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Components of Change in Deferred Revenue-Entry of Right-to-Use Contracts and Deferred Commission Expense Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Deferred Revenue-entry of right-to-use contracts and Deferred Commission Expense [Abstract] |
Deferred Revenue, by Arrangement, Disclosure [Table Text Block] | Components of the change in deferred revenue-entry of right-to-use contracts and deferred commission expense are as follows (amounts in thousands):
|  | 2013 |  | 2012
Deferred revenue—entry of right-to-use contracts, as of January 1, |  | $ | 62,979 |  |  | $ | 56,285 |
Deferral of new right-to-use contracts |  | 13,142 |  |  | 13,433 |
Deferred revenue recognized |  | (7,448 | ) |  | (6,739 | )
Net increase in deferred revenue |  | 5,694 |  |  | 6,694 |
Deferred revenue—entry of right-to-use contracts, as of December 31, |  | $ | 68,673 |  |  | $ | 62,979 |
Deferred commission expense, as of January 1, |  | $ | 22,841 |  |  | $ | 19,686 |
Costs deferred |  | 5,011 |  |  | 5,465 |
Commission expense recognized |  | (2,601 | ) |  | (2,310 | )
Net increase in deferred commission expense |  | 2,410 |  |  | 3,155 |
Deferred commission expense, as of December 31, |  | $ | 25,251 |  |  | $ | 22,841 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the type of arrangements and the corresponding amounts that comprise the current and noncurrent balance of deferred revenue as of the balance sheet date. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 605 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 13.A.4(a).Q1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012821&loc=d3e214044-122780 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 8 -Subparagraph (b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28358313&loc=d3e6935-107765 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) -Number Topic 13 -Section A + Details
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