Defined Benefit Plan Maximum Annual Payment Percentage

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- Definition

Defined Benefit Plan, Participants Amounts Frozen, Percentage

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Defined Contribution Plans, Estimated Future Employer Contributions in Current Fiscal Year

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- Definition

Net increase or decrease in the plan benefit obligation during the reporting period.

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The increase in the fair value of plan assets from contributions made by the employer.

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The amount of net gain (loss) recognized in net periodic benefit cost as a result of an event that significantly reduces the expected years of future service of present employees or eliminates for a significant number of employees the accrual of defined benefits for some or all of their future services.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (h)(7)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Plan Curtailment

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 30

-Section 15

-Paragraph 6

-Subparagraph (a)(2)

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Amount of employer's best estimate of contributions expected to be paid to the plan in the current remaining fiscal period.

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The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans.

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-Topic 715

-SubTopic 70

-Section 50

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Pension and Other Post-Retirement Benefit Plans - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Mar. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013
Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Net gain on curtailment of nonqualified pension plan			$ 690,000
SERP III
Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Non-qualified defined-contribution plan accrued	22,000		66,000
Expected accrual to non-qualified defined-contribution plan			22,000
SERP II
Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Maximum defined benefit plan curtailment	20.00%		20.00%
Net gain on curtailment of nonqualified pension plan			690,000
Benefit obligation		(2,300,000)
Defined benefit plan accrued	36,000		109,000
Expected accrual to SERP			$ 36,000
PRBP
Defined Contribution and Defined Benefit Plans [Line Items]
Percentage of maximum annual payment under Post Retirement Benefit Plan			120.00%