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Notional amount of foreign currency contacts designated as accounting hedges settled.

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Number Of Counterparties

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Aggregate notional amount specified by the derivative(s). Expressed as an absolute value.

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

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Article 12

-Section 13

-Sentence Column B

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The estimated net amount of unrealized gains or losses on foreign currency cash flow hedges at the reporting date expected to be reclassified to earnings within the next 12 months.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=7668309&loc=d3e80748-113994

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The amount of net gain (loss) reclassified into earnings when foreign currency cash flow hedge is discontinued because it is probable that the original forecasted transactions will not occur by the end of the original period or an additional two month time period.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

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Derivative Financial Instruments - Additional Information (Detail) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended								3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 AUD	Sep. 30, 2013 BRL	Sep. 30, 2013 GBP (£)	Sep. 30, 2013 MXN	Sep. 30, 2013 NOK	Sep. 30, 2013 FOREX contracts [Member] Counterparty	Sep. 30, 2013 Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Reclassification out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income [Member] USD ($)
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities [Line Items]
Notional amount of foreign currency contracts settled	$ 233.9	$ 236.3
FOREX contracts outstanding in the aggregate notional amount	151.6		20.7	86.7	20.5	11.7	12.0
Number of counterparties to FOREX contracts								2
Net unrealized gains (losses) associated with FOREX contracts to be reclassified to earnings	(1)
Amount reclassified from AOCGL due to the probability of a forecasted transaction not occurring									$ 0	$ 0	$ 0	$ 0