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Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Schedule II Valuation and Qualifying Accounts |
Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block] |
|  |  | Additions |  | Deductions |  |  |  |
| Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Charged to Operations |  | Credited to Operations |  | Written Off |  | Effect of Exchange Rate Changes |  | Balance at End of Year
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts Receivable: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2013 | $ | 7,726 |  |  | $ | 1,351 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,401 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,676 |
2012 | $ | 5,891 |  |  | $ | 3,673 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,838 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 7,726 |
2011 | $ | 5,683 |  |  | $ | 1,819 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (1,611 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5,891 |
|  |  | Additions |  | Deductions |  |  |  |
| Balance at Beginning of Year |  | Charged to Operations |  | Charged to Additional Paid-in Capital and Other Comprehensive Income |  | Credited to Operations |  | Credited to Additional Paid-in Capital and Other Comprehensive Income |  | Other Adjustments(a) |  | Balance at End of Year
Deferred Tax Valuation Allowance: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
2013 | $ | 70,940 |  |  | $ | 717 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (2,174 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (42,219 | ) |  | $ | 27,264 |
2012 | $ | 228,417 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (166,911 | ) |  | $ | (5,718 | ) |  | $ | 15,152 |  |  | $ | 70,940 |
2011 | $ | 318,055 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (83,115 | ) |  | $ | (22,119 | ) |  | $ | 15,596 |  |  | $ | 228,417 |
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(a) | Inclusive of the effects of exchange rate changes, acquisitions, and the impact of the REIT conversion.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for any allowance and reserve accounts (their beginning and ending balances, as well as a reconciliation by type of activity during the period). Alternatively, disclosure of the required information may be within the footnotes to the financial statements or a supplemental schedule to the financial statements. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e24092-122690 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 09 -Article 12 + Details
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