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Equity-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Equity-Based Compensation [Abstract]

Schedule Of Number Of Awards And Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

Awards	2012			2011
	Number of Awards	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Number of Awards	Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
							Restricted stock units	74,532	$	14.36	163,834	$	13.95

Schedule Of Compensation Expense Recognized From Change In Fair Value And Vesting Of Performance Stock Units

		2012		2011
Performance stock unit compensation expense (recovery)	$	679	$	(1,166	)

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Tabular disclosure of the weighted-average grant-date fair value of equity options or other equity instruments granted during the year.

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-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Publisher FASB

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Section 50

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

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