Percentage of aggregate principal amount outstanding excluding redemption date.

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Percentage of aggregate principal amount, redeemable.

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Percentage of principal amount redeemed at redemption date.

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Percentage of principal amount redemption price.

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Repurchase of senior secured notes purchase price percentage.

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- Definition

Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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Amount of debt issuance costs (for example, but not limited to, legal, accounting, broker, and regulatory fees).

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Difference between the fair value of payments made and the carrying amount of debt which is extinguished prior to maturity.

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Debt Senior Notes 6% (Details) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Debt Senior Notes 6% (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Apr. 30, 2012
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt		$ 0	$ 0	$ 17,550,000	$ 0
Debt issuance costs	$ 1,900,000
Six Percent Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt issuance costs		$ 6,794,000
Percentage of principal amount, redemption price		106.00%		106.00%
Repurchase of senior secured notes purchase price percentage		101.00%		101.00%
Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured notes, aggregate principal amount issued						$ 210,000,000
Senior Notes [Member] \| Six Percent Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior secured note interest rate		6.00%		6.00%
Senior secured notes, aggregate principal amount issued		$ 230,000,000		$ 230,000,000
Maximum [Member] \| Six Percent Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of aggregate principal amount, maximum redeemable		40.00%
Percentage of principal amount redeemed at redemption date		104.50%
Minimum [Member] \| Six Percent Senior Secured Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Minimum percentage of aggregate principal amount outstanding, excluding the redemption date		60.00%		60.00%
Percentage of principal amount redeemed at redemption date		100.00%