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Segment Information, Operations By Geographic Area And Customer Concentration (Narrative) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Number of reportable segments (in segments) 3us-gaap_NumberOfReportableSegments    
Net Revenue [Member] | None of the customers [Member]      
Concentration Risk, Percentage 10.00%us-gaap_ConcentrationRiskPercentage1
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