Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of tax expense and the effective tax rate for our income from continuing operations

The following table sets out the tax expense and the effective tax rate for our income from continuing operations (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
Provision for income taxes:
Income from continuing operations before income taxes	$	10,003		$	10,415		$	24,126		$	52,845
Provision for income taxes	4,268			3,244			8,824			13,396
Effective tax rate	42.7		%	31.1		%	36.6		%	25.3		%