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Employee Benefit Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Net Benefit Costs | The components of net periodic pension expense are as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Interest cost | $ | 2,112 |  |  | $ | 2,206 |  |  | $ | 2,409 |
Expected return on plan assets | (2,705 | ) |  | (2,648 | ) |  | (2,575 | )
Amortization of net loss | 1,348 |  |  | 974 |  |  | 365 |
Total net periodic pension expense | $ | 755 |  |  | $ | 532 |  |  | $ | 199 |
Schedule of Changes in Projected Benefit Obligation and Plan Assets, Funded Status and Amounts Recognized on the Balance Sheet | The changes in the projected benefit obligation and plan assets, the funded status of the plans and the amounts recognized in the consolidated balance sheets are as follows:
| December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012
Change in projected benefit obligation: |  |  |
Projected benefit obligation at beginning of year | $ | 57,268 |  |  | $ | 49,925 |
Interest cost | 2,112 |  |  | 2,206 |
Benefits paid | (1,813 | ) |  | (1,710 | )
Actuarial (gains) losses | (6,883 | ) |  | 6,847 |
Projected benefit obligation at year end | $ | 50,684 |  |  | $ | 57,268 |
Change in plan assets: |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year | $ | 37,941 |  |  | $ | 34,020 |
Actual return (loss) | 6,202 |  |  | 3,899 |
Employer contributions | 635 |  |  | 1,732 |
Benefits paid | (1,813 | ) |  | (1,710 | )
Fair value of plan assets at year end | $ | 42,965 |  |  | $ | 37,941 |
Funded status (Accrued pension liabilities) | $ | (7,719 | ) |  | $ | (19,327 | )
Unrecognized actuarial loss recognized in accumulated other comprehensive income | $ | 8,250 |  |  | $ | 19,978 |
Schedule of Assumptions Used | The actuarial assumptions used in determining pension plan information are as follows:
| December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Assumptions used to determine benefit obligation at year end: |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate | 4.75 | % |  | 3.75 | % |  | 4.50 | %
Assumptions used to determine net periodic benefit cost: |  |  |  |  |
Discount rate | 3.75 | % |  | 4.50 | % |  | 5.50 | %
Expected long-term weighted-average rate of return on plan assets | 7.25 | % |  | 7.75 | % |  | 7.75 | %
Schedule of Allocation of Plan Assets [Table Text Block] | The target asset allocations and fair values by asset category at December 31 are as follows:
|  |  | Fair Value
|  |  | Total |  | Level 2 |  | Level 3
Asset category: | Target |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013
Equity | 55 | % |  | $ | 26,668 |  |  | $ | 21,265 |  |  | $ | 26,668 |  |  | $ | 21,265 |  |  | $ | — |
Fixed income funds | 43 | % |  | 12,527 |  |  | 16,650 |  |  | 12,527 |  |  | 16,650 |  |  | — |
Cash and cash equivalents | 2 | % |  | — |  |  | 26 |  |  | — |  |  | 26 |  |  | — |
Other investments | — | % |  | 3,770 |  |  | — |  |  | 1,609 |  |  | — |  |  | 2,161 |
Total | 100 | % |  | $ | 42,965 |  |  | $ | 37,941 |  |  | $ | 40,804 |  |  | $ | 37,941 |  |  | $ | 2,161 |
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
| December 31, 2013
Balance at beginning of year | $ | — |
Return on plan assets | 30 |
Purchases, sales and settlements, net | (1,925 | )
Transfers, net | 4,056 |
Balance at end of year | $ | 2,161 |
Schedule of Expected Benefit Payments | The Company’s funding policy is to contribute at least the minimum funding amounts required by law. Based upon current actuarial estimates, the Company expects to contribute $1,729 to its defined benefit pension plan in 2014. The following benefit payments are expected to be paid by the plan in each of the next five years and in the aggregate for the subsequent five years:
2014 | $ | 2,000 |
2015 | 2,100 |
2016 | 2,200 |
2017 | 2,400 |
2018 | 2,600 |
In aggregate during five years thereafter | 15,000 |

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