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	Mar. 31, 2014
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Percentage of ownership for cost method investment, maximum	20.00%

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Represents the maximum percentage of investment in other entities which are being accounted for by using the cost method.

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