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SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS [Abstract] |
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts |
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|  | Balance at |  | Charged to |  | Charged to |  | Other |  | Balance at
|  | Beginning of |  | Costs and |  | Other |  | Additions |  | End of
|  | Year |  | Expense |  | Accounts |  | (Deductions) |  | Year
Reserves and allowances deducted |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
from asset accounts: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 2,487 |  |  | $ | (53 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,434 |
Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  | 2,443 |  |  | 44 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,487 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012 |  | 2,393 |  |  | 49 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,443 |
Reserves for non-income taxes: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Year Ended December 31, 2014 |  | $ | 78 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1 | ) | a | $ | 93 |
Year Ended December 31, 2013 |  | 80 |  |  | 35 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | (36 | ) | a | 78 |
Year Ended December 31, 2012 |  | 73 |  |  | 21 |  |  | (2 | ) |  | (12 | ) | a | 80 |
a. | Represents amounts paid or adjustments to reserves based on revised estimates.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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