Income Taxes	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income taxes	Income Taxes The income tax provision includes U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes and is based on the application of a forecasted annual income tax rate applied to the current quarter's year-to-date pre-tax income or loss. In determining the estimated annual effective income tax rate, the Company analyzes various factors, including projections of the Company's annual earnings, taxing jurisdictions in which the earnings will be generated, the impact of state and local income taxes, the Company's ability to use tax credits and net operating loss carryforwards, and available tax planning alternatives. Discrete items, including the effect of changes in tax laws, tax rates and certain circumstances with respect to valuation allowances or other unusual or non-recurring tax adjustments are reflected in the period in which they occur as an addition to, or reduction from, the income tax provision, rather than included in the estimated effective annual income tax rate. The effective income tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2014 was 15.1%. The effective income tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was not meaningful as the $1.9 million income tax benefit is not directly correlated to the $0.7 million pre-tax income. The effective income tax rates were impacted by favorable net discrete tax items totaling $0.6 million and $2.0 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, primarily resulting from return to provision adjustments attributable to changes in estimates and the conclusion of the 2011 and 2012 U.S. federal tax return examinations. The effective income tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 were 20.4% and 23.4%, respectively. Discrete tax items impacting the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 were not significant.

Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Income Taxes

The income tax provision includes U.S. federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes and is based on the application of a forecasted annual income tax rate applied to the current quarter's year-to-date pre-tax income or loss. In determining the estimated annual effective income tax rate, the Company analyzes various factors, including projections of the Company's annual earnings, taxing jurisdictions in which the earnings will be generated, the impact of state and local income taxes, the Company's ability to use tax credits and net operating loss carryforwards, and available tax planning alternatives. Discrete items, including the effect of changes in tax laws, tax rates and certain circumstances with respect to valuation allowances or other unusual or non-recurring tax adjustments are reflected in the period in which they occur as an addition to, or reduction from, the income tax provision, rather than included in the estimated effective annual income tax rate.

The effective income tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2014 was 15.1%. The effective income tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was not meaningful as the $1.9 million income tax benefit is not directly correlated to the $0.7 million pre-tax income. The effective income tax rates were impacted by favorable net discrete tax items totaling $0.6 million and $2.0 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, primarily resulting from return to provision adjustments attributable to changes in estimates and the conclusion of the 2011 and 2012 U.S. federal tax return examinations. The effective income tax rates for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 were 20.4% and 23.4%, respectively. Discrete tax items impacting the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 were not significant.