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Earnings Per Share - Additional Information (Detail) |  |  |  | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014 | May 30, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2013 | Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs) [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs) [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] | Sep. 30, 2014 Separation [Member]
Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock, shares outstanding | 107,067,457 | 107,053,031 | 107,067,457 |  |  |  |  | 107,053,031
Spin-Off of shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4
Antidilutive Securities excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share |  |  |  | 1,233,385 | 1,233,385 | 2,083,908 | 2,083,908 |

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- Definition Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Antidilution -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6505113 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Diluted Earnings Per Share -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6510752 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Contingent Stock Agreement -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6508534 + Details
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