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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015
Equity [Abstract]  
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
11.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
A reconciliation of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) for the three month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, is as follows:
 
2015
 
2014
 
Unrealized
Gains and
Losses on
Available-
for-Sale
Securities
 
Foreign
Currency
Items
 
Unrealized
Gains and
Losses on
Available-
for-Sale
Securities
 
Foreign
Currency
Items
Beginning balance
$
(178
)
 
$
(67,344
)
 
$
(207
)
 
$
6,344

Other comprehensive income (loss)
99

 
(32,490
)
 
(26
)
 
(30,854
)
Purchase of redeemable non-controlling interest
—

 
(9,108
)
 
—

 
—

Ending balance
$
(79
)
 
$
(108,942
)
 
$
(233
)
 
$
(24,510
)

A reconciliation of accumulated other comprehensive income for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, is as follows:
 
2015
 
2014
 
Unrealized
Gains and
Losses on
Available-
for-Sale
Securities
 
Foreign
Currency
Items
 
Unrealized
Gains and
Losses on
Available-
for-Sale
Securities
 
Foreign
Currency
Items
Beginning balance
$
(129
)
 
$
(50,452
)
 
$
(433
)
 
$
(15,062
)
Other comprehensive (loss) income
50

 
(49,382
)
 
200

 
(9,448
)
Purchase of redeemable non-controlling interest
—

 
(9,108
)
 
—

 
—

Ending balance
$
(79
)
 
$
(108,942
)
 
$
(233
)
 
$
(24,510
)

No amounts were reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income in the periods presented.
The change in foreign currency items is primarily due to the foreign currency translation of non-cash assets such as goodwill and other intangible assets related to the Company's foreign subsidiaries.
The total tax effect on accumulated unrealized losses, as of September 30, 2015, was $1,414, and the total tax effect on accumulated unrealized net gain, as of September 30, 2014, was $943.