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Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Taxes [Abstract]

Constituents of provision (benefit) for income taxes

		Year Ended December 31,
		2011				2010				2009
Current:
Federal		$	6,711			$	5,749				$    (12,771	)
State			806				199				(774	)
Foreign			10,519				7,740				1,053
			18,036				13,688				(12,492	)
Deferred:
Federal			(812	)			901				6,434
State			34				217				57
Foreign			(10	)			(84	)			494
			(788	)			1,034				6,985
		$	17,248			$	14,722				$    (5,507	)

Reconciliation of the United States federal statutory corporate tax rate to the Company's effective tax rate or income tax provision

		Year Ended December 31,
		2011				2010				2009
Income tax provision (benefit) at federal statutory rate			35	%			35	%			(35	)%
State income taxes, net of federal benefit			1				1				(2	)
Foreign tax rate differential			(15	)			(15	)			22
Tax credit			(1	)			(1	)			(3	)
Discrete tax events			-				(1	)			(34	)
Tax-exempt investment income			-				-				(5	)
Other			-				-				4
Income tax provision (benefit)			20	%			19	%			(53	)%

Changes in the reserve for income taxes, excluding interest and penalties

Balance of reserve for income taxes as of December 31, 2009		$	5,355
Gross amounts of increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken in prior periods			420
Gross amounts of increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken in the current period			606
Gross amounts of decreases in unrecognized tax benefits relating to settlements with taxing authorities			(2,122	)
Gross amounts of decreases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of the expiration of the applicable statutes of limitations			(78	)
Balance of reserve for income taxes as of December 31, 2010			4,181
Gross amounts of increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken in prior periods			7
Gross amounts of increases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of tax positions taken in the current period			937
Gross amounts of decreases in unrecognized tax benefits relating to settlements with taxing authorities			(192	)
Gross amounts of decreases in unrecognized tax benefits as a result of the expiration of the applicable statutes of limitations			(785	)
Balance of reserve for income taxes as of December 31, 2011		$	4,148

Constituents of Deferred tax assets

		December 31,
		2011				2010
Current deferred tax assets:
Inventory and revenue related		$	5,202			$	4,031
Bonuses, commissions, and other compensation			1,273				1,029
Other			1,283				1,242
Gross current deferred tax assets			7,758				6,302
Valuation allowance			(878	)			-
Net current deferred tax assets		$	6,880			$	6,302
Noncurrent deferred tax assets:
Federal and state tax credit carryforwards		$	12,274			$	11,482
Stock-based compensation expense			6,160				5,830
Depreciation			1,798				1,950
Acquired completed technologies and other intangible assets			1,519				1,870
Unrealized investment gains and losses			891				934
Correlative tax relief and deferred interest related to reserves			609				655
Capital loss carryforward			373				373
Acquired in-process technology			178				303
Other			1,928				1,430
Gross noncurrent deferred tax assets			25,730				24,827
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities:
Nondeductible intangible assets			(6,244	)			(7,543	)
Other			(1,045	)			(1,356	)
Gross noncurrent deferred tax liabilities			(7,289	)			(8,899	)
Valuation allowance			(2,522	)			(373	)
Net noncurrent deferred tax assets		$	15,919			$	15,555

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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Tabular disclosure of tax positions taken in the tax returns filed or to be filed for which it is more likely than not that the tax position will not be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities (i.e., uncertain tax positions) and other types of income tax contingencies, including: (1) the policy on classification of interest and penalties; (2) a tabular reconciliation of the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the period; the total amount(s) of: (3) unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would affect the effective tax rate, and (4) interest and penalties recognized in each of the income statement and balance sheet; (5) for positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts unrecognized will significantly change within 12 months of the reporting date the: (i) nature of the uncertainty, (ii) nature of the event that could occur that would cause the change, and (iii) an estimate of the range of the reasonably possible change or a statement that an estimate of the range cannot be made; and (6) a description of tax years that remain subject to examination by major tax jurisdictions.

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