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Stockholders' Equity(details) (CRI)	1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2011
CRI
Business Acquisition
Purchase price paid (in shares)	6,400,000
Number of shares used to satisfy tax withholding obligations	161,000

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Represents the number of shares acquired in a business combination which are used to satisfy the tax withholding obligations.

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Number of shares of equity interests issued or issuable to acquire entity.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)

-Number 141

-Paragraph 51

-Subparagraph d

-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

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