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Date interest payments are due on the subordinated debt.

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Debt Purchase Price Percent Of Principal Amount

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Debt Redemption Price Percent Of Principal Amount

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Latest date before maturity which the issuer can call the outstanding debt instrument for repayment or conversion to equity, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Description of a feature that permits the issuer of the debt to repay or convert it before the stated maturity date (early retirement date). The description may include such items as the call price, the period that the issuer can call the debt, including the earliest call date, and other significant terms of the call feature, which may include the debt holders' ability to convert the debt to equity if the call option is exercised and contingent events that trigger the issuer's ability to call the debt.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, carrying value as of the balance sheet date of Notes with the highest claim on the assets of the issuer in case of bankruptcy or liquidation (with maturities initially due after one year or beyond the operating cycle if longer). Senior note holders are paid off in full before any payments are made to junior note holders.

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LONG-TERM DEBT - 6.75% Senior Notes due 2021 (Details) - USD ($)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Mar. 04, 2011
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
6.75% Senior Notes due 2021	$ 675,000,000	$ 675,000,000
Fiscal Year 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price percent of principal amount	103.375%
Fiscal Year 2017
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price percent of principal amount	102.25%
Fiscal Year 2018
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price percent of principal amount	101.125%
Fiscal Year 2019 And Thereafter
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price percent of principal amount	100.00%
Senior Notes 6.75 Percent Due 2021 \| Prior To March 1, 2016
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior notes, call feature	At any time and from time to time prior to March 1, 2016, we may, at our option, redeem all or a portion of the 2021 Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus a premium with respect to the 2021 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date. The premium is the excess of (i) the present value of the redemption price of 103.375% of the principal amount, plus all remaining scheduled interest payments due through March 1, 2016 discounted at the treasury rate plus 0.5% over (ii) the principal amount of the note. If we experience a change of control, subject to certain exceptions, we must give holders of the 2021 Notes the opportunity to sell to us their 2021 Notes, in whole or in part, at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase.
Senior notes, latest call date	Mar. 01, 2016
Debt redemption price percent of principal amount	103.375%
Additional interest rate above Federal Funds rate	0.50%
Debt purchase price percent of principal amount	101.00%
Senior Notes \| Senior Notes 6.75 Percent Due 2021
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt stated percentage			6.75%
Debt instrument interest rate payment date	Interest on the 2021 Notes is payable on March 1 and September 1 of each year.
Senior notes, maturity date	Mar. 01, 2021