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Notes Payable and Other Noncurrent Liabilities - Notes Payable (Parenthetical) (Detail) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Notes Payable through December 2019 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Monthly payment of notes payable	$ 556
Number of days of bank operating rate to calculate interest on notes payable	30 days
Interest rate of notes payable, Minimum	1.99%
Annuities Extending through 2019 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Quarterly payment of notes payable	$ 34
Interest rate of notes payable, Minimum	10.00%
LIBOR [Member] | Notes Payable through December 2019 [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate of notes payable	1.75%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(2))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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