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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Failure To Comply With Other Agreements, Period After Notice

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Failure To Comply With Reporting Obligations, Period After Notice

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Aggregate Payment Defaults And Accelerations

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Outstanding Judgements

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Maximum Outstanding Judgements, Payment Period

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Debt Instrument, Covenant, Threshold Percentage Of Principle

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Debt Instrument, Redemption Period

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Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Threshold Percentage of Outstanding Principal Amount Remaining

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Gain (Loss) On Extinguishment Of Debt, Premium On Debt Redemption

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Payments To Holders Of Debt

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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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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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount, after unamortized (discount) premium and debt issuance costs, of long-term debt. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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The cash inflow from the issuance of long-term debt that is not secured by collateral. Excludes proceeds from tax exempt unsecured debt.

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The cash inflow from the issuance of common stock, preferred stock, treasury stock, stock options, and other types of equity.

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Debt Senior Unsecured Notes (Details Textual) (Details) - USD ($)				12 Months Ended
	Oct. 04, 2018	Aug. 21, 2018	Dec. 09, 2016	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Apr. 14, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior unsecured notes payable				$ 1,037,837,000	$ 574,073,000
Proceeds from issuance of debt			$ 181,500,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt		$ (31,200,000)		31,226,000	$ 0	$ 0
Long-term line of credit				220,000,000
Unsecured Debt \| Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term debt				$ 1,050,000,000
Unsecured Debt \| Senior Notes Due 2023
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior unsecured notes payable			$ 175,000,000				$ 400,000,000
Stated interest rate							6.875%
Effective interest rate				5.50%
Repayments of debt		$ 30,400,000
Unsecured Debt \| Senior Notes Due 2023 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of principal amount redeemed		105.156%	105.50%
Unsecured Debt \| 2026 Notes Offering
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior unsecured notes payable		$ 750,000,000
Stated interest rate		5.875%
Proceeds from issuance of unsecured debt		$ 740,000,000
Unsecured Debt \| Additional 2026 Notes
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Senior unsecured notes payable	$ 300,000,000
Stated interest rate	5.875%
Percentage of principal amount redeemed	100.50%
Proceeds from issuance of unsecured debt	$ 297,300,000
Unsecured Debt \| Additional 2026 Notes \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate	5.00%
Threshold percentage of principle	25.00%
Default period	30 days
Period after notice to comply	180 days
Period after notice to comply with other agreements	60 days
Maximum aggregate payment defaults and accelerations	$ 50,000,000
Maximum outstanding judgments	$ 50,000,000.0
Maximum outstanding judgements, payment period	60 days
Unsecured Debt \| Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period One
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percentage of principal amount redeemed	35.00%
Debt redemption price, percentage	105.875%
Threshold percentage of outstanding principal remaining	65.00%
Unsecured Debt \| Senior Notes Due 2026 \| Debt Instrument, Redemption, Period Two
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt redemption price, percentage	104.406%
Redemption period	180 days