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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Gross liability for tax positions	$ 143,000
Income tax examination years description	The Company is no longer subject to U.S. Federal income tax examinations for the years prior to 2011.
State Tax Authority | Minimum
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Income tax examination year	2009
State Tax Authority | Maximum
Income Tax Examination [Line Items]
Income tax examination year	2013

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A brief description of status of the tax examination, significant findings to date, and the entity's position with respect to the findings.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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Tax year being audited in the income tax examination, in CCYY format.

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