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Share-based compensation (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
Equity and Incentive Plan (EIP)
Share-based compensation
Shares remaining available for future issuance	3,600,000
Shares that can be issued upon vesting of outstanding units and achievement of performance goals	2,200,000
Stock Option and Incentive Plan (SOIP)
Share-based compensation
Outstanding shares	2,000
Period of time from grant date after which awards become unrestricted	4 years
Nonemployee Director Stock Plan
Share-based compensation
Shares remaining available for future issuance	202,460
Long-term incentive plan (LTIP)
Share-based compensation
Performance period	3 years
Exception to forfeiture, minimum requisite service period	12 months
Stock appreciation rights (SARs) | Stock Option and Incentive Plan (SOIP)
Share-based compensation
Percentage of award exercisable in installments	25.00%
Period during which the award vests and becomes exercisable in installments	4 years
Period award expires if not exercised	10 years
Restricted shares | Equity and Incentive Plan (EIP)
Share-based compensation
The number of equal annual increments for which the awards become unrestricted (in installments)	4

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- Definition

The number of annual increments, on the anniversaries of the grant date, upon which restricted awards become unrestricted.

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Represents the requisite minimum months of service in the performance period required in order to qualify for the forfeiture exception in the event of death, disability and retirement, on completion of requisite minimum months of service.

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Performance Period

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- Definition

Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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- Definition

Represents the number of years over which the award vests and becomes exercisable in installments under the plan.

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- Definition

The number of shares reserved for issuance under stock option agreements and other incentive plans, awarded under the plan that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date, including vested options.

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- Definition

Represents the period of time of restricted option become unrestricted from the date of grant.

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- Definition

The period of time, from the grant date until the time at which the share-based [option] award expires.

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- Definition

Represents the number of shares that could be issued upon vesting of share-based payment awards and achievement of performance goals.

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- Definition

Represents the number of authorized but unissued shares that could be issued under the equity-based compensation plan.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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