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COST OF SALES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Resolution of Regulatory Matter [Abstract] 
Cost Of Sales
13.       COST OF SALES
 
In March 2011, the Tokyo District Court upheld a disputed $32.8 million customs assessment on certain of the Company’s products imported into Japan during the period of October 2002 through July 2005. As a result of this decision, the Company recorded an expense for the full amount of the disputed assessments in the first quarter of 2011. The charge was a non-cash item, as the Company was previously required to pay the assessments, which the Company did under protest. The Company has appealed this decision.