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Employee Benefits Allocation of Plan Assets (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Allocation of Plan Assets
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations	100.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	100.00%	100.00%
Equity securities
Allocation of Plan Assets
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations	24.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	24.00%	22.00%
Fixed income securities
Allocation of Plan Assets
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations	47.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	43.00%	44.00%
Real estate
Allocation of Plan Assets
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations	7.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	5.00%	5.00%
Other plan assets
Allocation of Plan Assets
Defined Benefit Plan, Target Plan Asset Allocations	22.00%
Defined Benefit Plan, Actual Plan Asset Allocations	28.00%	29.00%

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Target allocation of investments of this type to total plan assets presented on a weighted average basis.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (d)(i)

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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361610&loc=d3e2446-114920



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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (d)(1)

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