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Inventory And Land Held For Sale Inventory and Land Held for Sale (Land-related Charges) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Land impairments	$ 7,347	$ 3,911	$ 2,944
Net realizable value adjustments (NRV) - land held for sale	(901)	1,158	3,606
Write-off of deposits and pre-acquisition costs	5,021	6,099	3,122
Total land-related charges	$ 11,467	$ 11,168	$ 9,672

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Charge against earnings in the period to reduce the current value of land held for sale to its fair value.

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Write Off Of Deposits And Pre Acquisition Costs

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- Definition

The charge against earnings in the period to reduce the carrying amount of real property to fair value.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=51719941&loc=d3e2921-110230

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=56944662&loc=d3e3602-108585

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Nonrecurring impairment charges related to the write-off of production-related equipment and inventory. This tag is used when an Entity charges this cost to cost of goods sold.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 225
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-03.2(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26872669&loc=d3e20235-122688

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