Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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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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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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Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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-Glossary Income Tax Expense (or Benefit)

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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, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Income Tax Expense (Benefit)	$ 13,894us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 10,878us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 7,460us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Domestic	8,807	5,497	6,604
Pre-tax income, Foreign	68,645	64,655	71,425
Total	77,452	70,152	78,029
Statutory tax rate	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
United States
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Domestic	8,807
Statutory tax rate	35.00%
Canada
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	115
Statutory tax rate	30.50%
Latin America
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	1,590
Statutory tax rate	34.00%
Australia
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	5,091
Statutory tax rate	30.00%
Singapore
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	16,015
Statutory tax rate	10.00%
New Zealand
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	1,000
Statutory tax rate	28.00%
India
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	28,194
Statutory tax rate	0.00%
MAURITIUS
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	(370)
Statutory tax rate	0.00%
Europe (United Kingdom)
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	9,940
Statutory tax rate	24.00%
Sweden
Pre-Tax Income and Applicable Tax Rates [Line Items]
Pre-tax income, Foreign	$ 7,070
Statutory tax rate	0.00%