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Stock Incentive Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Stock Incentive Plans [Abstract] |
Summary Of Stock Option Activity | Option activity for the year ended December 31, 2013 is summarized below:
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
Outstanding as of December 31, 2012 | 1,299,396 |  |  | $ | 22.39 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | 10,000 |  |  | 44.58 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (361,538 | ) |  | 20.32 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited | (663 | ) |  | 17.86 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2013 | 947,195 |  |  | $ | 23.41 |  |  | $ | 33,659 |  |  | 2.8
Exercisable as of December 31, 2013 | 921,462 |  |  | $ | 23.21 |  |  | $ | 32,937 |  |  | 2.7
Option Pricing Assumptions | The fair value of each option grant is estimated on the date of the grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 (1) |  | 2011
Expected life (in years) | 5.1 |  | — |  | 5.2
Risk-free interest rate | 0.8% |  | — |  | 0.9%
Expected volatility | 48.1% |  | — |  | 49.9%
Expected dividend yield | — |  | — |  | —
(1) No options were awarded in the year ended December 31, 2012.
Stock Option Awards | Other information pertaining to option activity is as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 (1) |  | 2011
Weighted-average fair value of options granted | $ | 19.04 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 13.94 |
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised | $ | 12,845 |  |  | $ | 24,120 |  |  | $ | 11,744 |
(1) No options were awarded in the year ended December 31, 2012.
Non-Vested Restricted Stock And Restricted Stock | A summary of the Company's non-vested restricted stock and restricted stock unit shares as of December 31, 2013, and changes during the year ended December 31, 2013, is presented below:
| Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Non-vested balance as of December 31, 2012 | 2,058,908 |  |  | $ | 37.25 |
Granted | 1,037,542 |  |  | 55.36 |
Vested | (961,741 | ) |  | 33.57 |
Forfeited | (45,116 | ) |  | 38.91 |
Non-vested balance as of December 31, 2013 | 2,089,593 |  |  | $ | 47.90 |

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