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Interest Cost Components (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Schedule of Interest Cost Components | Interest Cost Components
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Amount charged to expense |  | $ | 453 |  |  | $ | 490 |  |  | $ | 524 |
Amount capitalized |  |  | 99 |  |  |  | 93 |  |  |  | 101 |
|  | $ | 552 |  |  | $ | 583 |  |  | $ | 625 |

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