Indebtedness Secured Debt (Details) $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017 USD ($) loans	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of Secured Debt	$ 46,123	$ 348,743
Fixed Rate Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Repayments of Secured Debt	$ 42,900
number of secured loans repaid \| loans	3
Repaid Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	5.88%
Minimum [Member] \| Fixed Rate Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	3.20%
Maximum [Member] \| Fixed Rate Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Effective Percentage	3.70%

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.22(a)(1))
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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 835
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 2
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The cash outflow to repay long-term debt that is wholly or partially secured by collateral. Excludes repayments of tax exempt secured debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3291-108585

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