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Restructuring Charges (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Two Thousand Twelve Plan [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs | The following table summarizes the 2012 Plan restructuring activities during the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012:
|  | Employee Severance and Related Benefits |  | Facilities |  | Total
|  | (in thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2011 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Charges |  | 7,301 |  |  | — |  |  | 7,301 |
Payments |  | (6,395 | ) |  | — |  |  | (6,395 | )
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 906 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 906 |
Charges |  | 136 |  |  | 1,960 |  |  | 2,096 |
Payments |  | (958 | ) |  | (1,307 | ) |  | (2,265 | )
Non-cash settlements |  | — |  |  | (653 | ) | * | (653 | )
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 84 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 84 |
Payments |  | (84 | ) |  | — |  |  | (84 | )
Balance at December 31, 2014 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
______________________________________ *The non-cash charge of $653 thousand is related to the termination of the Company's financing obligation associated with abandoning a construction asset at one of its facilities.
Two Thousand Thirteen Restructuring Plan [Member] |
Restructuring Cost and Reserve [Line Items] |
Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs | The following table summarizes the 2013 Plan restructuring activities during the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:
|  | Employee Severance and Related Benefits |  | Facilities |  | Total
|  | (In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2012 |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Charges |  | 3,255 |  |  | 195 |  |  | 3,450 |
Payments |  | (1,523 | ) |  | (62 | ) |  | (1,585 | )
Balance at December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 1,732 |  |  | $ | 133 |  |  | $ | 1,865 |
Charges |  | 39 |  |  | — |  |  | 39 |
Payments |  | (1,771 | ) |  | (133 | ) |  | (1,904 | )
Balance at December 31, 2014 |  | $ | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |

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