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Changes in Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
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Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following table summarizes changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 (in thousands). All amounts are net of tax:
|  | Defined Benefit Pension Items |  |  | Gains (Losses) on Cash Flow Hedges |  |  | Total |
Balance, December 31, 2012 |  | $ | (2,188 | ) |  | $ | (85 | ) |  | $ | (2,273 | )
Other comprehensive income before reclassifications |  |  | — |  |  |  | 175 |  |  |  | 175 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |  |  | 194 |  |  |  | (82 | ) |  |  | 112 |
Net current period other comprehensive income |  |  | 194 |  |  |  | 93 |  |  |  | 287 |
Balance, September 30, 2013 |  | $ | (1,994 | ) |  | $ | 8 |  |  | $ | (1,986 | )
Schedule of Effect on Net Income of Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The following table provides additional detail about accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) components which were reclassified to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 (in thousands):
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Components |  | Amount reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) |  |  | Affected line item in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income
Defined Benefit Pension Items |  |  |  |  |  |
Net periodic pension cost |  | $ | (295 | ) |  | Cost of sales
|  |  | 101 |  |  | Tax benefit
|  | $ | (194 | ) |  | Net of tax
Gains and losses on cash flow hedges |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency forward contracts |  | $ | 131 |  |  | Net sales
|  |  | (49 | ) |  | Tax expense
|  | $ | 82 |  |  | Net of tax
Total reclassifications for the period |  | $ | (112 | ) |  |

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