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Leases - Schedule of Future Minimum Lease Payments for Capital Leases (Parenthetical) (Detail)	Dec. 31, 2013
Leases [Abstract]
Weighted average interest rate on capital leases	7.04%

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The weighted average interest rate on capital leases.

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