Pension Plan

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Pension Plan [Abstract]

Pension Plan

(11) Pension Plan

The following table shows the components of net periodic pension cost for our defined benefit pension plan as of September 30, 2011 and 2010 (amounts in thousands):

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Service cost	$	290		$	285		$	871		$	855
Interest cost		1,262			1,239			3,785			3,718
Expected return on assets		(1,642	)		(1,288	)		(4,925	)		(3,864	)
Recognized actuarial loss		607			635			1,821			1,904
Net periodic pension cost	$	517		$	871		$	1,552		$	2,613

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we made contributions totaling $13.7 million to our pension plan.