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Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income Tax Expense and Effective Tax Rates

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, the Company's income tax expense and effective tax rates on forecasted pretax losses were:

		Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
(in thousands, except for rate)		2015				2014				2015				2014
Income tax expense		$	44			$	113			$	151			$	155
Effective tax rate		(1		)%		(3		)%		(1		)%		(5		)%

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