Recent Accounting Developments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Recent Accounting Developments [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Developments

Note 3.  Recent Accounting Developments

In December 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an accounting standard update enhancing the disclosure of financial instruments and derivative instruments that have been offset on the balance sheet or are subject to a master netting arrangement or similar agreement, regardless of whether they offset on the balance sheet.  The objective of this disclosure is to facilitate the comparison of balance sheets between entities that prepare their financial statements using GAAP versus those entities that use International Financial Reporting Standards.  We adopted this guidance on January 1, 2013 and will apply its requirements beginning with our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ending March 31, 2013.  The adoption of this new guidance will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In February 2013, the FASB issued an accounting standard update enhancing the disclosures of comprehensive income to improve the transparency of reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings.  We adopted this guidance upon issuance and will apply its requirements beginning with our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the three months ending March 31, 2013.  The adoption of this new guidance will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.