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Dividends (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
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Dividend Payments | During 2013, we paid regular quarterly cash dividends totaling $46,707,000 as detailed below:
| Quarter Ended
| March 31, 2013 |  | June 30, 2013 |  | September 30, 2013 |  | December 31, 2013
Cash dividend per common share | $ | 0.16625 |  |  | $ | 0.16750 |  |  | $ | 0.16875 |  |  | $ | 0.17000 |
Total cash dividends paid | $ | 11,415,000 |  |  | $ | 11,516,000 |  |  | $ | 11,829,000 |  |  | $ | 11,947,000 |
Record date | February 22 |  |  | May 10 |  |  | August 16 |  |  | November 15 |
Payment date | March 15 |  |  | June 14 |  |  | September 20 |  |  | December 20 |
Dividends Payable on Outstanding Weighted Average Basic Common Shares | Cash dividends on our outstanding weighted average number of basic common shares for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 was as follows:
| December 31,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2011
Cash dividends per common share | $ | 0.67 |  |  | $ | 0.65 |  |  | $ | 0.63 |

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