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6. Long-Term Debt (Details) (USD $)
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2010
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt and Capital Lease Obligations $ 435,900,000us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations $ 436,000,000us-gaap_DebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations  
Less Current Maturities (264,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalRemainderOfFiscalYear (265,000)us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsMaturitiesRepaymentsOfPrincipalRemainderOfFiscalYear  
Long-term debt, net of current maturities 435,661,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations 435,710,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligations  
Unsecured Debt [Member] | Senior Notes 4.875% [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage     4.875%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateStatedPercentage
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Long-term debt 423,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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423,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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422,600,000us-gaap_LongTermDebt
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Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage     4.946%us-gaap_DebtInstrumentInterestRateEffectivePercentage
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Face amount of debt sold     425,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
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= us-gaap_UnsecuredDebtMember
Capital Lease Obligations [Member] | Debt 6 [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations, Including Current Maturities 12,400,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsIncludingCurrentMaturities
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12,500,000us-gaap_LongTermDebtAndCapitalLeaseObligationsIncludingCurrentMaturities
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Line of Credit [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Line of credit maximum borrowing capacity 200,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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Outstanding borrowings 0us-gaap_LineOfCredit
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Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End 1.52%us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityInterestRateAtPeriodEnd
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= us-gaap_LineOfCreditMember
   
Standby Letters of Credit [Member]      
Debt Instrument [Line Items]      
Line of credit maximum borrowing capacity $ 5,000,000us-gaap_LineOfCreditFacilityMaximumBorrowingCapacity
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