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Recent Accounting Standards
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Recent Accounting Standards [Abstract]  
RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARDS UPDATES

FASB ASC Topic No. 815 "Derivatives and Hedging" Update No. 2013-10. Update No. 2013-10 was issued in July 2013 to provide guidance on the risks that are permitted to be hedged in a fair value or cash flow hedge. Among those risks for financial assets and financial liabilities is the risk of changes in a hedged item's fair value or a hedged transaction's cash flows attributable to changes in the designated benchmark interest rate (referred to as interest rate risk). In the United States, currently only the interest rates on direct Treasury obligations of the U.S. government (UST) and, for practical reasons, the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) swap rate are considered benchmark interest rates. The amendments in this update permit the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (OIS) to now be used as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes under Topic 815, in addition to UST and LIBOR. The amendments also remove the restriction on using benchmark rates for similar hedges. The amendments are effective prospectively for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position.

FASB ASC Topic No. 220 "Comprehensive Income" Update No. 2013-02. Update No. 2013-02 was issued in February 2013, stating that the amendments do not change the current requirements for reporting net income or other comprehensive income in financial statements. However, the amendments require an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component. 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 U.S. GAAP to be reclassified to net income in its entirety in the same reporting period. For other amounts that are not required under U.S. GAAP to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures required under U.S. GAAP that provide additional detail about those amounts. The amendments are effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position.
FASB ASC Topic No. 210 "Balance Sheet" Update No. 2013-01. Update No. 2013-01 was issued in January of 2013, the amendments in this update affect entities that have derivatives accounted for in accordance with Topic 815 "Derivatives and Hedges," including bifurcated embedded derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, and securities borrowing and securities lending transactions that are either offset or subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement. As a result of these amendments, entities with other types of financial assets and financial liabilities subject to a master netting arrangement or similar agreement are no longer subject to the disclosure requirements in Update No. 2011-11. An entity is required to apply the amendments for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. An entity should provide the required disclosures retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013 and interim periods within those periods. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial position.