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Income Taxes
9 Months Ended
Sep. 29, 2013
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes
Income Taxes
The Company’s 2013 income tax rate for the nine months ended September 29, 2013 was 34.3% compared to 35.3% for the same period last year. The Company's 2013 effective tax rate was favorably impacted by the reinstatement of the U.S. Federal Research and Development tax credit with the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 at the beginning of 2013 and a third quarter adjustment to the valuation allowance on certain deferred tax assets. During the first nine months of 2013, the Company recorded the benefits of the Research and Development tax credit for the full year of 2012 and for the three quarters of 2013.