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Retirement Plans and Employee Stock Purchase Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Retirement Plans and Employee Stock Purchase Plans |
Schedule of purchases made under the 2009 Employee Stock Purchase Plans |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Number of shares purchased |  |  | 487,451 |  |  | 300,177 |  |  | 356,777 |
Average price of shares purchased |  | $ | 8.35 |  | $ | 14.56 |  | $ | 13.52 |

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