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Dividends	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2012
Dividends [Abstract]
Dividends	Note 7 – Dividends On March 16, 2012, we paid to shareholders of record on February 24, 2012, a regular quarterly cash dividend of $.16125 per common share. Such regular quarterly cash dividend payment in the aggregate was $10,847,000. Additionally, on April 10, 2012, our Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend of $.16250 per common share to be paid on May 18, 2012 to shareholders of record as of April 27, 2012.

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