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|Schedule of Long-term Debt Instruments [Table Text Block]                       | The carrying amounts of the Company’s long-term debt were as follows:8/4/137/29/12Senior secured term loan A facility due 2018$1,672,297$—Senior secured term loan B facility due 20201,208,202—4 1/2% senior unsecured notes700,000—7 3/8% senior unsecured notes600,000600,0007 3/4% debentures99,65299,631Senior secured term loan A facility due 2016 - United States dollar-denominated—592,000Senior secured term loan A facility due 2016 - Euro-denominated—98,844Senior secured term loan B facility due 2016 - United States dollar-denominated—395,000Senior secured term loan B facility due 2016 - Euro-denominated—18,010Total4,280,1511,803,485Less: Current portion of long-term debt85,00088,021Long-term debt$4,195,151$1,715,464
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|Senior secured term loan A facility due 2018                                    | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Senior secured term loan B facility due 2020                                    | 1,208,202                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|4 1/2% senior unsecured notes                                                   | 700,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|7 3/8% senior unsecured notes                                                   | 600,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|7 3/4% debentures                                                               | 99,652                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|Senior secured term loan A facility due 2016 - United States dollar-denominated | —                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Senior secured term loan A facility due 2016 - Euro-denominated                 | —                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Senior secured term loan B facility due 2016 - United States dollar-denominated | —                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Senior secured term loan B facility due 2016 - Euro-denominated                 | —                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Total                                                                           | 4,280,151                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|Less: Current portion of long-term debt                                         | 85,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|Long-term debt                                                                  | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|Schedule of Mandatory Long-Term Debt Repayments [Table]                         | As ofAugust 4, 2013, the Company’s mandatory long-term debt repayments for the next five years were as follows:Remainder of 2013$42,500201485,0002015116,8752016159,3752017170,00020181,105,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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|Remainder of 2013                                                               | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
|2014                                                                            | 85,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|2015                                                                            | 116,875                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|2016                                                                            | 159,375                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|2017                                                                            | 170,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
|2018                                                                            | 1,105,000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

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