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Leases (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Leases [Abstract] |
Future Minimum Lease Payments Under Non-cancelable Operating Leases and Capital Leases | Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases and capital leases are as follows:
|  | Operating leases |  |  | Capital leases |
2015 |  | $ | 395,862 |  |  | $ | 21,011 |
2016 |  |  | 370,920 |  |  |  | 21,277 |
2017 |  |  | 344,232 |  |  |  | 21,552 |
2018 |  |  | 302,752 |  |  |  | 21,961 |
2019 |  |  | 262,645 |  |  |  | 22,615 |
Thereafter |  |  | 901,792 |  |  |  | 202,245 |
|  | $ | 2,578,203 |  |  |  | 310,661 |
Less portion representing interest |  |  |  |  |  |  | (92,564 | )
Total capital lease obligations, including current portion |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 218,097 |

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