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Other Comprehensive Income (Notes) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |
Comprehensive Income (Loss) Note [Text Block] | ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME The following table presents changes in accumulated other comprehensive income by component for the period ended September 30, 2013:
| Currency Translation Adjustment, Net of Tax |  | Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Cash Flow Hedging Arrangements, Net of Tax |  | Pension and Post-Retirement Benefit Related Items, Net of Tax |  | Total
Balance at December 31, 2012 | $ | 56,012 |  |  | $ | (5,438 | ) |  | $ | (148,035 | ) |  | $ | (97,461 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Unrealized gains (loss) on cash flow hedging arrangements | — |  |  | (924 | ) |  | — |  |  | (924 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustment | 9,911 |  |  | 34 |  |  | (266 | ) |  | 9,679 |
Amounts recognized from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | — |  |  | 2,620 |  |  | 5,551 |  |  | 8,171 |
Net change in other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 9,911 |  |  | 1,730 |  |  | 5,285 |  |  | 16,926 |
Balance at September 30, 2013 | $ | 65,923 |  |  | $ | (3,708 | ) |  | $ | (142,750 | ) |  | $ | (80,535 | )
The following table presents amounts recognized from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013:
|  | September 30, 2013
|  | Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended |  | Location of Amounts Recognized in Earnings
Effective portion of losses on cash flow hedging arrangements: |  |  |  |  |  |
Interest rate swap agreements |  | $ | 777 |  |  | $ | 2,299 |  |  | Interest expense
Foreign currency forward contracts |  | 486 |  |  | 1,517 |  |  | Cost of sales - products
Total before taxes |  | 1,263 |  |  | 3,816 |  |  |
Provision for taxes |  | 399 |  |  | 1,196 |  |  | Provision for taxes
Total, net of taxes |  | $ | 864 |  |  | $ | 2,620 |  |  |
Recognition of defined benefit pension and post-retirement items: |  |  |  |  |  |
Recognition of actuarial losses, plan amendments and prior service cost, before taxes |  | $ | 2,571 |  |  | $ | 7,707 |  |  | (a)
Provision for taxes |  | 907 |  |  | 2,156 |  |  | Provision for taxes
Total, net of taxes |  | $ | 1,664 |  |  | $ | 5,551 |  |  |
(a) | These accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components are included in the computation of net periodic pension and post-retirement cost. See Note 10 for additional details for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.
Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax consisted of the following as of September 30:
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
Net earnings | $ | 74,326 |  |  | $ | 72,183 |  |  | $ | 195,932 |  |  | $ | 186,214 |
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax | 28,206 |  |  | 16,775 |  |  | 16,926 |  |  | $ | 12,831 |
Comprehensive income, net of tax | $ | 102,532 |  |  | $ | 88,958 |  |  | $ | 212,858 |  |  | $ | 199,045 |

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