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Long-Term Debt (Senior Unsecured Debt) (Details) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Jul. 31, 2013
Mar. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2007
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Payment On Senior Unsecured Notes   $ 281,490,000us-gaap_EarlyRepaymentOfSeniorDebt $ 209,500,000us-gaap_EarlyRepaymentOfSeniorDebt      
Loss on early extinguishment of debt   12,100,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt 17,127,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt      
Amortization of deferred financing costs 4,870,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts 5,187,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts 9,086,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts      
Long-term debt 523,228,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent 545,776,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent        
Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]            
Debt Instrument [Line Items]            
Senior Unsecured Notes amount issued           550,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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Debt instrument interest rate           9.50%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Repayments of debt       275,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
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200,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
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Payment On Senior Unsecured Notes       282,000,000us-gaap_EarlyRepaymentOfSeniorDebt
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213,500,000us-gaap_EarlyRepaymentOfSeniorDebt
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Payment of debt extinguishment costs       6,500,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtExtinguishmentCosts
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9,500,000us-gaap_PaymentsOfDebtExtinguishmentCosts
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Interest paid       500,000us-gaap_InterestPaid
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4,000,000us-gaap_InterestPaid
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Loss on early extinguishment of debt   8,600,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
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    11,500,000us-gaap_GainsLossesOnExtinguishmentOfDebt
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Amortization of deferred financing costs   2,100,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
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    2,000,000us-gaap_AmortizationOfFinancingCosts
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Long-term debt     $ 275,000,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtNoncurrent
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