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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Stock-Based Compensation [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation Expense And Related Income Tax Benefit Recognized

		Three Months Ended September 30,								Nine Months Ended September 30,
		2011				2010				2011				2010
Stock options:
Pre-tax compensation expense		$	144			$	200			$	404			$	198
Tax benefit			60				83				167				82
Stock option expense, net of tax		$	84			$	117			$	237			$	116
Restricted stock:
Pre-tax compensation expense		$	586			$	258			$	1,473			$	766
Tax benefit			241				104				607				316
Restricted stock expense, net of tax		$	345			$	154			$	866			$	450

Schedule Of Share-Based Compensation Stock Options Activity

		Number of Options (in thousands)				Weighted Average Exercise Price ($)				Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years)				Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in  thousands)
Outstanding at beginning of period			1,315			$	17.37
Options granted			0			$	0.00
Options exercised			(184	)		$	14.22
Options forfeited			(6	)		$	17.00
Options expired			0			$	0.00
Outstanding at end of period			1,125			$	17.88				4.43			$	3,313
Exercisable at end of period			757			$	17.91				3.33			$	2,209

Schedule Of Share-Based Compensation Restricted Stock Activity

		Number of Restricted Shares (in thousands)				Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value ($)
Nonvested at beginning of period			453			$	19.49
Shares granted			40			$	23.30
Shares vested			0			$	0.00
Shares forfeited			(2	)		$	20.64
Nonvested at end of period			491			$	19.79

Schedule Of Valuation Assumption

Dividends per share (quarterly amounts)		$	0.05
Risk-free interest rate			0.4	%

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the amount of total share-based compensation cost, including the amounts attributable to each share-based compensation plan and any related tax benefits.

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Disclosure of the number and weighted-average grant date fair value for restricted stock and restricted stock units that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, and the number of restricted stock and restricted stock units that were granted, vested, or forfeited during the year.

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Tabular disclosure of the number and weighted-average exercise prices (or conversion ratios) for share options (or share units) that were outstanding at the beginning and end of the year, vested and expected to vest, exercisable or convertible at the end of the year, and the number of share options or share units that were granted, exercised or converted, forfeited, and expired during the year.

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Tabular disclosure of the significant assumptions used during the year to estimate the fair value of restricted stock and similar instruments, including, but not limited to: (a) expected dividends and (b) risk-free interest rate.

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