Stock-Based Compensation (Details Textual)	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013	Mar. 31, 2012
Performance Share Awards [Member]
Stock-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
Grants under performance share awards	151,955	161,083
Cumulative performance targets	3 years
SOSARs [Member]
Stock-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
Vesting period of stock	3 years
Vesting Term	10 years
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Stock-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
The vesting graded scale	over a three, four, and five-year
Restricted Stock Units and Performance Share Awards [Member]
Stock-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
Grants under performance share awards	153,265	162,217
Long Term Incentive Plan [Member]
Stock-Based Compensation (Textual) [Abstract]
Issuance of shares	5,500,000

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Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award equity instruments other than options cumulative performance target period.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 123R

-Paragraph A240

-Subparagraph b(2)(c)

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 123R

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-Subparagraph a

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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