SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2014
INCOME TAXES
Tax cost of repatriation included in effective tax rate		$ 0
Expected distribution of foreign earnings		0
Additional tax cost expected to be generated on distribution of dividends	3,100,000
Additional tax cost expected to be generated on distribution of dividends related to change in reinvestment assetion within Europe	$ 2,800,000

Represents the additional tax cost expected to be generated on distribution of dividends.

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- Definition

Represents the portion of additional tax cost expected to be generated on distribution of dividends related to the change in reinvestment assertion within Europe.

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- Definition

Represents the estimated amount of foreign earnings to be repatriated by the entity for current fiscal year.

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Amount of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to repatriation of foreign earnings.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 12

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32687-109319

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 740

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 13

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6907707&loc=d3e32698-109319

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