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Distributions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Distributions |
Schedule of federal income tax classification of the per share common stock distributions |
|  | Year Ended December 31, |
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|  | 2012 |  | 2011 |  | 2010 |
Ordinary taxable distribution |  | $ | 1.539 |  | $ | 1.370 |  | $ | 1.200 |
Return of capital |  |  | 0.242 |  |  | 0.295 |  |  | 0.334 |
Unrecaptured Section 1250 gain |  |  | 0.004 |  |  | — |  |  | 0.034 |
Long term capital gain |  |  | 0.005 |  |  | 0.015 |  |  | 0.012 |
Total |  | $ | 1.790 |  | $ | 1.680 |  | $ | 1.580 |

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