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Comprehensive Income (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Comprehensive Income [Abstract] |
Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | Comprehensive income reflects the change in equity of a business enterprise during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources. For the Company, comprehensive income represents net income adjusted for unrealized gains and losses on certain investments and foreign currency translation adjustments.
| For the Twelve Months ended December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Foreign currency translation adjustments: |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | $ | 2,458,933 |  |  | $ | 2,129,957 |  |  | $ | 566,903 |
Other Comprehensive income before reclassifications | 48,989 |  |  | 328,976 |  |  | 1,563,054 |
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Net current-period change | 48,989 |  |  | 328,976 |  |  | 1,563,054 |
Balance at end of period | 2,507,922 |  |  | 2,458,933 |  |  | 2,129,957 |
Unrealized gains(losses) on available-for-sale securities: |  |  |  |  |
Balance at beginning of period | 15,111,778 |  |  | 10,412,246 |  |  | 21,750,000 |
Other Comprehensive income before reclassifications | 16,139,845 |  |  | 10,138,902 |  |  | (7,012,974 | )
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income | (11,784,182 | ) |  | (5,439,370 | ) |  | (4,324,780 | )
Net current-period change | 4,355,663 |  |  | 4,699,532 |  |  | (11,337,754 | )
Balance at end of period | 19,467,441 |  |  | 15,111,778 |  |  | 10,412,246 |
Accumulated other comprehensive income, end of period | $ | 21,975,363 |  |  | $ | 17,570,711 |  |  | $ | 12,542,203 |
All amounts are shown net of tax. Amounts in parentheses indicate debits.
Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income | The following table presents details of reclassifications out of other comprehensive income for the twelve months ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011.
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components |  | Amounts Reclassified from Other Comprehensive Income |  | Affected Line item in the Statement of Consolidated Income
|  | For the Twelve Months ended December 31, |  |
|  | 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  |
Unrealized gains and (losses) on available-for-sale securities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Realized gain (loss) on sale of securities |  | $ | 18,129,511 |  |  | $ | 8,368,261 |  |  | $ | 6,653,508 |  |  | Other, net
Provision for Income Taxes |  | (6,345,329 | ) |  | (2,928,891 | ) |  | (2,328,728 | ) |  | Provision for Income Taxes
Total reclassifications for the period |  | $ | 11,784,182 |  |  | $ | 5,439,370 |  |  | $ | 4,324,780 |  |  | Net of tax

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