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Dividends and Earnings Per Share (Details 2)	0 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Jan. 07, 2013 Q3 Contracting	Mar. 24, 2014 Equity Plan Restricted Stock Units	May 03, 2013 Equity Plan Restricted Stock Units	Jun. 30, 2014 Equity Plan Restricted Stock Units
Earnings per share
Shares granted		48,512	100,000	148,512
Number of unregistered shares of common stock issued	29,273

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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-Topic 805

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-Section 50

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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