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Marketable Securities (Details) (SHG, USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013 person	Dec. 31, 2012
SHG
Marketable Securities
Face rate of senior subordinated notes (as a percent)		11.00%
Effective yield on senior subordinated notes (as a percent)		11.10%
Interest income recognized from investment		$ 235,000
Investment in senior subordinated notes of related party		$ 6,500,000
Number of directors serving as chief executive officer of related entity	1

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- Definition

Represents the effective yield on a marketable security with a related party.

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- Definition

Represents the face rate on a marketable security with a related party.

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- Definition

Represents the number of directors that is serving or has served as chief executive officer of an entity that qualifies as a related party.

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Amount before accretion (amortization) of purchase discount (premium) of interest income on nonoperating securities.

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

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 03

-Paragraph 7

-Article 5



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.7(b))

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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