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1. Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Product Warranty Liability

Changes in the warranty accrual, included in Other current liabilities and Other long-term liabilities, were as follows (in millions):

		2012				2011
January 1		$	16.4			$	18.3
Provision for warranty		19.8				21.1
Actual warranty costs		(19.8		)		(23.0		)
December 31		$	16.4			$	16.4

Schedule of Weighted Average Number of Shares

The weighted average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share and the anti-dilutive shares are as follows (in thousands):

		Year Ended December 31,
		2012			2011			2010
Basic weighted average shares outstanding		28,290			28,031			27,665
Effect of potentially dilutive stock options
and restricted stock awards		352			437			486
Diluted weighted average common shares		28,642			28,468			28,151
Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the computation of diluted
EPS		83			63			114

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Tabular disclosure of the changes in the guarantor's aggregate product warranty liability, including the beginning balance of the aggregate product warranty liability, the aggregate reductions in that liability for payments made (in cash or in kind) under the warranty, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to product warranties issued during the reporting period, the aggregate changes in the liability for accruals related to preexisting warranties (including adjustments related to changes in estimates), and the ending balance of the aggregate product warranty liability.

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Tabular disclosure of the weighted average number of shares used in calculating basic net earnings per share (or unit) and diluted earnings per share (or unit).

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