Amount of credit risk valuation adjustment to derivative liabilities to properly reflect the credit quality of the entity.

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Risk associated with risk of default, credit spread risk and downgrade risk, expressed as a percentage, used as an input to measure fair value.

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

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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Price at which a dealer is willing to buy an instrument, used as an input to measure fair value.

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as derivative asset (liability) after deduction of derivative liability (asset), measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 820

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 3

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Fair Value Measurements (Details 2) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Jan. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair value	$ (269,815)	$ (284,580)	$ (360,828)
Fair value adjustment to the borrowings subject to TROR [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair value	5,604	8,869	9,950
Potential future exposure [Member] \| Fair value measurement, recurring basis [Member] \| Credit valuation adjustment of interest rate swap [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair value	3,740
Credit spread	4.00%
Third party bond pricing [Member] \| Fair value measurement, recurring basis [Member] \| TROR [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair value	(18,845)
Third party bond pricing [Member] \| Fair value measurement, recurring basis [Member] \| Fair value adjustment to the borrowings subject to TROR [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Fair value	$ 5,604
Third party bond pricing [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Fair value measurement, recurring basis [Member] \| TROR [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Bond valuation	$ 79.59
Third party bond pricing [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Fair value measurement, recurring basis [Member] \| Fair value adjustment to the borrowings subject to TROR [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Bond valuation	$ 79.59
Third party bond pricing [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Fair value measurement, recurring basis [Member] \| TROR [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Bond valuation	$ 109.71
Third party bond pricing [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Fair value measurement, recurring basis [Member] \| Fair value adjustment to the borrowings subject to TROR [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis, Valuation Techniques [Line Items]
Bond valuation	$ 109.71