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VENEZUELA HIGHLY INFLATIONARY ACCOUNTING (Details) |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 Months Ended |  | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2013 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Restatement Adjustment [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2013 Restatement Adjustment [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Venezuela [Member] Mechanism | Mar. 31, 2014 Venezuela [Member] SICAD I [Member] VEB | Mar. 31, 2014 Subsidiary in Venezuela [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Subsidiary in Venezuela [Member] Maximum [Member] | Mar. 31, 2014 Other Income (Expense), Net [Member] Subsidiary in Venezuela [Member] SICAD I [Member] Restatement Adjustment [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Correct Certain Accounting Errors for Hyper-Inflationary Adjustments with Respect to Operations in Venezuela [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2014 Correct Certain Accounting Errors for Hyper-Inflationary Adjustments with Respect to Operations in Venezuela [Member] Minimum [Member]
Total assets | $ 1,642,473,000 | $ 1,821,062,000 |  |  | $ 852,000 |  |  |  | $ 27,400,000 |  |  |  |
Monetary assets | 284,580,000 | 525,153,000 | 325,720,000 | 320,025,000 | 0 | 0 |  |  | 24,300,000 |  |  |  |
Payable to parent company |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 34,800,000 |  |  |  |
Percentage of revenue from subsidiary (in hundredths) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.00% |  |  |
Cumulative inflation rate (n hundredths) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 100.00%
Period used to determine highly inflationary economy |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years
Adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive income (equity) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,200,000 |
Out-of-period adjustment to income statement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6,200,000 |
Number of foreign exchange mechanisms |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of legal mechanisms |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign currency exchange rate |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.7 |  |  |  |  |
Translation of monetary assets and liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 14,700,000 |  |

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