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Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Income Taxes (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Income tax expense	$ 2,397,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	$ 4,211,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Effective income tax rate	11.43%	12.01%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits	3,107,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits		3,020,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits	12,742,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Unrecognized tax benefits, period increase (decrease)	87,000	2,133,000
Unrecognized tax benefits, income tax penalties and interest expense	767,000		680,000
India [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Foreign tax holiday (percentage)	50.00%
Foreign statutory income tax rate	33.99%
Foreign income tax holiday, term	5 years
Singapore [Member]
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Foreign statutory income tax rate	17.00%
Foreign effective income tax rate	10.00%
UNITED KINGDOM
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	41,400,000
United States
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items]
Operating Loss Carryforwards	$ 41,200,000