Represents the effective percentage of all interest rate swaps the Company has entered into during 2013.

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LIBOR Fixed Rate

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- Definition

Company was required to fix the rate of interest on minimum percentage of Term Loan and the DDTL

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Nominal or face amount used to calculate payments on the derivative asset.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 815

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The estimated value of gains (losses), net anticipated to be transferred in the future from accumulated other comprehensive income into earnings.

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Derivative (Narratives) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Derivative (Narratives) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Jun. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Nov. 30, 2013	Jun. 05, 2013
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Line Items]
Minimum percentage of Term Loan and the DDTL that company was required to fix the rate of interest on	50.00%	50.00%
Deferred losses on derivative instruments accumulated in AOCI expected to be reclassified to earnings	$ 0.1
Derivative Interest Rate Swap Effective Percentage	100.00%
Delayed Drawdown Term Loan [Member]
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Line Items]
Notional Amount of Interest Rate Swaps			$ 5.0
LIBOR Fixed Rate	0.93%
Term Loan [Member]
Derivative Instruments And Hedging Activities Disclosure [Line Items]
Notional Amount of Interest Rate Swaps				$ 15.0
LIBOR Fixed Rate	0.96%