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Inventories (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Inventory [Abstract] |
Changes in the Inventory Reserves |
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, |  |  | Three Months Ended September 30, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
|  |  |  |  | (In Thousands) |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period |  | $ | 1,783 |  |  | $ | 1,793 |  |  | $ | 1,737 |  |  | $ | 1,988 |
Provisions for losses |  |  | 337 |  |  |  | 1,351 |  |  |  | 293 |  |  |  | 1,072 |
Write-offs and disposals |  |  | (93 | ) |  |  | (85 | ) |  |  | (3 | ) |  |  | (1 | )
Balance at end of period |  | $ | 2,027 |  |  | $ | 3,059 |  |  | $ | 2,027 |  |  | $ | 3,059 |

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