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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013 | Dec. 31, 2012
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |  |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) [Table Text Block] |
| December 31, 2013
| Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | Pension liability adjustments, net of taxes |  | Accumulated other comprehensive income
Beginning Balance | $ | 14,207 |  |  | $ | (12,566 | ) |  | $ | 1,641 |
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications, net of taxes of $3,769 | 4,218 |  |  | 6,611 |  |  | 10,829 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, net of taxes of $496 (1) | — |  |  | 852 |  |  | 852 |
Net current-period other comprehensive income, net of taxes | 4,218 |  |  | 7,463 |  |  | 11,681 |
Ending Balance | $ | 18,425 |  |  | $ | (5,103 | ) |  | $ | 13,322 |
| December 31, 2012
| Foreign currency translation adjustments |  | Pension liability adjustments, net of taxes |  | Accumulated other comprehensive income
Beginning Balance | $ | 12,635 |  |  | $ | (9,642 | ) |  | $ | 2,993 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net of a tax benefit of $1,698 | 1,572 |  |  | (3,899 | ) |  | (2,327 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (1) | — |  |  | 975 |  |  | 975 |
Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes | 1,572 |  |  | (2,924 | ) |  | (1,352 | )
Ending Balance | $ | 14,207 |  |  | $ | (12,566 | ) |  | $ | 1,641 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 220 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 14A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358780&loc=SL7669686-108580 + Details
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