Summary of Dividends Declared and Paid (Detail) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Sep. 26, 2014	Jun. 27, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 26, 2014	Jun. 27, 2014
Dividend Declared [Line Items]
Declaration Date	Jul. 29, 2014	May 27, 2014	Mar. 18, 2014
Record Date	Sep. 26, 2014	Jun. 27, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014
Amount Per Share			$ 0.36	$ 1.08	$ 0.36	$ 0.36
Dividend Payment Date	Oct. 10, 2014	Jul. 11, 2014	Apr. 11, 2014

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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586

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The per share amount of a dividend declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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Date the dividend to be paid was declared, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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