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Long-Term Investments - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Investment [Line Items]
Eligibility to receive a royalty fee	1.00%
Royalty income, nonoperating	$ 0
Carrying value of investment	$ 0	$ 0
Maximum
Investment [Line Items]
Ownership percentage under Cost Method for Investments	3.00%

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Ownership percentage of investee's common stock using the cost method.

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Amount, after adjustment, of cost-method investment. Adjustments include, but are not limited to, dividends received in excess of earnings after date of investment that are considered a return of investment and other than temporary impairments.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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The aggregate amount of income from investments (for example, dividends) not considered a component of the entity's core operations.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.7)

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