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Accrued Liabilities and Other (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Accrued Liabilities and Other [Abstract] |
Other current liabilities |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Customer deposits |  | $ | 50,172 |  |  | $ | 49,182 |
Accrued compensation |  |  | 25,067 |  |  |  | 22,587 |
Self-insured liability accrual |  |  | 8,501 |  |  |  | 6,697 |
Accrued restructuring |  |  | 4,084 |  |  |  | 2,303 |
Accrued employee benefit costs |  |  | 3,132 |  |  |  | 3,730 |
Accrued dividends |  |  | 2,053 |  |  |  | 827 |
Accrued sales and use taxes |  |  | 906 |  |  |  | 1,668 |
Accrued foreign income taxes |  |  | 28 |  |  |  | 234 |
Other |  |  | 12,271 |  |  |  | 8,185 |
|  |  | 106,214 |  |  |  | 95,413 |
Discontinued operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Environmental remediation liabilities |  |  | 571 |  |  |  | 755 |
Self-insured liability accrual |  |  | 527 |  |  |  | 639 |
Other |  |  | 372 |  |  |  | 524 |
|  |  | 1,470 |  |  |  | 1,918 |
Total other current liabilities |  | $ | 107,684 |  |  | $ | 97,331 |
Other deferred items and liabilities | As of December 31 other deferred items and liabilities consisted of the following:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  | (in thousands) |
Continuing operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Self-insured liability accrual |  | $ | 15,579 |  |  | $ | 14,403 |
Accrued compensation |  |  | 8,061 |  |  |  | 5,538 |
Accrued restructuring |  |  | 3,140 |  |  |  | 4,647 |
Foreign deferred tax liability |  |  | 2,024 |  |  |  | 1,219 |
Other |  |  | 6,734 |  |  |  | 5,900 |
|  |  | 35,538 |  |  |  | 31,707 |
Discontinued operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Self-insured liability accrual |  |  | 5,188 |  |  |  | 5,351 |
Environmental remediation liabilities |  |  | 4,745 |  |  |  | 4,999 |
Accrued income taxes |  |  | 1,053 |  |  |  | 1,022 |
Other |  |  | 1,304 |  |  |  | 1,133 |
|  |  | 12,290 |  |  |  | 12,505 |
Total other deferred items and liabilities |  | $ | 47,828 |  |  | $ | 44,212 |

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