| Summary of changes in shareholders' equity | 
        
A summary of changes in shareholders’ equity is presented below (dollars in thousands): 
 
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014  | 
 
   | 
 Number of 
Shares 
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   | 
 Common 
Stock 
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   | 
 Additional 
Paid-In 
Capital 
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   | 
 Retained 
Earnings 
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   | 
Total  | 
 
Balance at December 31, 2013  | 
36,244  | 
 
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$  | 
362  | 
 
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$  | 
412,961  | 
 
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$  | 
428,069  | 
 
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$  | 
841,392  | 
 
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Net earnings  | 
—  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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   | 
93,033  | 
 
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   | 
93,033  | 
 
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Exercise/vesting of equity awards  | 
351  | 
 
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4  | 
 
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   | 
730  | 
 
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   | 
—  | 
 
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   | 
734  | 
 
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Excess income tax benefit from stock-based awards  | 
—  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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   | 
2,197  | 
 
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   | 
—  | 
 
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   | 
2,197  | 
 
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Equity award compensation expense  | 
—  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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   | 
9,035  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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9,035  | 
 
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Issuance of stock (1)  | 
2,530  | 
 
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25  | 
 
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110,395  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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   | 
110,420  | 
 
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Other  | 
—  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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(114  | 
)  | 
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—  | 
 
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(114  | 
)  | 
 
Balance at September 30, 2014  | 
39,125  | 
 
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$  | 
391  | 
 
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$  | 
535,204  | 
 
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$  | 
521,102  | 
 
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$  | 
1,056,697  | 
 
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   | 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013  | 
 
   | 
 Number of 
Shares 
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   | 
 Common 
Stock 
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   | 
 Additional 
Paid-In 
Capital 
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   | 
 Retained 
Earnings 
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   | 
Total  | 
 
Balance at December 31, 2012  | 
35,613  | 
 
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$  | 
356  | 
 
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$  | 
390,249  | 
 
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$  | 
303,605  | 
 
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$  | 
694,210  | 
 
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Net earnings  | 
—  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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78,375  | 
 
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   | 
78,375  | 
 
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Exercise/vesting of equity awards  | 
618  | 
 
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6  | 
 
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11,219  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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11,225  | 
 
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Excess income tax benefit from stock-based awards  | 
—  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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1,733  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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1,733  | 
 
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Equity award compensation expense  | 
—  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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   | 
7,040  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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   | 
7,040  | 
 
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Non-controlling interest acquisition  | 
—  | 
 
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—  | 
 
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(257  | 
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—  | 
 
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(257  | 
)  | 
 
Balance at September 30, 2013  | 
36,231  | 
 
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$  | 
362  | 
 
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$  | 
409,984  | 
 
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$  | 
381,980  | 
 
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$  | 
792,326  | 
 
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(1)  In January 2014, we issued 2,530,000 shares of common stock in a secondary public offering, par value $0.01 per share, at a price of $45.75 per share.
 
 
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