Michael Brosnan
Management
No, I don't view the other items as one-time benefits. First, the investment gain, we never reported as part of our operating earnings at all during the year, period. So we took no sleight of hand advantage with regard to the $140 million investment gain. And with regard to the other activities, we've had several years, in fact, 3, where we've had substantial spending on acquisitions, 2010, '11 and '12. And historically, we have always included all of the activities related to acquisitions in operating earnings, with one exception. That was the RCG acquisition, because it was -- it dwarfed everything else we had done for -- but assured the formation of the company. And the out-of-period revenues and, perhaps, my explanation was too long-winded before, because out-of-period revenues are not unusual in the U.S., given the way health care revenues are recorded. They're not unusual at all. We had, had out-of-period revenues at a much lower level in 2010, 2011. And the reason I highlighted it in 2012 was, it was about 2x the normalized level and it was happening at the end of the year. So I felt, in fairness, I had to give you an indication that something would be happening in the fourth quarter. So I don't view that as a one-time effect at all. What I have done in looking at 2013 is ask myself the question whether I see, after a 2- or 3-year period, whether I see those activities continuing into '13. So I've -- and I don't see it. So therefore, what I tried to do, in a very simple way, is ask myself the question, what do I think is a good base and a base that won't require me, every quarter in 2013, to remind everybody of all of the activities of 2012. So the conclusion we came to was the best thing to do is use the reported numbers. But it's not, in my view, taking a one-time activity, such as the Venofer charge, and trying to argue that the out-of-period revenues was a one-time activity, because it wasn't. It was a quarter affect of $14 a treatment, a full year standalone effect of $4 a treatment and a year-over-year effect to 2011 of $2 a treatment. So it's very -- it was very much in the normal course of business for 2011, 2012. I don't know if it helped saying in a different way. I'm happy to take another question on it. It's an important question.