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Fair Value Measurements (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014
Reconciliation of the amount in Level 3
Balance at the beginning of the period	$ (29,368)
Fair value adjustment of contingent consideration	$ 29,368

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Fair value of 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)

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Represents the fair value adjustment of business combination contingent consideration 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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