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Accrued and Other Liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Accrued and Other Liabilities [Abstract] |
Accrued and Other Liabilities Disclosure [Table Text Block] | Changes in noncontrolling interest amounts included in accrued and other liabilities for the three years ended December 31, 2012 were as follows:
|  | Noncontrolling Interests
Balance, December 31, 2009 |  | $ | 4,058 |
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | 10,378 |
Distributions made |  |  | (7,685 | )
Other(1) |  |  | 1,826 |
Balance, December 31, 2010 |  | $ | 8,577 |
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | 8,387 |
Distributions made |  |  | (12,264 | )
Other(2) |  |  | (651 | )
Balance, December 31, 2011 |  | $ | 4,049 |
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests |  |  | 6,012 |
Distributions made |  |  | (7,673 | )
Other(2) |  |  | 1,236 |
Balance, December 31, 2012 |  | $ | 3,624 |
| (1) | Other consists primarily of an adjustment to record distributions to be made as a result of an acquired company and cumulative translation adjustments.
| (2) | Other consists primarily of step up transactions, discontinued operations and cumulative translation adjustments.

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