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Fair Value Measurements Variable Interest Entity (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2011 | Dec. 31, 2004
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Type of Entity | bankruptcy-remote, limited liability subsidiary |
Date involvement began | 2004 |
Amount of installment note and letter of credit contributed to special purpose entity |  | $ 25.0
Amount of cash received |  | 22.6
Interest cash payments received, net | immaterial cash payments |
Classification of carrying amount of interest | "Other Assets" |
Recorded liability for performance obligation | de minimus guarantee liability |
Type of financial obligation | make-whole agreement |
Cash to be received upon maturity | 2.6 |
Variable Interest Entity, Not Primary Beneficiary [Member] |  |
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items] |  |
Amount of notes issued by special purpose entity |  | 22.6
Term of notes issued by special purpose entity |  | 15-year
Variable Interest Entity Investment | $ 2.6 |
Maturity date of notes issued by special purpose entity | 2019 |

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- Definition Description of the type of financial or other support (for example, liquidity arrangements and obligations to purchase assets) provided by the reporting entity to the Variable Interest Entity (VIE) which the reporting entity was not previously contractually required to provide or that it intends to provide. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 810 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5A -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6970148&loc=SL6759159-111685 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name FASB Staff Position (FSP) -Number FAS140-4/FIN46(R)-8 -Paragraph C4 -Subparagraph c -Clause 1 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. + Details
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