makemake 'oe.
(i love you & miss you.)
Tomorrow, I will be leaving back to Basic to continue my training. Sorry followers, if I haven't been updating since I've came back but all I've been doing is relaxing and spending time with family. That's all that mattered to me when I came back home for the holidays. At first, they weren't going to give us a holiday leave but they instead gave it to us last minute, so now I'm home just enjoying every bit of freedom I have left. Again, I hope everyone had the best holidays that they could ask for because I sure enjoyed myself from not always having to run around and getting smoked(discipline punishment) for other's mistake but it is also mine as well. The Army teaches you one thing: One team, one fight. Tomorrow, I'll be back on that plane as I put my personal life on hold to serving my country and I just want to wish the best to everyone this new year of change and commitment. I have no words to express but I am extremely thankful for being where I am at today.
Until then followers, Army strong. HOOAH!
I'm like literally jumping up & down. LOLLL (=
Let's go LAKERS!!!
Surprisingly, I'm not solely disappointed in my Lakers.
Even though I tuned into the 4th quarter, down choke points.
We still should be winning though. We should.
Our starting line-up all have high basketball IQ's though.
I mean, they should be able to execute their offense & dominate the defense.
I have no idea what to say about our bench.
It's okay though because it's not how you start, it's how you finish.
I like the fact how the refs were superbly blind when Portland was fouling.
Ain't that some shizz though? Re-train your refs, NBA.
Thank God, Stern is retiring soon. Furniture needs to be re-arranged.
Oh shoot!? I didn't even know I had time warner cable sports net!!
Free Lakers' games for me!!! (= CHEEHUUUU!! Hahahahahah!
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Nice Movie! How's Going with "Madness Hunt 3"? OK! How can a Zombie Die with Shooting or Stabbing in the Body? And How Can The Agent 1337 Survive with a Hole in the head?
Alot's of Treinies (Grunts) and Agents 1337 Level. 1. OK! DO you Think for Madness Hunt 3 Do you think to Put Zombies with teath? And New Agents, Like 1337 Level 3 (Red Shades) and Maybe ATP Engineers, (Yellow Blood)?
Madness Hunt 3 is still in the works. Don't think I'll have teeth for zombies though, and nobody knows how exactly they (and humans) survive sometimes. You'll see what enemies shall follow. :)
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It's never hard to find things to do in Brooklyn, it's just difficult to figure out exactly what you want to do! Foodies will fall head-over-heels for Brooklyn's culinary scene and should pay a visit to the Brooklyn Flea/Smorgasburg, held in Williamsburg every Saturday and in Fort Greene every Sunday during the late spring and summer, as well as its extension, Berg'n. The massive Crown Heights beer hall features a great draft list and food booths run by the Brooklyn Flea's biggest stars like Mighty Quinn's Barbecue and Ramen Burger.
As for sights and sounds, be sure to visit the massive Brooklyn Bridge Park, which not only offers wonderful views of the Manhattan skyline, but features great amenities of its own including a roller rink, a small beach and plenty of courts for the sportsmen and women among us. Meanwhile, artsy types will want to visit the neighborhood of Bushwick, which is home to dozens of local galleries like BogART, which hosts multiple galleries in a former factory, as well as the neighborhood around the Jefferson Street stop on the L subway line where gorgeous graffiti murals cover almost every wall.
And finally, those looking for things to do in Brooklyn won't want to miss out on the great Prospect Park-adjacent neighborhoods of Park Slope, Gowanus, South Slope, Prospect Heights and Windsor Terrace. These kid-friendly neighborhoods feature all sorts of quirky shops and shopping experiences set on streets picturesque and charming enough to make any visitor want to pack up and move to NYC. Spend an afternoon strolling around before settling down at legendary local eateries like Franny's and al di la. And if you have the energy at the end of what will surely be an exciting trip, spend a day in Vinegar Hill, a quiet waterfront neighborhood with cobblestone streets, and one of Brooklyn's best-kept secrets. All at once the neighborhood is a taste of what Brooklyn used to be and what it is now and remains the perfect end to what will hopefully be a perfect visit.
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Located discreetly behind red metal gates in what at first glance appears to be a furniture shop, this beer bar has one of the neighborhood's most extensive lists of craft beer on tap, in bottles and in a few casks that rotate out regularly.
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In the series Dumpster Diving, we will be examining stocks that have been out of favor in an effort to determine if there is a value play to be had or if the stock is simply a value trap. We will discuss why the stock has been out of favor, the validity of these causes, if anything has changed, and if there is a catalyst for change in the future.
Zagg, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZAGG) designs, manufactures and distributes accessories for the mobile device market. Their flagship product is the Invisible Shield, a premium screen protector film design for smart phones and tablets and sold in stores such as Best Buy and Radio Shack and via online vendors and the company website. More recently Zagg has diversified into other mobile device accessory categories including tablet keyboards, portable power supplies and audio through the acquisition of ifrogz. But as of Q2 2013, the Invisible Shields still represented 38% of net sales and a larger percentage of net profits due to their high profit margins.
Until recently, Zagg has been on a rapid growth track benefiting from the growth and adoption of the Smart Phones market. Sales increased from $76.13M in 2010, to $179.12M in 2011 and to $264.42M in 2012.
For a while, gains in its stock price reflected this rapid growth, rising from $3.93 per share to $7.62 per share in 2010 and reaching $16 per share in July of 2011 before beginning a long and arduous down trend. Today, the stock price is hovering just above $4 per share, a mere 11.9% above where it was 4 years ago. Meanwhile, its revenue is up over 500% over these same 4 years.
Recent Events
- August 2012: Zagg Cofounder & CEO Robert Pederson quits abruptly after it is revealed that he sold 515,000 Zagg shares that he had used as collateral to cover obligations with his broker.
- December 212: Zagg makes Randall Hales' temporary CEO appointment permanent. Randall had served as COO and President since October 2011.
- May 2013: Zagg reports first quarter results. Shares plunge as sales and earnings miss first quarter targets and Zagg reports negative sales growth year over year. Quarterly sales dropped to $51.5 million from $55.5 million the previous year. Gross margins also fell to 37% from 49% the year prior.
- August 2013: Zagg reports second quarter results. Quarterly Revenue dropped year over year from $61.6M to $51.2M. YOY Gross margins shrunk from 46.1% to 42.1%. Full year guidance was reduced from a range of $274 million - $280 million to a range of $245 million - $252 million.
For much of the last two years, as Zagg declined from over $13 to under $5 per share, Zagg has remained in the Elevated risk state based on the SmartStops equity risk signals. However, on October 25th, the risk state returned to Normal.
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Source: SmartStops.net
So where does ZAGG go from here?
The Negatives
Initially, Zagg was a one trick pony driven by its flagship product, the invisible shields. Many view these film screen protectors as a commodity product, one that is difficult to maintain margins on and one that will become obsolete as anti scratch glass technologies continue to improve. While Zagg has made an aggressive effort to diversify its product line, as of Q2 2013, the invisible shields still represented 38% of net sales. In addition, many of the new products such as tablet keyboards and ifrogz ear buds carry lower margins.
In an effort to gain reach and increase control over pricing and branding, Zagg has shifted its distribution strategy from one of many direct retailers to one of a few primary direct retailers and distribution channel partners. The transition period has been rocky and the new distributors have taken longer to fully onboard than anticipated.
Recent disarray in the management team and poor execution combined with a slow product release period for smart phones and tablets resulted in a drop in sales and significantly lower margins. Can Zagg clean up its act and execute better?
The Positives
Zagg continues to make progress in diversifying its product portfolio, reducing revenue dependency of the Invisible Shield from 41% in Q2 2012 to 38% on Q2 2013. In addition to the new line of tablet keyboard and cases, Zagg is launching a much anticipated game controller category later this year.
Zagg sales has been highly dependent on and correlated with Apple iPhone product cycles and sales. The launch of the iPhone 5s and 5c at the end of September as well as the recent updated ipad launches should help Zagg in the coming quarter.
Zagg is maturing as a company and bringing operational expertise into its management team with the recent hire of Jason Schwartz, former COO of Sanyo North American Group, to serve as COO.
On October 25th, Zagg returned to the Normal Risk State according to SmartStops.net equity risk signals.
The biggest factor impacting the future of Zagg is the growth of the mobile device market. According to Gartner, Combined worldwide tablet and mobile phone unit sales is expected to increase by 9% Year over Year in 2014.
|Worldwide Device Shipments by Segment (Thousands of Units)
|Device Type
|2013 - 2014 Growth Rate
|PC (Desk-Based and Notebook)
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Source: Gartner Research
Despite experiencing negative sales growth year over year in Q2 2013, Zagg still generated over $5M in operating cash flow in the quarter.
Gross margins also improved from the large drop experienced in Q1, rising quarter over quarter from 37% to $42%.
The HZO Wild Card: As of June 30, 2013 Zagg maintained 22.7% ownership of HZO, a revolutionary water blocking technology for electronics. HZO is marketing its service to electronic device manufactures and with the goal to have its technology become part of the device manufacturing process. This may prove to be a valuable investment.
Valuation - Zagg VS Logitech (NASDAQ:LOGI)
If we compare Zagg to its larger and more established competitor Logitech , Zagg appears attractive. While they are both rolling out accessories for the fast growing mobile device market, Zagg is not dragged down by also addressing a shrinking PC market as Logitech is. Zagg is also a much smaller company with more opportunity to grow market share. Zagg has consistently delivered positive cash flow while Logitech has been experiencing negative cash flow. On the negative side, Zagg does have $26M in long term debt which seems very serviceable, whereas Logitech is carrying zero long term debt. Despite these strategic and operational advantages, Zagg is selling at a discount to Logitech on price to sales, price to earnings and price to growth basis.
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Market Cap 10/30/2013
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Price / Sales
Profit Margin (NYSE:TTM)
Operating Margin
Cash Per Share (mrq)
Debt Per Share (mrq)
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Levered Free Cash Flow as percent of market cap
Source: Yahoo Finance
Conclusion: Value Opportunity or Value Trap?
I view Zagg as a speculative value opportunity at this time.
While I feel that a drop in price over the last six months was justified due to uncertainties regarding the management team, the loss of revenue growth momentum and the reduction in margins, I believe the drop was overdone. Furthermore, it appears that these issues have been or are in the process of being addressed.
Catalysts exist for a rebound in financial performance and a return to growth including the completion of on-boarding of the new channel partners, strong product pipeline, and an increase in recent and upcoming phone and tablet launches from Apple and Android mobile device producers. The biggest risk I see is the potential for a drop in attachment rate of the invisible shields to newly sold smart phones and tablets. However, cursory discussions with several sales reps at Radio Shack and Best Buy indicate that they are still pushing the invisible shields and that the shields continue to sell well.
Zagg remains a young but profitable company battling for shelf space and mind share in a crowded space with products that address a rapidly growing market. In my view it represents a speculative but attractive play at this time at any price under $5.00.
Disclosure: I am long ZAGG. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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Why ride a bike when you can cruise down the street in a pedal-powered Porsche? The Ferdinand GT3 RSX, designed by artist Hannes Langeder, scraps the Porsche's snazzy engine to make a lightweight, pedal-powered vehicle with tons of storage space.
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[…] In other news, two-wheeled transportation took the world by storm as Italy unveiled its first electric motorcycle and Switzerland showcased its Zerotracer Superbike, which is set to circle the globe in 80 days using only renewable energy. And if a peddle-powered ride is more your pace, then you won't want to miss the world's slowest Porsche. […]
June 20, 2010 at 9:07 pm
"Why ride a bike when you can cruise down the street in a pedal-powered Porsche?"
Why buy an extremely expensive (albeit quite sexy) car and end up ruining it by turning it into a pedal-powered snail? Why not do this with a cheaper and lighter car that might even go faster on pedal power? Maybe a Smart-Car? Electrically powered and then once you're out of battery, start pedaling!
June 18, 2010 at 5:02 am
my GT3 only has 3 wheels. Maybe I need to cover it in silver foil in the shape of a Porsche.
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