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Employee Benefit Plans (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Profit sharing and thrift employee benefit plan
Defined contribution plan
Contributions	$ 4.9	$ 5.9	$ 3.9
Employee benefit plan
Defined contribution plan
Contributions	$ 0.6	$ 0.6	$ 0.5

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The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans.

+ References

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 70

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6414718&loc=d3e28014-114942

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