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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) (Directors and Officers that provide promotional materials, USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014 item	Sep. 30, 2013
Directors and Officers that provide promotional materials
Related party transactions
Number of directors and officers who are principal owners of a company that provides promotional materials			2
Expenses incurred in connection with materials or services provided by a related party	$ 0.3	$ 0.1	$ 0.5	$ 0.4

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- Definition

Represents the number of directors and officers of the entity that are principal owners of a separate company that provides promotional materials to the entity.

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Expenses recognized resulting from transactions (excluding transactions that are eliminated in consolidated or combined financial statements) with related party.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 850

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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