Pension Plan

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Pension Plan [Abstract]

Pension Plan

(10) Pension Plan

The following table shows the components of net periodic pension cost for our defined benefit pension plan as of September 30, 2012 and 2011 (amounts in thousands):

	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Service cost	$	286		$	290		$	858		$	871
Interest cost		1,165			1,262			3,495			3,785
Expected return on assets		(1,825	)		(1,642	)		(5,476	)		(4,925	)
Recognized actuarial loss		1,055			607			3,165			1,821
Net periodic pension cost	$	681		$	517		$	2,042		$	1,552

During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we made contributions totaling $7.1 million to our pension plan.