Subsequent Event (detail) - Gray & Company [Member]	Oct. 30, 2015 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Purchase Price	$ 24,500,000
Percentage Of Stock Acqured	100.00%
Liabilities Paid Off	$ 10,400,000

The amount of liabilited that were paid off from the liabilites that were acquired through the business combination

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- Definition

The percentage of stock acquired through the business combination

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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- Definition

Amount recognized as of the acquisition date for the identifiable assets acquired in excess of (less than) the aggregate liabilities assumed.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 805

-SubTopic 10

-Section 55

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