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Chair?s Summary High-Level Symposium on the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development 8-9 September 2011, Beijing, China 1. The High-Level Symposium on the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was held in Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Beijing, China on 8-9 September 2011. It was co-sponsored by the Government of the People?s Republic of China and the Secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). Mr. Wu Hailong, Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affair of China and Executive Secretary-General of the China Preparatory Committee for UNCSD, and Mr. Sha Zukang, Under Secreatry General of the United Nations and Secretary General of the UNCSD co-chaired the meeting. Nearly 150 participants attended the meeting, including high-level officials from 35 Member States, as well as leading international experts and representatives from the UN system agencies, intergovernmental organizations and Major Groups. 2. The purpose of the Beijing Symposium was to have frank and open high-level discussions on the objective and two themes of Rio+20, with a view to formulating concrete proposals as a contribution to the preparation of the Conference. 3. Mr. Yang Jiechi, Minister of Foreign Affairs of China, Mr. Zhang Ping, Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission of China, Mr. Sha Zukang, Under Secretary General of the United Nations and Secretary General of the UNCSD, Mr. Jorge Martin Arturo Arguello, Permanent Representative of Argentina to the United Nations and Chair of the Group of 77 and China, and Mr. Markus Ederer, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to China and Mongolia attended the opening ceremony and made statements. 4. Two sessions on the themes of Rio+20 and two panels on the objective of Rio+20 were organized. Session I on ?A green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication? was co-chaired by Mr. Keith Christie (Canada) and Mr. Chen Xue (China). Session II on ?Institutional framework for sustainable development? was co-chaired by Ms. Tarja Helena Reponen (Finland) and Mr. Ghafur Akbar Dharmaputra (Indonesia). Panel I on ?Securing renewed political commitment, and assessing the progress to date and the remaining gaps in implementation? was co-chaired by Mr. Andre Aranha Correa do Lago (Brazil) and Ms. Tania Valerie Raguz (Croatia). Panel II on ?Addressing new and emerging challenges? was co-chaired by Mr. Angel Mokara Moleila (Equatorial Guinea) and Ms. Deborah Anne Stokes (Australia). 5. Presentations were made by the following panelists: Mr. Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico, Mr. Sheng Fulai, Mr. Martin Khor, Ms. Sarah Liao, Mr. Steven Bernstein, Mr. Munir Akram, Ms. Reneta Lok-Dessallien, Mr. Maurice Strong, Mr. Vijai Sharma, Mr. Kandeh Yumkella, and Mr. Arthur Hanson. 6. Delegates and experts had intensive and fruitful discussions in the Symposium, and made good progress towards a better mutual understanding of each other?s current thinking on the objective and themes of Rio+20. Participants have clarified areas where they seem to be nearing consensus, areas of remaining difference, as well as areas where they still need to explore ideas and proposals with open minds. The key messages emanated from the discussions are as follows: Objective (a) The international community is facing great challenges and difficulties in realizing sustainable development. The global financial crisis, climate change, food and energy crises and natural disasters have added to the burden on the international community, in particular developing countries, in achieving sustainable development. In this context, Rio+20 represents an important opportunity for the international community to enhance global cooperation on sustainable development. We should have a thorough review of the implementation of the sustainable development commitments over the past 20 years, show political will, formulate concrete action plans and coordinate the efforts to deliver on our commitments. (b) Rio+20 should be action-oriented and consensus-based. The Conference needs to produce an assessment of why many commitments of the UNCED and the WSSD have not been realized to their full potential. Rio+20 should not renegotiate or retract agreed instruments, principles and outcomes of major summits on sustainable development. The outcomes of the Conference should be focused, address present day challenges, and provide the necessary political impetus for the range and level of action required to bridge the implementation gaps. (c) The multiple crises in recent years have reinforced an appreciation of the urgency of reorienting current economic growth models. We need to rethink development together. Growth should be inclusive, equitable and strongly oriented towards poverty eradication. We have to reduce the environmental footprint of this growth with sensible policies on energy, water, agriculture, oceans, urbanization, disaster resilience and preparedness, and job creation. The three pillars of sustainable development should be further integrated. (d) The UNCED in 1992 and the WSSD in 2002 are two major milestones on the path to sustainable development. The Rio principles and spirit, including the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, should continue to serve as the guidance and basis for the international community to strengthen cooperation and move forward on sustainable development. (e) There is no universally applicable model of sustainable development, as countries vary in resources endowments, stage of development and capacity. The international community should respect the right of countries to pursue their own sustainable development paths, take full account of the specific conditions of different countries, and ensure that they have enough space to formulate effective sustainable development policies. (f) We need to make provision for technology, finance and capacity building for the economic transformation needed for sustainable development, and support developing countries in their efforts to pursue sustainable development. Appropriate technologies that can facilitate transformation to a sustainable world should be identified and technology cooperation and technology transfer should be strengthened. (g) There can be a number of ways to augment financing for a green economy as a means to sustainable development. In this regard, financing needs to come from all sources, public, private and innovative sources, such as the issuance of ?Earth Bonds?. Creation at Rio+20 of a global green economy fund was also raised as a proposal for consideration. (h) The question of sustainable development goals as part of a post-2015 development agenda was discussed from different perspectives. In coming months, we will need to address concerns and questions about how to define such goals in a way that is ambitious and feasible, that is inclusive and at the same time respects the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. It was suggested that, while it may not be feasible to agree to a set of such goals at Rio+20, a process could perhaps be set in motion to discuss and define them in the period to 2015. (i) Renewed political commitment is essential for increasing integration of all three pillars of sustainable development as well as for implementation. It should primarily come from governments, but other stakeholders also should be included in decision-making and assessment of fulfilment of commitments. Accountability is important for all stakeholders. Partnerships with all Major Groups and financial institutions should be strengthened. (j) The list of new and emerging issues is long. A number of new and emerging issues were identified and highlighted for priority attention, which include: energy access, security and sustainability; food security and sustainable agriculture; water scarcity and sound water management; improved resilience and disaster preparedness; land and soil degradation and sustainable land management; and oceans and sustainable fishery. (k) To fill implementation gaps and meet the new and emerging challenges, increasing international efforts are needed,on: promoting sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead; knowledge and capacity sharing for replication and scaling up of successful models; empowerment of women; scientific and technological cooperation, including participation of developing country scientists in collaborative international research and development and accelerated technology transfer; enhancing capacities and participation of all stakeholders, including through strengthened education; and closing the funding gap. (l) Some delegates mentioned that Rio Principle 10 of access to information and justice is lacking in implementation and should be reconfirmed and strengthened at Rio+20. Green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication (a) There is not yet a universally accepted definition of the term green economy. However, it is widely agreed that green economy is a means and can be a good instrument to achieve sustainable development. Its core objective is to achieve economic growth, social progress and environmental protection in a comprehensive, balanced and coordinated manner. A green economy should contribute to the eradication of poverty and to social inclusion. It needs to be treated as a ?bottom up? rather than a ?top down? approach, based on differing national circumstances and priorities. A green economy must help to address head-on the sustainable development implementation failures. (b) A green economy can be seen as a new way of approaching economic decision making, one that emphasizes potential synergies between economic and social development and environmental protection, identifies new green growth opportunities and shifts investments to capture them, and treats investment in protection and sustainable management of the natural resource base as an integral part of poverty eradication strategies. Green economy should provide an opportunity to engage economic decision-makers more fully in advancing sustainable development goals. (c) There are risks and opportunities of a green economy. We need to minimize the risks and grab the opportunities. It would be helpful if we could agree upfront on what the green economy is not, or should not be. (d) In developing the green economy, the international community should act in accordance with the principle of mutual benefit and promote sustainable development for all. A green economy should offer new trade opportunities to all countries, and not become a pretext for ?green protectionism? or ?green conditions? in international cooperation. Least developed countries in particular would benefit from trade capacity building and facilitation to be able to seize new green product market opportunities. (e) Developing countries are facing great challenges in eradicating poverty and sustaining growth, and transition to a green economy would require further structural adjustments to their economies. In this, they need the understanding and support of the international community. The international community should create an enabling environment for developing countries to transition to a green economy. Agreement on a framework for promoting sustainable consumption and production could be a useful contribution of Rio+20 to building green economies. In that regard, developed countries should take the lead in changing consumption and production patterns and help developing countries with financial support, technology transfer, capacity building and market access. (f) There have been proposals made for a global green economy fund, as well as questions raised about its feasibility under current global economic conditions. It is widely accepted that sizeable investment will need to flow into green sectors as well as ?greening? of all sectors. While domestic resource mobilization will play a key role, for many countries, especially the least developed countries, enhanced access to international finance will be crucial as well as new and additional resources. (g) Discussion on a green economy at Rio+20 may contain a number of key elements, which include: a set of framing principles and caveats; a road map for countries to follow in their efforts to build green economies bottom-up; a menu of policy options for countries to consider in building green economies; a toolkit for analysis and policy choice; financial, technology and capacity building support to enable developing countries to accelerate progress along green development paths. This list is still evolving. Countries will develop more concrete and action-oriented proposals as we move towards Rio. (h) The importance of certain sectors to transition to a green economy has been stressed, especially renewable energy, sustainable agriculture and blue economy and preservation of marine environment and resources. The latter are of particular importance to Small Island Developing States (SIDS). (i) Social and environmental dimensions need to be built into green economy policies, such as creation of green jobs and livelihoods as well as water and energy access, food security and sustainable agriculture, and climate change. Countries need to share lessons on how green economy policies can create abundant decent jobs, as well as on how to ease any employment dislocation and adjustments associated with moving towards green economies. (j) Countries are already undertaking initiatives to promote socially inclusive green economies. Scaling up these initiatives is a continuing challenge. Strengthened means of implementation and international cooperation can support effective scale up. (k) Involvement of all actors, state and non-state, has been underlined as critical to building green economies and promoting sustainable development and poverty eradication. This includes active engagement of underrepresented parts of society such as women, youth, the unemployed and vulnerable. (l) There was some discussion on indicators to measure progress towards a green economy and some thought they should be linked to measurable targets to contribute to greater transparency and accountability. However, there was no consensus on this issue. Institutional framework for sustainable development (IFSD) (a) The core of sustainable development lies in the coordinated development of the three pillars of economic development, social progress and environmental protection. Any institutional framework for sustainable development must be centred on these three pillars in a balanced manner. Strengthened governance in all three pillars, as well as improved integration among the three pillars, is firmly on the Rio+20 agenda. (b) The sheer scale and acceleration of global problems ? climate change, biodiversity loss, food insecurity, and economic instability ? lead to the conclusion that the existing governance arrangements are not up to the task in their current configuration. The failures are on non-implementation, nonintegration of three pillars both at the political and operational level, and on coherence between various parts of the system. (c) The United Nations should continue to play a key leading role in advancing the process of sustainable development. Further institutional building should be aimed at enhancing the policy guidance and action capability of the UN, and helping relevant international bodies, multilateral institutions, and treaty mechanisms to take coordinated steps. (d) There is wide acknowledgement of the need to bring coherence and coordination to the landscape of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs), intergovernmental bodies, and the UN system and other international organizations. (e) Attention has been drawn to the fragmentation and relative weakness of the environmental pillar, as well as weaknesses in the social and economic pillars. As of now, effective integration of the three pillars remains an aspiration more than a reality. (f) Current global governance and institutions for sustainable development need be reformed and improved, taking into account both longer term arrangements and short term feasibility. Efforts should focus on mainstreaming sustainable development more effectively into the work of all relevant UN bodies, with a particular focus on the development pillar, balancing economic growth, social development and environmental protection, and facilitating the fulfilment of sustainable development commitments. (g) The reform of sustainable development governance should be guided by a set of principles. These include: (i) agreement on core problems to be addressed; (ii) form should follow function and substance; (iii) any reform should not only improve the integration of the three pillars of sustainable development, but restore the balance among these pillars; (iv) enhance transparency and participation; and (v) embrace complexity by simplifying administration, implementation and compliance arrangements. (h) In broad terms, institutional reform proposals at the international level can be categorized into three clusters: (i) various proposals for enhancing ECOSOC and the Commission on Sustainable Development; (ii) options focusing on the environmental pillar, ranging from strengthening UNEP within its current structure to making it into a specialized agency to the creation of a World Environment Organization, and (iii) elevating the functions of the Commission on Sustainable Development into a Sustainable Development Council reporting directly to the General Assembly. The Symposium has helped us advance our understanding of the various proposals. Among the range of views expressed, there is a common thread concerning the need for integration, coherence, efficiency, effectiveness in promoting implementation, and flexibility to address emerging challenges. (i) Sustainable development is predicated on integrated policy-making and implementation at all levels. If sustainable development requires broad integration into institutions, policies and programmes, it also continues to need an institutional champion and torch-bearer. In this regard, some have suggested a strengthened CSD and many others suggested upgrading CSD to a Sustainable Development Council with an enhanced mandate for monitoring progress on implementation, and the Human Rights Council was mentioned as a possible model. (j) International Environment Governance (IEG) is an integral part of IFSD. There was broad agreement that strengthening the environmental pillar of sustainable development governance is needed, and that this involves in the first instance enhancing UNEP. Views have not converged on the best modality for doing this. (k) Rio+20 Conference provide an opportunity to strengthen the IFSD at all levels. It should however be recognized at the outset that without strong political will and commitment, no mechanism will succeed. (l) Delivering as one by the UN system at country level was considered a good model to strengthen coordination and integration of various facets of sustainable development in the national context. In this regard, the need for more systematic mainstreaming of a sustainable development perspective into national development frameworks such as UNDAFs was highlighted. (m) IFSD should reflect the voice of all stakeholders, including State Government, civil society, NGOs and the private sector.
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DES MOINES, Iowa – Arthur Romanet won his first round match, but he was the only Brave who earned a win in the championship bracket on Friday at the Missouri Valley Conference Individual Championships at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center in Des Moines, Iowa.
Romanet topped Souther Illinois's Szymon Opieczonek 6-2, 6-3 in the round of 32 before losing a tough 6-4, 6-3 decision against Ilija Cujic of Wichita State in the round of 16.
A pair of Braves came away with wins in the consolation bracket. Justin Abrams fought off Erik Brunskog of Ilinois State 2-6, 7-6 (5), 10-5 and Hamish Weerasinghe topped teammate Dan Rodefeld 6-3, 6-3.
The MVC individual championships will continue tomorrow with more singles action and the start of doubles play.
Bradley Results at the 2013 MVC Individual Championships | Friday, November 8
Men's Singles Main Draw Championship Bracket
Rolando Torellas (ISU) def. Ashton Kalhorn (Bradley) 6-0,6-0
Guillermo de Vilchez (WSU) def. Hamish Weerasinghe (Bradley) 6-4, 6-2
Ben Lott (Drake) def. Dan Rodefeld (Bradley) 6-0, 6-1
Arthur Romanet (Bradley) def. Szymon Opieczonek (SIU) 6-2, 6-3
Grant Tesmer (Drake) def. Justin Abrams (Bradley) 6-4, 6-0
Jocelyn Devilliers (WSU) def. Sergio Rakitin (Bradley) 7-6 (3), 6-4
Men's Singles Main Draw Consolation Bracket
Filip Aleksic (SIU) def. Ashton Kalhorn (Bradley) 3-6, 7-6 (4), 10-6
Hamish Weerasinghe (Bradley) def. Dan Rodefeld (Bradley) 6-3, 6-3
Justin Abrams (Bradley) def. Erik Brunskog (ISU) 2-6, 7-6 (5), 10-5

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CLEVELAND — It was a storybook ending to an incredible game. And then it wasn't.
Chansi Stuckey, who came to Cleveland in the October 2009 trade of Braylon Edwards, had the ball and a game-defining play in his grasp as the Browns were driving to beat the New York Jets and Edwards, Public Enemy No. 2 in Cleveland.
Then the play unraveled, by a fraction of an inch along the home sideline. Midway through overtime, after Colt McCoy and his tight ends brought Cleveland back late in regulation, Stuckey — a first down in hand off a McCoy pass — fought for extra yardage, avoiding the sideline by a hair. But Drew Coleman stripped Stuckey at the Jets' 32 — in Phil Dawson's field-goal range — and Antonio Cromartie recovered the bouncing ball at New York's 36.
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Officials reviewed the play, but upheld the ruling on the field, that Stuckey stayed in. The Jets went on to a 26-20 win, scoring the winning TD with 16 seconds left.
"A fumble is a fumble," said Stuckey, who had four catches, including one earlier in the drive on which he fumbled. "It just happened at a really crucial time. I was trying to make a play to help the team win.
"I felt bad for my teammates. Fiftythree guys on the field and I had the ball and I let everyone down. That's really what I'm dealing with now. Just letting the guys down is the biggest thing for me."
Browns coach Eric Mangini and teammates credited Stuckey for his effort, and noted the Jets failed to win the game after the fumble, as kicker Nick Folk missed his third field-goal attempt of the game.
"He's obviously upset, as I would be,´said tight end Ben Watson, who caught five McCoy passes. "Everybody's had plays that you're not happy with. There's no one play that makes or breaks a game. There's multiple plays, multiple players that could have done something here, could've done something there. It's not one play. He'll be fine."
Meanwhile, Edwards — who was sent to the Jets for Stuckey, linebacker Jason Trusnik and two draft picks — got his victory after an up-and-down week in which he boasted to New York media of his glee upon hearing news of the trade. Outspoken about his disdain for all the losses he played in while a Brown — the team was 21-41 with Edwards — he was mostly contrite after the game on Sunday.
"I did sense it was going to get chippy," he said. "I anticipated it, and as a team, I think we handled it well. In life, you learn, you mature in some ways. I just came here to play football. I didn't come here to get into it with fans or any of the Browns. I was focused on the goal at hand, and that was helping the Jets win."
Edwards also caught four passes, none more interesting than the first. On the Jets' first possession, after the Browns had taken a 3-0 lead, Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez threw short left to Edwards, who lowered his head at the end of a 6-yard play. Browns cornerback Sheldon Brown, who Edwards bowled over, left the game and didn't return after suffering what was called a shoulder injury.
After the play, Browns players jawed with Edwards, and it appeared nose tackle Ahtyba Rubin threw a punch. The crowd immediately started a chant that was, well, not family friendly. Later, Abram Elam gave Edwards an extra little shove after Sanchez misfired on a goalline pass intended for Edwards.
"I thought (Edwards was frustrated)," said Browns cornerback Mike Adams, who sacked Sanchez on a late-thirdquarter third down, getting the defense off the field. "That was the key, to rough up all their receivers. Like (Santonio) Holmes, they're all core receivers so we tried to rough them all up."
Edwards also had a part in the most important play of a game that had scores of big ones: On the Jets' third possession of overtime, inside the two-minute warning, Sanchez targeted Edwards down the visitors sideline. The ball was thrown short, and Joe Haden picked it off — at the Browns 3. After three plays, Reggie Hodges' punt from his end zone was a low liner, and Jim Leonard's 18-yard return set up the Jets' winning score.
"(The Browns) were making sure Braylon didn't get deep on them, and they did a great job staying on top of him," Jets coach Rex Ryan said. "Braylon Edwards is a special player, and they certainly knew where he was.
"I thought he kept his composure, and I'll tell you this: (Brown's injury) shows you how physical (Edwards) is. He's just a battering ram and a big man. I thought he did a great job keeping his composure."
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One reason that lung cancer is so deadly is that it is often difficult to detect in early stages, and even then, lung cancer can quickly spread to other areas of the body. Unfortunately, there are no widely accepted screening methods for early stage lung cancer, such as mammograms for breast cancer, and the Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer.
The Stigma Of Lung Cancer Needs To Change…And It Is
Since survival rates for lung cancer are among the lowest across all cancer types, and there is a social stigma associated with the disease, it has precious few vocal advocates. There are virtually no recognized public faces of lung cancer, in other words, what Nancy Brinker (sister of Susan G. Komen) is for breast cancer and Lance Armstrong is for testicular cancer.
But things are changing. For the first time in decades, positive news is peppering the landscape. More people are recognizing the symptoms that can lead to an earlier diagnosis – persistent coughing or chest pain, shortness of breath, wheezing or hoarseness, coughing up blood, recurring pneumonia or bronchitis, and loss of appetite.
Clinical advances have meant that newer medicines and unique drug combinations are now available. Some patients have the option to start a maintenance therapy immediately following their first-line treatments to try to maintain a positive response, instead of stopping treatment and waiting until the disease progresses to treat it again. And a greater understanding of lung cancer genetic variations and tumor types allows physicians to provide patients with the right drug for their specific type of lung cancer.
But There's Still A Long Road Ahead…
We've made great strides, thanks to the tireless work of advocates, researchers, physicians and many others. But we have a long road ahead. Finding innovative solutions for treating these tough diseases must remain a top priority for all of us in the health care industry.
I, for one, am not fatigued by the avalanche of disease awareness months. Collectively, they remind me of how far we have come in understanding and treating some diseases – and how far we have to go with others.


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The world is an exciting new adventure for new moms, but many want to find the meeting place between their old selves and their new identities. While each woman is unique and her body has responded to the complex changes that pregnancy brings, there are some things that women can do to shrink the gap between the "old" and "new" versions of themselves, and, in the process, bring out the best of both!
Tough Love or Facing the Music
Gaining weight, not just that associated with the baby themselves, is natural. And among women the amount gained, as well as that gained in subsequent pregnancies, varies. Pregnancy experts say 25 to 30 pounds is pretty average for moms-to-be.
Think positively
Getting back your body may be the goal, but women are advised to ditch hard-and-fast expectations about how much they'll lose and how fast, as each woman is different and the factors that affect weight gain or loss are likewise complex.
he most important part of your post-baby-body plan is patience – and lots of it. Building on a steady fitness plan, it can take 10 months to one year to shed baby weight gained, but if you stick with it, and make the process as stress-free as possible, it is possible to do.
Easy does it
Walking or postpartum workouts are good starts, since they stress low-impact on your body. It took nine months or more to put the weight on, but doesn't hold that as a yardstick for how long it will take to shed the weight. Having a baby brings with it additional hormonal and other changes that affect how your body responds to exercise, stress, and certain diets, so easy does it. Experts say that a few weeks after baby comes is a good time to resume your prior exercise regimen, in general.
It's up to you
Time is on your side, since no one can bat an eye about those lovely baby handles you put on in the name of love – including you. It takes time to get back to where you were, because your body needs to heal. Six weeks is the recommended amount of time to wait to get back into your full exercise routines, longer if you had a C-section.
Also, experts advise getting the "green light" from your doctor before ramping up the exercise routine. Also, check for persistent sleep deprivation and exhaustion, both of which have been linked with sluggish metabolisms and retarded weight loss.
Work with your new workout window
Now that your mom, you're living for two, which means less time for everything, including exercise. One way to support your pre-baby body campaign is by wearing a postpartum belly wrap.
These can be worn before birth and after and have been shown to help the abdominal muscles re-knit after childbirth. As for exercise, don't set unrealistic expectations about time commitments, but rather work with the time you have. If you only 10 – 15 minutes to exercise for a while, use them, don't write them off because you used to work-out for 30 minutes and don't think it's worth it.
As one study found, walking is just as beneficial as running, so if all you've got is time and energy for is a 15 minute walk – walk it out! The benefits of any exercise are cumulative, and eventually, you'll reap the rewards of making a consistent habit of doing what you can, when you can.
The benefits of breastfeeding
According to The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the natural act of breastfeeding can eliminate weight retention. (Nursing burns an extra 600 to 800 calories a day – wow!)
No more milkshakes (at least, not three times a week)!
The cravings of having a baby create some bad eating habits that are likely still with moms after baby's debut. But, if you want to shed the extra weight, your diet has to get back to basics: whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, lean protein, and low-fat dairy products.
- Tracy Brown, "Bye Bye, Baby Weight," Pregnancy & Newborn, http://www.pnmag.com/motherhood/bye-bye-baby-weight-2/.
- Charlene Williams, "Belly Wraps," The Band Specialist, http://www.thebandspecialist.com/.
About the author:
Vivian Dubois is a mother of twins girls and enjoys working out, spending time with her family and cooking. To know more about the author, connect with her on Google+.


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Alternate introduction sequence
Remain idle at the first screen after the set-up screen., with "Press Start". Keep waiting until the screen changes. You will now view what would be an alternative introduction sequence with nothing to do with the game.
Collect all the babies during game play. The "Cheat Discovered" message will appear after the intermission sequence featuring the baby flying away on a jet pack.
Secret Flea area
In the Lower East Quack level, go past the area where you hitch a ride on the subway train. Go to the end where you see a brown fence and a little hole at the lower left side. When you are there, turn left to find a Chang transport. Once you are Chang go though the hole, and on to the boxes. Chang will start scratching himself all over. You will then be transported on his back as a flea with a heavy-machine gun.
Land Of Moles multi-player level
In the first level in New Quack City, if you remember pushing a model building to block a camera, there is a computer in the computer room that is destructable. Shoot it until it explodes and you will unlock a secret multi-player level. Note: Your green target will turn red on the described computer . The target will turn red if you can shoot something and get a reaction -- keep that in mind when exploring.
Secret level
In God Machine Valley, in the beaver dam level go to where the big drill is located. Just beside the drill are some stairs. Go up and press the yellow button. The drill will turn around and drill a hole underneath the dinosaur skeleton. Change to Chang. There is a Change Sphere besides the big Viggo Industries box. Climb down the hole to reach the secret level.
Fleas for Bungalow
In the Jungle Of Despair, go to the elephant graveyard. To get in, take the wooden elephant that is near the village here. The fleas are on one set of elephant feet.
Fleas for Julliete
In Cape Canardo in the VAB building is a room with three buttons side by side. When you enter the room the buttons do the following. The first picks up a booster rocket. The second smokes a lot and opens and closes. The third cannot be used yet. If you are looking head on at the buttons, directly across a huge gap from you are two tokens. Go to a Juliette porter and become her. Return to the room and walk around on the ground floor until you see scratch marks on the wall. Climb up and watch out for flamethrower enemies. Get the tokens and walk along the wall to the left. There is a "pillar" that you can jump to get the fleas.
Fleas for Rico
You can find the fleas on the Secret Island after you successfully chase Fifi around the waterfall with the piranhas. An intermission sequence will show a small grate open underwater. Swim in and defeat the fleas before moving on to the rest of the level.
Fleas for Roofus
In one of the Beaver Dam levels are some porta-potties near the end. Become Chang and kill all the enemies that appear from the porta-potties. There should be a Roofus transport nearby. Turn into Roofus, and behind the final porta-pottie on the left (looking in the direction opposite of the hill where Chang is located) should be a hole. Enter it to find some fleas. Walk into them and it will transport you to a level where you are a flea with a heavy machine gun. Kill all the ticks and Roofus will get a close up attack upgrade.
Fleas for Tweek
In the Dinosaurs level, go upstairs in the bathroom after you save the baby dragon by the cup of water. Look to the left of the door out of the room. You will see a tall cabinet (where some of those rocket launcher enemies were shooting you from). Fly across, then through the door, and land on the toilet with the closed lid. Land on top and start blasting.
Tiny mode
In one of the levels in the Dinosaur world (but not the Dinosaurs level), go upstairs or downstairs on the table with the train sets. Turn into Tweek and look around on the other side of the room to see an arcade game opposite the pinball machine. Fly over and complete level 1 to will unlock tiny mode.
Big head mode
After defeating Rico's wife and returning her to normal, go back to Rico's house to play a game of snake. Get a score of 3,100 or more to unlock big head mode.
Fish eye mode
After defeating Bungalow's wife return to his house and play the bear game. Get a score of 20,100 or more to unlock fish eye mode.
Scrawners mode
Defeat Claude in Cape Canardo, then return to Fur Fighter village. Go to Claude and Juliet's house. There is a small path in the stone that leads to it near the entrance to Cape Canardo and the Dragon Mound (this also leads to Chang's house). Go inside and play the saving babies mini-game. Score over 15,000 points to unlock the Scrawners mode.
Rotate cam
Put the slider puzzle together in under 60 seconds to unlock the rotate cam cheat.
Rocket cam
In the City Of Fear (Anatat Tatanatat), through the "door to nowhere", find the door with a rocket on. Go through to unlock the rocket cam cheat.
Matrix-style effect
To get the time/split (bullet time) effect, complete the basketball challenge with three hoops in a row. The message "Cheat Discovered" will appear in a yellow box. When activated, and game play is paused, a "bullet time" effect will rotate around the character.
Ammo cheat
After you defeat Winnie and Mai, go to Chang's house and play his mini-game. Get a score over 50 000 and the "Cheat Discovered" message will appear.
Midas cheat
In the VAB Building, go straight to the Buggy. Go through the short tunnel to the tube. Turn left, and you will see another tube heading up. This is difficult, but it does work. Go forward, and press the forward button as hard as possible. It may help if you turn around and around. Eventually, you will be at the top of the tube in a yellow area. The "Cheat Discovered" message will appear. When activated, it turns the bear's heads into human heads.
Save the baby behind the fence
Go to Lower East Quack and find the tank. There will be a baby behind the fence that is directly behind the tank. Shoot it and run around the building until you are confronted by another fence. Then, face the tank. When it shoots you, strafe out of its way so it hits the fence. Do the same with the other fence, then rescue the baby. The baby behind the fence is one of Chang's. You can just see the firefox baby though a crack in the fence itself.
Save Chang's baby in the apartment
In Lower East Quack, climb the fence then change into Chang. Walk along the side and around the corner of the building. Squeeze into the bedroom and defeat the bears outside. When that is done, the baby will appear from the last door and ask his dad why he is shooting.
Save the puppy on the iceberg
In Lower East Quack, go to where the puppy is stranded on a tall iceberg. Bungalow can reach it, but each member of the Fur Fighters must save their own family member. Get Roofus and look for a nearby water tower. Shoot it and it will fall off and leak. Save the baby.
Get baby in the cloak in Quackathem Museum
To get the baby in the cloak, go upstairs until you see the first door. Enter it and go on the bureau. You will see a sign. Aim up to the metal object that holds up the sign. If you are aiming at the correct place, your target sight will turn red. Shoot and it will knock all the other drawers over. Go downstairs and you will see a cracked open glass case. There will be a microchip in it with the number 32. Go to the cloak room and use it on the machine. The cloak will come out the window and a baby will fall out. After that, the gold statue will come alive. It is not really a statue -- it is one of General Viggo's evil robots. Its weak spot is its eye.
Get key in the meteorite in Quackathem Museum
To get the key in the meteorite, push one until it hits the other. The key will fall out and the man will act like a sack of crap. Go in the room and push a statue into the laser, or else machine guns will drop down and shoot you.
Multi-player mode ice character
In a multi-player level with a freeze gun, freeze your opponent and push him or her into a character change. They will change into that
character and still appear frozen. However, they can now move. This wears off if the person gets frozen again or if they die.
Glitch: Disappearing character
When you run into the green orb that turns into the character inside (transporter), hold Down once inside. if done correctly, the character will not appear on screen for a small period of time.
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Chet's Flowers' Becky Jeffries (left) and Joy Dahl have been named one of the top 1,000 florists in FTD's national network.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, perhaps even a bit sweeter when they come from the recently honored Chet's Flowers of Cheney.
A month ago a package arrived at the door of this local shop containing an award from the international flower delivery service FTD, Chet's had been selected as one of the top 1,000 florists out of the over 40,000 national florists and floral shops that partner with FTD.
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Hehe you're going to be surprised when trying it out, if you haven't tried it before. Anyway there's a guide ın the UI tutorıal post.Originally Posted by ParadoxOO9
Hehe you're going to be surprised when trying it out, if you haven't tried it before. Anyway there's a guide ın the UI tutorıal post.Originally Posted by ParadoxOO9
Found a video guide on youtube which helped me loads with kgpanels.
If you dont have the addon and are thinking of getting it i advise you to head to that link.
My ui is slowly but surely getting there.
Only have a solo shot at the moment.
Uploaded today, hope you like it!
I'm sorry but part of this is terrible logic. If a player dies because you healed a pet over them that's your fault for prioritizing incorrectly. That said, not showing pets is [slightly] hurting your raid. A pet dying is a dps loss for the hunter/lock which means a dps loss for the raid. With your UI you can't effectively heal the pet, even if all the players are safe and not in risk. FYI, if the tank is in risk of death and so is your worst dps you should probably heal the tank [assuming no healing assignments]. I know it's hard because you have frames for both of them, you'll just have to find a way to decide between all the pretty boxes in the middle of your screen.Originally Posted by iLive
Blizzard's design is that Hunters and Locks should be able to heal their own pet thru anything short of their pet doing actual tanking/offtanking. If that hunter is too busy DPS'ing to spare a single GCD to heal his pet, then I don't care enough about his pet either. 'Nuff said. And neither my 5-man or raiding UI's have slots for pets.
Q.F.T.Originally Posted by Taryble
Ever the equal of my interests there Taryble, remember the rule, if the dps dies, it's their own damn fault. This applies to your pet to, and i main a mage, I'd rather stare at the roof the entire fight then take a heal from a tank/healer because i fucked up.
Be responsible for yourself, even in an unavoidable aoe like steelbreakers aura, it's not all the healers job to make sure the dps or especially their pet, lives.
Especially since Hunter and Warlock pets aren't affected by "unavoidable AoE". They ignore dragon tail attacks, Sappiron's Ice Bomb, KT's Frost Tombs, etc, etc. They have to be specifically targetted by an attack for it to affect them.
They do get hit by sapphs tail but that's avoidable and focus target attacks doesn't always apply for every boss (ie. Heigan...XT...Razorscale[if I remember correctly])Originally Posted by Taryble
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If that hunter is too busy DPS'ing to spare a single GCD to heal his pet, then I don't care enough about his pet either. 'Nuff said.Let me start out by saying that none of this is gamebreaking. It mainly comes down to the core issue of *some* healers thinking they're better, and deserve much more, than dps'ers. My main is a healer [Priest] and has been for all of my endgame wow-life.Q.F.T.
Ever the equal of my interests there Taryble, remember the rule, if the dps dies, it's their own damn fault. This applies to your pet to, and i main a mage, I'd rather stare at the roof the entire fight then take a heal from a tank/healer because i fucked up.
For the first quote- What if it's a dps race fight and you need your hunter doing max dps fulltime? What if he's kiting/tanking/etc? I'm not saying we are solely responsible for keeping his pet alive. I'm saying that situations arise where it would be beneficial to the raid if we healed a player's pet.
Second quote- That is a very vague rule as I'm sure you know. If a dps dies to a Rocket Strike it's their fault. If they die to lack of heals during a Napalm Shell, it's the healers fault. This is assuming he's in the area he should be and has already used his healthstone and other cd's available. Dps should be responsible for themselves but only to an extent. If they're giving up a considerabe amount of dps for a small amount of survivability/safety it's *usually* not worth it. I'd rather have to push a little harder with my heals to keep a dps'er able to nuke freely than to sit comfortably with a raid spot wasted on a mage "staring at the ceiling".
Only difference now is that I moved the map to the top left for a little more symmetry and put omen in its place for when I'm enhancement
I'm a healer.* I replenish your lost health.* If you are standing in fire, you are stupid.* I can't heal stupid.
"Amateurs built the Ark... Professionals built the Titanic."
im following this thread(s) since a pretty long time, now i finally got my lazy ass up to also contribute to it!
raid // solo
as you now see it, its mostly final, since it covers all the functionality it should, and looks as clean as possible ;>
though some small fixes will be done anytime in the future, like adjusting the width of quartz to not interfere with classtimer bars, finding a way to "minimize" the chat window and filling the space left to my action bars with something i REALLY NEED! ;~
overall, gief comments :>
(dont ask about the 4 dead people at council nonhard, we somehow managed to fuck up every encounter that day : )
Heres mine
List of addons: http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p...eed/Addons.jpg
Edit: Heres a link to the full size picture http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/981...0109232850.jpg
From left to right:
Chatlog -> Combat chat (this changes to my raid ui when im in a party) -> Character, target, castbar and ablity bar -> Target's target, focus and extra abilities -> Omen - > recount
I need to get one in raid.
This UI is slightly modified from THIS UI
Which BTW is the best UI i've found.
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Who buys homes these days? The same people who bought last year -- there are just not as many of them.
The mix of homebuyers -- singles, families, couples, first-time buyers and repeat buyers -- has remained roughly the same over the past few years, according to the most recent study from the National Association of Realtors.
While the number of buyers has dropped in many areas, "I think the ratio has not changed," says C.D. "Chip" Boring, broker/owner of Re/Max Realty Plus in Sebring, Fla.
But some agents say the changing market has affected who is shopping for a home.
"I'm seeing a lot more younger people, a lot of first-time homebuyers," says Bunny Stuart, associate broker with Weichert Realtors in Kingston, N.Y.
And buyers are becoming more selective, according to agents, raising their standards and touring more homes before making a decision.
"It's upped the ante a little bit," says Stuart. "They have more desires because they have more out there to choose from."
Who's buying homes
Plant a "for sale" sign in the lawn and who's most likely to knock on your door? The typical buyer is a young, white, married couple with no kids, according to the Realtor's study.
While singles and ethnic groups have made strides in home buying, they are still in the minority, according to the NAR. Single women make up 20 percent of all homebuyers, a number that has stayed relatively constant for the past few years. Likewise, single men comprise a constant 9 percent of buyers. African-Americans make up 7 percent of the home-buying populace; Hispanics and Latinos are 6 percent, and Asians and Pacific Islanders are 5 percent, according to the study.
Buyer incomes are moving up. At least half of last year's buyers had a household income that topped $74,000, according to the group's numbers.
The average cost of what they're buying falls somewhere in the $200,000-plus range. Last year, the median home price was $215,000 (meaning half of buyers paid more and half paid less), according to the Realtors.
First time buyers take out mortgages for $202,265
on average, according to numbers from the Mortgage Bankers Association,
or MBA. Repeat buyers sign on for an average of $233,433.
Who's not buying
The decline in homebuyers is nothing new. The number of homebuyers has been dropping steadily over the past three years. From 2005 through 2007, home sales dropped 22.7 percent, according to statistics from the MBA.
Today's home market has "definitely slowed down," says Glen Lazovick, director of mortgage lending at Mid-Atlantic Federal Credit Union.
"I wouldn't say the buyers are different, so much as the qualifications for loans are different," he says. The most affected: younger and first-time buyers, he says.
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He led Owens to back-to-back national titles, earning tourney MVP honors both years.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Jeff Massey has been elected to the National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame.
The 1991 Concord High School graduate led Owens Community College of Toledo, Ohio, to back-to-back NJCAA Division II national titles in 1992 and 1993.
He was named tournament MVP both years and was a first-team NJCAA All-American both seasons, among other honors. He averaged 27.6 points as a freshman and 26 points as a sophomore.
Massey's 1,894 points still rank ninth in NJCAA history and he still holds 15 school records at Owens, where his number is the only one retired in school history.
Massey, currently in his 10th year as an assistant coach at St. Bonaventure (N.Y.) University, went on to finish his collegiate playing career at Xavier. He was Midwestern Collegiate Conference Newcomer of the Year as a junior, and as a senior he averaged a team-leading 18.9 points and led the Musketeers into the NCAA Tournament.
At Concord, Massey helped the Minutemen reach the 1990 state title game and was chosen as an Indiana All-Star in 1991.
Massey is joined by player Kevin Gamble and coaches Bill Muse and Richard Shilts as 2014 NJCAA Hall selections in men's basketball. Induction ceremonies are to be scheduled for later this year.


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World-wide recognition for Geography in QS University RankingsApril 29 2015
Cardiff School of Geography and Planning has been recognised as one of the top Geography schools world-wide by the QS World University Rankings.
Urban design award for alumnus Clara KöhlerApril 16 2015
Urban design award for plan to re-integrate Swansea's underused and forgotten city centre alleyways.
Professor Kevin Morgan to advise European CommissionerApril 1 2015
Professor Kevin Morgan has secured a prestigious role to advise the European Commissioner for Regional Policy, wh
Understanding experiences of breastfeeding in the UKMarch 3 2015
A new seminar series, Social experiences of breastfeeding: building bridges between research and policy, organised by Dr Kate Boyer will take place in Cardiff and Bristol this year.
Nine positions in human geography and spatial planningMarch 3 2015
The School of Geography and Planning is looking to make a significant new investment in recruiting scholars who can contribute to and enhance our portfolio of activities.
New ESRC funded PhD StudentshipMarch 2 2015
The School of Geography and Planning invites applications for an ESRC funded PhD studentship under the Environmental Planning pathway.
From vision to action: the challenges for Powering the Welsh EconomyFebruary 18 2015
Dr Adrian Healy reflects on the Cardiff Capital Region's initial vision for the region "Powering the Welsh Economy".
Toronto to host Geography and Planning at International Study FairFebruary 12 2015
Canadian students thinking of studying at Cardiff University have the opportunity to discuss their options with Spatial Planning Lecturer Dr Brian Webb at the Toronto Study and Go Abroad Fair on March 1st.
What does a sustainable food future really mean and how do we make it real?February 11 2015
'The future of our food - what needs to be on the menu?' will be a lively and engaging debate that will explore the issues of how to create a sustainable food future.
New research urges Government to improve services for homeless peopleJanuary 7 2015
The UK homelessness charity, Crisis, has warned of a "tragic waste of young lives", as new Cardiff University research reveals that half of all homeless people first become homeless aged under-21.


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Four people have died after a tourist plane with 14 people on board crashed in Kenya's Maasai Mara park.
Police said two pilots and two German tourists were killed when the Mombasa Air Safari flight went down in Ngrende.
The Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority had previously reported three people dead.
But Narok district police chief Peterson Maelo said a middle-aged German man, an elderly German woman and two Kenyan pilots had died from their injuries.
"Those injured have been taken to Nairobi for treatment," he said.
A total of five Germans, four Americans and two Czechs were reported to be on board the aircraft.
Catherine Ochola from Flying Doctors Service, an air ambulance service, said three "more critical patients" had been flown to Nairobi.
A second air ambulance and Kenya's air force rescued other passengers.
Michael Koikai, a warden with Kenya Wildlife Service, said the plane had crashed shortly after taking off from the Ngerende airstrip around midday.
The Maasai Mara, some 155 miles (250km) southwest of the capital Nairobi, is one of Kenya's most popular safari destinations for its currently ongoing annual migration of wildebeest, attracting tens of thousands of tourists to the park.
Many choose to fly into hotels or luxury tented camps, landing on simple dirt airstrips, rather than brave the long drive on often poor roads from Nairobi.
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Winifred Gray-Johnson and her father Wilfred share the EMU and Summer Peacebuilding Institute experience
Like most children, Winifred Gray-Johnson didn't pay much attention to what her father did for a living. She knew he often traveled from their home in Monrovia, Liberia, to the United States. She knew he occasionally visited a place in Virginia called Eastern Mennonite University. But she never imagined her father's participation in the 2009 Summ ...More


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Women's Tennis Leashes Southern Illinois, Blanks UW-Milwaukee
Feb. 2, 2003
Chicago, Ill. - The UIC women's tennis team evened its season record at 3-3 today by beating Southern Illinois, 5-2, and Horizon League foe UW-Milwaukee, 7-0, at the Hyde Park Tennis Club.
Nicole Derouin, Zvjezdana Malesevic and Molly Smith were doubles-winners on the day in singles action.
Derouin and Corey Steven notched a pair of No.1 doubles wins on the day, while Ayca Gumuscu and Zvjezdana Malesevic mirrored that effort an No.2 doubles.
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Is there a web browser out there that is more suited for paranoid people? Why would you choose it/ What feature would your ideal paranoia browser have? For instance i would want one which Sends NO User-Agent information to the website.
Try The Paranoid Kit extension collection for Firefox.
Also Privoxy is a proxy server that strips any personal information from requests no matter what browser do you use. It is used in Tor by default, too.
After following the above steps, it's worth popping over to http://panopticlick.eff.org/ . This page will tell you how unique your browser fingerprint is. (i.e. how easily it can be proved to be the browser you're using)
Yo give you an idea how scary this is, even in incognito mode, my browser fingerprint is totally identifiable from nearly 1/4 of a million other browsers.
It is possible to disable/mask the the user agent in pretty much any browser (if that's your main concern).
Use a web proxy where applicable (e.g. Tor/Privoxy).
Other than that, run your web browser inside a sandbox (e.g. Sandboxie, preferably with a RAM disk as container) for ultimate privacy, this will leave NO browsing traces on your system when you turn it off. Not even the most sophisticated computer forensic tools will be able to recover any traces as nothing will be written to a physical disk.
I know that was not exactly the question, but if you're really paranoid about that, go get a Live-CD like Knoppix, Kanotix, DSL or the Ubuntu one. This will not even leave traces on the computer that there was an operating system. ;)
You can try JonDoFox.
JonDoFox is a profile for the Mozilla Firefox web browser particularly optimized for anonymous and secure web surfing.
Combined with JonDo it is very powerful and secure.
The simple answer is that it depends what you are doing. The more reason you have to hide, the more reason other people have to find you.
As a general rule, Tor and the Tor browser are probably the best for protecting your privacy, but don't assume that makes you immune from the law. If you're doing strongly objectionable things on the Internet you'll find yourself at the wrong end of some billion-dollar US departments with UAVs.
How about Chrome's Incognito mode?
Might not be quite paranoid enough for you though ;-)


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Boiling Spring Lakes | A South Brunswick High School teacher has been selected as a fellow of a statewide initiative allowing teachers the chance to explore new ways of preparing students for college and careers, according to a press release from the schools.
South Brunswick High School career and technical education teacher Beke Lindsay will be Brunswick County's 2013-14 Kenan Fellow. Lindsay, the first from the county selected for the program, competed against 230 other candidates throughout the state, according to the release.
The Kenan Fellows Program is an initiative of the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Technology & Science at N.C. State University.
During the summer, Lindsay will work on a research project with a mentor from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction, according to the release. Her research will be shared with other educators in the state and nation.
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I am just really curious on the what when where and why's of dread shrinkage. My locks seem to be getting shorter so I wanted to see if there is anything I can do to prevent this from happening. Does the hair seem to ball up in one particular spot and make a bump inside of the dread? Please Help. God Bless
Re: Can Someone Please Explain Shrinkage?Mon, August 18, 2008 - 6:25 AMHi Victoria...I feel your pain over the shrinkage. Your dreads are getting shorter because your hair is doing what it is suppose to be doing when it's dreaded...it's locking up. The bumps, lumps and "S" shapes are due to one side of the dread locking faster than the other. Hang in there...it took mine almost a year and 1/2 to finally stop shrinking and once your length starts again, the bumps and lumps will finally straighten out.
Re: Can Someone Please Explain Shrinkage?Mon, August 18, 2008 - 6:27 AMOh, one more thing...it seemed like the more I washed, the more the shrinkage. It got to the point I was only washing once a month but now I'm back to twice a week.
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By Richard Loth (Contact | Biography)
Expressed as an indicator (days) of management performance efficiency, the operating cycle is a "twin" of the cash conversion cycle. While the parts are the same - receivables, inventory and payables - in the operating cycle, they are analyzed from the perspective of how well the company is managing these critical operational capital assets, as opposed to their impact on cash.
DIO is computed by:
- Dividing the cost of sales (income statement) by 365 to get a cost of sales per day figure;
- Calculating the average inventory figure by adding the year's beginning (previous yearend amount) and ending inventory figure (both are in the balance sheet) and dividing by 2 to obtain an average amount of inventory for any given year; and
- Dividing the average inventory figure by the cost of sales per day figure.
|(1) cost of sales per day
|739.4 ÷ 365 = 2.0
|(2) average inventory 2005
|536.0 + 583.7 = 1,119.7 ÷ 2 = 559.9
|(3) days inventory outstanding
|559.9 ÷ 2.0 = 279.9
DSO is computed by:
- Dividing net sales (income statement) by 365 to get net sales per day figure;
- Calculating the average accounts receivable figure by adding the year's beginning (previous yearend amount) and ending accounts receivable amount (both figures are in the balance sheet) and dividing by 2 to obtain an average amount of accounts receivable for any given year; and
- Dividing the average accounts receivable figure by the net sales per day figure.
|(1) net sales per day
|3,286.1 ÷ 365 = 9.0
|(2) average accounts receivable
|524.8 + 524.2 = 1,049 ÷ 2 = 524.5
|(3) days sales outstanding
|524.5 ÷ 9.0 = 58.3
- Dividing the cost of sales (income statement) by 365 to get a cost of sales per day figure;
- Calculating the average accounts payable figure by adding the year's beginning (previous yearend amount) and ending accounts payable amount (both figures are in the balance sheet), and dividing by 2 to get an average accounts payable amount for any given year; and
- Dividing the average accounts payable figure by the cost of sales per day figure.
|(1) cost of sales per day
|739.4 ÷ 365 =2.0
|(2) average accounts payable
|131.6 + 123.6 = 255.2 ÷ 125.6
|(3) days payable outstanding
|125.6 ÷ 2.0 = 63
Computing OC
Zimmer Holdings' operating cycle (OC) for FY 2005 would be computed with these numbers (rounded):
Often the components of the operating cycle - DIO, DSO and DPO - are expressed in terms of turnover as a times (x) factor. For example, in the case of Zimmer Holdings, its days inventory outstanding of 280 days would be expressed as turning over 1.3x annually (365 days ÷ 280 days = 1.3 times). However, it appears that the use of actually counting days is more literal and easier to understand.
As we mentioned in its definition, the operating cycle has the same makeup as the cash conversion cycle. Management efficiency is the focus of the operating cycle, while cash flow is the focus of the cash conversion cycle.
To illustrate this difference in perspective, let's use a narrow, simplistic comparison of Zimmer Holdings' operating cycle to that of a competitive peer company, Biomet. Obviously, we would want more background information and a longer review period, but for the sake of this discussion, we'll assume the FY 2005 numbers we have to work with are representative for both companies and their industry.
|Days Sales Outstanding (DSO):
|58 Days
|105 Days
|Days Inventory Outstanding (DIO):
|280 Days
|294 Days
|Days Payable Outstanding (DPO):
|63 Days
|145 Days
|Operating Cycle:
|275 Days
|254 Days
When it comes to collecting on its receivables, it appears from the DSO numbers, that Zimmer Holdings is much more operationally efficient than Biomet. Common sense tells us that the longer a company has money out there on the street (uncollected), the more risk it is taking. Is Biomet remiss in not having tighter control of its collection of receivables? Or could it be trying to pick up market share through easier payment terms to its customers? This would please the sales manager, but the CFO would certainly be happier with a faster collection time.
Zimmer Holdings and Biomet have almost identical days inventory outstanding. For most companies, their DIO periods are, typically, considerably shorter than the almost 10-month periods evidenced here. Our assumption is that this circumstance does not imply poor inventory management but rather reflects product line and industry characteristics. Both companies may be obliged to carry large, high-value inventories in order to satisfy customer requirements.
Biomet has a huge advantage in the DPO category. It is stretching out its payments to suppliers way beyond what Zimmer is able to do. The reasons for this highly beneficial circumstance (being able to use other people's money) would be interesting to know. Questions you should be asking include: Does this indicate that the credit reputation of Biomet is that much better than that of Zimmer? Why doesn't Zimmer enjoy similar terms?
Shorter Is Better?
In summary, one would assume that "shorter is better" when analyzing a company's cash conversion cycle or its operating cycle. While this is certainly true in the case of the former, it isn't necessarily true for the latter. There are numerous variables attached to the management of receivables, inventory and payables that require a variety of decisions as to what's best for the business.
For example, strict (short) payment terms might restrict sales. Minimal inventory levels might mean that a company cannot fulfill orders on a timely basis, resulting in lost sales. Thus, it would appear that if a company is experiencing solid sales growth and reasonable profits, its operating cycle components should reflect a high degree of historical consistency.
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