Defined Benefit Plan, Assumption Health Care Cost Trend Rate for Next Fiscal Year

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Net Loss, Amortized from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into Net Period Cost Over Next Fiscal Year

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Non-Qualified Pension Plan, Estimated Payments in Next Funding Year

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Prior Service Cost, Amortized from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss into Net Periodic Benefit Cost Over Next Fiscal Year

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For defined benefit pension plans, the actuarial present value of benefits (whether vested or nonvested) attributed by the pension benefit formula to employee service rendered before a specified date and based on employee service and compensation (if applicable) before that date. The accumulated benefit obligation differs from the projected benefit obligation in that it includes no assumption about future compensation levels. For plans with flat-benefit or nonpay-related pension benefit formulas, the accumulated benefit obligation and the projected benefit obligation are the same.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Accumulated Benefit Obligation

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (e)

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The interest rate used to adjust for the time value of money for the plan.

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The increase in the fair value of plan assets from contributions made by the employer.

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The assumed health care cost trend rate for the next year used to measure the expected cost of benefits covered by the plan (gross eligible charges). This is based upon the annual rate of change in the cost of health care benefits currently provided by the postretirement benefit plan, due to factors other than changes in the composition of the plan population by age and dependency status.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (l)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Glossary Health Care Cost Trend Rate

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The amount of the cost recognized during the period for defined contribution plans.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 70

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

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The increase (decrease) during the reporting period in the amount due to fund non-pension benefits provided to former, retired, and disabled employees.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 28

-Subparagraph (a)

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The amount of cash or cash equivalents contributed by the entity to fund its pension plans.

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-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

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-Paragraph 25

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Savings Plans, Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Employee Benefits (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2009
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
401(K) contributions by employer	$ 2,000,000	$ 1,800,000	$ 1,600,000
Pension Contributions	3,550,000us-gaap_PensionContributions	0us-gaap_PensionContributions	21,630,000us-gaap_PensionContributions
Accumulated benefit obligation	410,400,000	387,400,000
Non-Qualified Pension Plan, Estimated Payments in Next Fiscal Year	1,800,000
Health care cost trend rate assumed for next fiscal year	5.70%
Decrease in accumulated postretirement benefit obligations				(76,700,000)
Defined Benefit Plan, Assumption Health Care Cost Trend Rate for Next Fiscal Year	4.30%
Pension Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount Rate	4.25%	5.10%	4.15%
Contributions	5,317,000	1,734,000
Estimated net loss to be amortized from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ino Net Periodic Benefit Cost	17,600,000
Estimated prior service cost to be amortized from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ino Net Periodic Benefit Cost	600,000
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans, Defined Benefit [Member]
Defined Benefit Plan Disclosure [Line Items]
Discount Rate	3.90%	4.45%	3.70%
Contributions	4,319,000	3,902,000
Estimated net loss to be amortized from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ino Net Periodic Benefit Cost	2,200,000
Estimated prior service cost to be amortized from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss ino Net Periodic Benefit Cost	$ 9,300,000