Litigation Settlement, Future Payment Amount

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Litigation Settlement, Number of Payment Installments

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The amount recovered from insurance. These recoveries reduce costs and losses that are reported as a separate line item under operating expenses.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 225

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 2

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.3)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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Amount of judgment or settlement awarded to (against) the entity in respect of litigation.

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Amount of the unrecorded obligation to transfer funds in the future for fixed or minimum amounts or quantities of goods or services at fixed or minimum prices (for example, as in take-or-pay contracts or throughput contracts).

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 440

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 4

-Subparagraph (b)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6394976&loc=d3e25336-109308

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	Jul. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2014 installment	Dec. 31, 2014
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Unconditional purchase obligations			$ 132,400,000
Insurance settlement received	2,200,000us-gaap_InsuranceRecoveries
Aliph, Inc and AliphCom, Inc. [Member]
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Litigation settlement payment, amount		8,000,000
Number of litigation payment installments		4
Litigation settlement, amount of each installment		$ 2,000,000