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7. INCOME TAXES	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011
Income Tax Disclosure [Text Block]	7.  INCOME TAXES We file income tax returns in the U.S. Federal jurisdiction and various state and foreign jurisdictions.  We are no longer subject to U.S. Federal tax examinations for years before 2008.  State jurisdictions that remain subject to examination range from 2007 to 2010.  Foreign jurisdiction tax returns that remain subject to examination range from 2005 to 2010 for Canada and from 2006 to 2010 for Puerto Rico.  We do not believe there will be any material changes in our unrecognized tax positions over the next 12 months. Our policy is to recognize interest and penalties accrued on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. As of September 30, 2011, accrued interest or penalties were not material, and no such expenses were recognized during the quarter. We provided for income taxes at an estimated effective tax rate of 32.6% and 37.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.  The estimated effective tax rate for 2011 is lower than the estimated rate for 2010 as we expect to make additional permanent capital investment in our operations in the Dominican Republic, which will reduce the amount of dividends that we will need to provide for U.S. income taxes. During the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2011, we recognized a decrease to income tax expense of $0.1 million related to the filing of our 2010 Federal income tax return which decreased our effective tax rates for the three and nine-month period ended September 30, 2011 to 29.7% and 31.7%, respectively. During the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010, we recognized a decrease to income tax expense of $0.1 million related to the filing of our 2009 Federal income tax return which decreased our effective tax rates for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2010 to 36%.

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Description containing the entire income tax disclosure. Examples include net deferred tax liability or asset recognized in an enterprise's statement of financial position, net change during the year in the total valuation allowance, approximate tax effect of each type of temporary difference and carryforward that gives rise to a significant portion of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets, utilization of a tax carryback, and tax uncertainties information. This element may be used as a single block of text to encapsulate the entire disclosure including data and tables.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 08

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Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 109

-Paragraph 136, 172



Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 109

-Paragraph 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49

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