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Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities (Details 1) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	0	0
Original Notional Amount	$ 318.8	$ 367.7
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	4.5	(0.9)
Buy BRL sell USD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate		1.68
Original Notional Amount		7.6
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net		0.1
Buy EUR sell AUD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	1.30
Original Notional Amount	0.8
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy EUR sell GBP [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	0.83
Original Notional Amount	0.8
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy EUR sell HKD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	10.15
Original Notional Amount	0.9
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy EUR sell IDR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	11,985.00
Original Notional Amount	2.2
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy EUR sell INR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	69.21
Original Notional Amount	2.3
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy EUR sell MYR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	4.17
Original Notional Amount	6.0
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	(0.1)
Buy EUR sell ZAR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	10.89
Original Notional Amount	0.6
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy GBP sell EUR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	0.84
Original Notional Amount	0.8
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy MYR sell EUR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	4.12
Original Notional Amount	0.8
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy SEK sell EUR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	8.98
Original Notional Amount	1.0
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy USD sell ARS [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	4.37
Original Notional Amount	0.8
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy USD sell SGD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	1.28
Original Notional Amount	0.3
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy USD sell THB [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	31.43
Original Notional Amount	0.2
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy USD sell ZAR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	8.33
Original Notional Amount	1.1
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy CNY sell USD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	6.34
Original Notional Amount	2.5
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0
Buy EUR sell ARS [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	5.70	5.27
Original Notional Amount	3.0	1.3
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0	0
Buy EUR sell JPY [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate		113.89
Original Notional Amount		1.2
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net		(0.1)
Buy EUR Sell MXN [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	18.14	16.58
Original Notional Amount	14.9	35.5
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0	0
Buy EUR sell RUB [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	41.74	40.99
Original Notional Amount	9.2	1.8
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0	0
Buy EUR sell USD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	1.30	1.34
Original Notional Amount	44.8	101.4
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	(0.1)	0.1
Buy INR sell USD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate		44.81
Original Notional Amount		4.5
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net		0
Buy JPY sell EUR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate		111.90
Original Notional Amount		1.2
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net		0
Buy JPY sell USD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	77.85	82.57
Original Notional Amount	7.0	19.4
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0.1	0.4
Buy KRW sell USD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	1,161.81	1,146.51
Original Notional Amount	32.2	21.0
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	(0.2)	0.4
Buy MXN sell EUR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate		16.45
Original Notional Amount		8.0
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net		0
Buy MXN sell USD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate		12.37
Original Notional Amount		4.5
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net		0
Buy MYR sell USD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	3.18	3.10
Original Notional Amount	19.0	12.2
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0	0.1
Buy PEN sell USD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	2.70	2.80
Original Notional Amount	6.7	10.3
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0	0
Buy PHP sell USD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate		43.89
Original Notional Amount		0.1
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net		0
Buy TWD sell USD [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate		29.17
Original Notional Amount		2.6
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net		0
Buy USD sell BRL [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate		1.72
Original Notional Amount		14.9
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net		(0.5)
Buy USD sell COP [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	1,943.00	1,917.51
Original Notional Amount	5.1	4.3
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0	0
Buy USD sell EUR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	1.37	1.32
Original Notional Amount	81.4	74.3
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	4.4	(1.0)
Buy USD sell GBP [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	1.55	1.56
Original Notional Amount	24.1	4.0
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0	0
Buy USD sell INR [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	53.30	45.78
Original Notional Amount	1.0	8.7
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0	(0.2)
Buy USD sell JPY [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate		81.59
Original Notional Amount		9.8
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net		(0.1)
Buy USD sell KRW [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	1,156.38	1,138.90
Original Notional Amount	7.5	4.9
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0	(0.1)
Buy USD sell MXN [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	13.89	12.45
Original Notional Amount	37.3	4.9
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0.4	0
Buy USD sell PEN [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate		2.81
Original Notional Amount		5.2
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net		0
Buy USD sell PHP [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	43.79	44.11
Original Notional Amount	3.2	2.8
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	0	0
Buy USD sell RUB [Member]
Summary of foreign currency forward contracts outstanding
Average Contract Rate	31.86	31.48
Original Notional Amount	1.3	1.3
Fair value for derivatives grouped by currency pair, net	$ 0	$ 0

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Aggregate notional amount of foreign currency exchange rate derivatives. Notional amount refers to the number of currency units specified in the foreign currency derivative contract.

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