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Fair Value (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Fair Value [Abstract] |
Schedule of Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block] | The estimated fair value of our financial assets and liabilities that are recognized at fair value on a recurring basis, using available market information and other observable data, as of September 30, 2014, are as follows:
|  | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013 |  |
|  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Input
|  | (in millions) |  | (in millions) |  |
Balance Sheet Classification |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash equivalents |  | $ | 33.7 |  |  | $ | 33.7 |  |  | $ | 6.1 |  |  | $ | 6.1 |  |  | Level 1
Prepaid expenses and other current assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Currency forward contracts |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | 0.7 |  |  | Level 2
Other accrued expenses |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Currency forward contracts |  | 1.0 |  |  | 1.0 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | 0.4 |  |  | Level 2
Other long-term liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Currency forward contracts |  | 0.3 |  |  | 0.3 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | Level 2
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis [Table Text Block] | We estimated the fair value of the amounts outstanding on our debt using available market information and other observable data, to be as follows:
|  | September 30, 2014 |  | December 31, 2013 |  |
|  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Carrying Amount |  | Fair Value |  | Input
|  | (in millions) |  | (in millions) |  |
Revolving Credit Facility |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | Level 2
Term Facility |  | 144.4 |  |  | 142.9 |  |  | 150.0 |  |  | 147.8 |  |  | Level 2
7.75% Notes |  | 200.0 |  |  | 221.0 |  |  | 200.0 |  |  | 227.5 |  |  | Level 2
6.625% Notes |  | 550.0 |  |  | 577.1 |  |  | 550.0 |  |  | 578.9 |  |  | Level 2
6.25% Notes |  | 400.0 |  |  | 412.0 |  |  | 400.0 |  |  | 423.0 |  |  | Level 2
5.125% Notes |  | 200.0 |  |  | 198.5 |  |  | 200.0 |  |  | 206.0 |  |  | Level 2

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, by class that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). Where the quoted price in an active market for the identical liability is not available, the Level 1 input is the quoted price of an identical liability when traded as an asset. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19190-110258 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (a),(b) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19207-110258 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of assets and liabilities, including [financial] instruments measured at fair value that are classified in stockholders' equity, if any, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The disclosures contemplated herein include the fair value measurements at the reporting date by the level within the fair value hierarchy in which the fair value measurements in their entirety fall, segregating fair value measurements using quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1), significant other observable inputs (Level 2), and significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 820 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=25499696&loc=d3e19190-110258 + Details
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