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Reportable Operating Segments (Details 2)	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Revenues and total assets by geographic area
% of Revenue	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Non-United States | Maximum
Revenues and total assets by geographic area
% of Revenue			1.00%
Canada
Revenues and total assets by geographic area
% of total assets			1.00%

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The percentage of assets to total assets.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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