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Supply Chain Financing (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Supply Chain Financing [Abstract]
Maximum amount owing to financing party	$ 49,300,000
Supply chain financing liability	9,455,000	26,962,000
Supply Chain Financing Mark Up	$ 451,000	$ 621,000	$ 1,002,000

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Supply Chain Financing Mark Up

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Sum of the carrying amounts at the balance sheet date of short-term borrowings not otherwise specified in the taxonomy having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19

-Article 5



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(a)(7))

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