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Income Taxes Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule Of Components Of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) | The provision for income taxes consists of the following components (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Current: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 110,825 |  |  | $ | 97,887 |  |  | $ | 75,009 |
State | 19,693 |  |  | 14,435 |  |  | 16,552 |
Foreign | 13,202 |  |  | 3,883 |  |  | 2,483 |
| $ | 143,720 |  |  | $ | 116,205 |  |  | $ | 94,044 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 5,824 |  |  | $ | 8,376 |  |  | $ | 8,928 |
State | (647 | ) |  | 919 |  |  | 598 |
Foreign | (955 | ) |  | 7 |  |  | (563 | )
| $ | 4,222 |  |  | $ | 9,302 |  |  | $ | 8,963 |
Provision for income taxes | $ | 147,942 |  |  | $ | 125,507 |  |  | $ | 103,007 |
Schedule Of Income Before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign | Income taxes have been based on the following components of income from continuing operations before provision for income taxes (in thousands):
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Domestic | $ | 348,150 |  |  | $ | 319,305 |  |  | $ | 264,438 |
Foreign | 61,017 |  |  | 16,466 |  |  | 5,687 |
| $ | 409,167 |  |  | $ | 335,771 |  |  | $ | 270,125 |
Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation | The U.S. federal statutory rate is reconciled to the effective tax rate as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
U.S. federal statutory rate | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | % |  | 35.0 | %
State income taxes, net of state credits and federal tax impact | 3.1 | % |  | 3.1 | % |  | 3.4 | %
Impact of international operations | (2.3 | )% |  | (0.8 | )% |  | (0.3 | )%
Non-deductible expenses | 0.8 | % |  | 0.7 | % |  | 0.3 | %
Federal production incentives and credits | (0.3 | )% |  | (0.4 | )% |  | (0.2 | )%
Revaluation of deferred taxes | (0.3 | )% |  | — | % |  | (0.5 | )%
Other, net | 0.2 | % |  | (0.2 | )% |  | 0.4 | %
Effective tax rate | 36.2 | % |  | 37.4 | % |  | 38.1 | %
Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | The significant components of our deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011
Deferred Tax Assets: |  |  |
Inventory | $ | 29,523 |  |  | $ | 22,267 |
Accrued expenses and reserves | 27,361 |  |  | 18,357 |
Accounts receivable | 10,037 |  |  | 10,860 |
Stock-based compensation | 9,442 |  |  | 8,945 |
Qualified and nonqualified retirement plans | 7,476 |  |  | 5,157 |
Net operating loss carryforwards | 4,451 |  |  | 4,722 |
Interest rate swaps | 5,461 |  |  | 3,679 |
Other | 4,711 |  |  | 8,621 |
| 98,462 |  |  | 82,608 |
Less valuation allowance | (1,631 | ) |  | (1,911 | )
Total deferred tax assets | $ | 96,831 |  |  | $ | 80,697 |
Deferred Tax Liabilities: |  |  |
Goodwill and other intangible assets | $ | 64,704 |  |  | $ | 46,373 |
Property and equipment | 48,994 |  |  | 44,535 |
Trade name | 30,336 |  |  | 32,592 |
Other | 1,428 |  |  | 1,864 |
Total deferred tax liabilities | $ | 145,462 |  |  | $ | 125,364 |
Net deferred tax liability | $ | (48,631 | ) |  | $ | (44,667 | )
Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities Classification | Deferred tax assets and liabilities are reflected on our Consolidated Balance Sheets as follows (in thousands):
| December 31,
| 2012 |  | 2011
Current deferred tax assets | $ | 53,485 |  |  | $ | 45,690 |
Noncurrent deferred tax assets | 164 |  |  | — |
Current deferred tax liabilities | 5 |  |  | 1,561 |
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities | 102,275 |  |  | 88,796 |
Schedule Of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Rollforward | A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):
| 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010
Balance at January 1 | $ | 5,497 |  |  | $ | 5,441 |  |  | $ | 8,526 |
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 973 |  |  | 952 |  |  | 713 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 167 |  |  | 192 |  |  | 281 |
Reductions for tax positions of prior years | (2,379 | ) |  | — |  |  | (86 | )
Reductions for tax positions of prior years—timing differences | — |  |  | — |  |  | (2,041 | )
Lapse of statutes of limitations | (998 | ) |  | (892 | ) |  | (1,952 | )
Settlements with taxing authorities | (957 | ) |  | (196 | ) |  | — |
Balance at December 31 | $ | 2,303 |  |  | $ | 5,497 |  |  | $ | 5,441 |

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