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Changes in Fair Value of Contingent Consideration Obligations (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Contingent Consideration Obligations [Roll Forward]
Beginning balance	$ 7,295	$ 55,653
Contingent consideration liabilities recorded for business acquisitions	0	5,854	$ 3,854
Payments	(2,815)	(52,363)
Loss (gain) included in earnings	454	(1,851)
Exchange rate effects	(350)	2
Ending balance	$ 4,584	$ 7,295	$ 55,653

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Business Acquisition Contingent Consideration Amount at Fair Value.

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Fair value, as of the acquisition date, of potential payments under the contingent consideration arrangement including cash and shares as a result of the business combinations during the period.

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Payments made under contingent consideration arrangements

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Contingent Consideration Translation Adjustments.

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A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of gain (loss) recognized on the income statement for financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=36462937&loc=d3e19207-110258

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