2.4.0.82102100 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policiestruefalsefalse1false falsefalseD2013Q2YTDhttp://www.sec.gov/CIK0001091801duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_AccountingPoliciesAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Accounting Policies [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_SignificantAccountingPoliciesTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00<div style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;"><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Significant Accounting Policies</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Recent accounting standards</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:left;text-indent:30px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") 2013-02, "</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Comprehensive Income (Topic 220)</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">, </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">&#8221; ("ASU 2013-02") which supersedes and replaces the presentation requirements for reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income in ASUs 2011-05, "</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">" and 2011-12 "</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05" </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">for all public organizations. The amendment requires an entity to provide additional information about reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income. In addition, an entity is required to present, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income but only if the amount reclassified is required under GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. The adoption of ASU 2013-02 concerns disclosure only and the Company does not expect ASU 2013-02 to have an impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows. The Company adopted ASU 2013-02 on January 1, 2013 and has elected to present the required disclosures in the</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;"> Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> specifically Note 4</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">, Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss,</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"> in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:left;text-indent:30px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU 2012-02, "</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Intangibles - Goodwill and Other: Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">" ("ASU 2012-02"), which amended ASC 350, "</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">Intangibles - Goodwill and Other</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">" ("ASC 350"). This amendment is intended to simplify how an entity tests indefinite-lived intangible assets for impairment and allows an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative impairment test. An entity no longer is required to calculate the fair value of an indefinite-lived intangible asset unless the entity determines, based on a qualitative assessment, that it is more likely than not the indefinite-lived intangible asset is impaired. The more-likely-than-not threshold is defined as having a likelihood of more than 50%. ASU 2012-02 was effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2013. The adoption of ASU 2012-02 did not have an impact on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;text-align:left;text-indent:30px;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">The Company&#8217;s other significant accounting policies are discussed in detail in its 2012 Form 10-K.</font></div></div>falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for all significant accounting policies of the reporting entity.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367646&loc=d3e18780-107790 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367646&loc=d3e18726-107790 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher AICPA -Name Accounting Principles Board Opinion (APB) -Number 22 -Paragraph 8 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. 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