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Refundable consideration, usually cash, held by the entity pending satisfactory completion of the entity's obligations or pending the closing of a contract.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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This item represents the carrying amount on the entity's balance sheet of its investment in common stock of an equity method investee. This is not an indicator of the fair value of the investment, rather it is the initial cost adjusted for the entity's share of earnings and losses of the investee, adjusted for any distributions (dividends) and other than temporary impairment (OTTI) losses recognized.

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This item represents the entity's proportionate share for the period of the net income (loss) of its investee (such as unconsolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures) to which the equity method of accounting is applied. This item includes income or expense related to stock-based compensation based on the investor's grant of stock to employees of an equity method investee.

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Cash dividends or other distributions received from unconsolidated subsidiaries, certain corporate joint ventures, and certain noncontrolled corporations that are returns of capital. Excludes dividends or distributions from equity method investments classified as operating activities.

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Unconsolidated Equity Method Investment (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Unconsolidated equity method investment	$ 49,131		$ 49,131		$ 46,453
Customer Advances and Deposits	338,515		338,515		333,456
Earnings of unconsolidated equity method investment, net of tax	$ 1,557	$ 927	4,563	$ 1,898
Distributions from unconsolidated equity method investment in excess of earnings			$ 0	$ (997)
Related Party Transaction, Percentage Ownership of Company Outstanding Shares	9.70%		9.70%
Equity Method Investee \| OTTP
Unconsolidated equity method investment	$ 49,131		$ 49,131		$ 46,453
Equity Method Investment, Ownership Percentage	30.00%		30.00%
Equity Method Investments Before Earnings			$ 2,994
Earnings of unconsolidated equity method investment, net of tax			4,563
Distributions from unconsolidated equity method investment in excess of earnings			(4,879)
Maintenance Payments {Member] \| Equity Method Investee \| OTTP
Customer Advances and Deposits	$ 6,270		6,270
security deposit [Member] \| Equity Method Investee \| OTTP
Customer Advances and Deposits	$ 5,400		$ 5,400