Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes

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The domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable under enacted tax laws to the Company's pretax income from continuing operations for the period. The "statutory" tax rate is the regular tax rate if there are alternative tax systems.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 109

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-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 6.I)

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to domestic operations.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 235

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-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(h)(1)(i))

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 08

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-Subparagraph 1(i)

-Article 4

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The portion of earnings or loss from continuing operations before income taxes that is attributable to foreign operations, which is defined as Income or Loss generated from operations located outside the entity's country of domicile.

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Income Taxes (Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Domestic	$ 6,604	$ 12,043	$ 13,694
Pre-tax income, Foreign	71,425	61,452	45,960
Total	78,029	73,495	59,654
Statutory tax rate	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
United States [Member]
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Domestic	6,604
Statutory tax rate	35.00%
Canada
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	1,289
Statutory tax rate	30.50%
Latin America [Member]
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	420
Statutory tax rate	34.00%
Australia
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	1,465
Statutory tax rate	30.00%
Singapore [Member]
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	25,188
Statutory tax rate	10.00%
New Zealand
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	292
Statutory tax rate	28.00%
India [Member]
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	35,708
Statutory tax rate	0.00%
Europe (United Kingdom)
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	67
Statutory tax rate	24.00%
Sweden
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	$ 6,996
Statutory tax rate	0.00%