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Assets Held for Sale (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Assets Held for Sale [Abstract]
Assets Held-for-sale, Long Lived, Fair Value Disclosure	$ 23,849us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSaleLongLivedFairValueDisclosure	$ 0us-gaap_AssetsHeldForSaleLongLivedFairValueDisclosure

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Fair value portion of assets classified as held for sale.

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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

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