Compensation, Annual Bonus Award if Performance Objective Achievement is Surpassed, Percentage of Then-Current Salary

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Compensation, Annual Target Bonus, Percentage of Then-Current Salary

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Compensation, Monthly Housing Allowance

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Compensation, Performance Objective Achievement, Percentage Required to Receive Annual Bonus Percentage Greater than Target Bonus Percentage

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Compensation, Retention Bonus, Quarterly

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Compensation, Sign-On Bonus

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Employment Contract, Period of Time

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Officers' Compensation, Second Fiscal Year

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Officers' Compensation, Third, Fourth and Fifth Fiscal Years

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period, Period of Time When Vesting May Accelerate, Conditional

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Expenditures for salaries of officers. Does not include allocated share-based compensation, pension and post-retirement benefit expense or other labor-related non-salary expense. For commercial and industrial companies, excludes any direct and overhead labor that is included in cost of goods sold.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
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-Section S99
-Paragraph 2
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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Weighted average per share amount at which grantees can acquire shares of common stock by exercise of options.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($)				12 Months Ended				21 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) - USD ($)	Feb. 25, 2016	Jan. 05, 2016	Dec. 03, 2015	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2017
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)							1,795,100
Weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)							$ 33.21
Restricted stock units \| Tranche one
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			25.00%
Chief Executive Officer \| Scenario, forecast
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)				250,000	250,000
Chief Operating Officer \| Scenario, forecast
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)				90,000	120,000
Subsequent event \| Chief Executive Officer
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Employment agreement		5 years
Current compensation		$ 650,000
Compensation in 2017		700,000
Compensation in 2018, 2019 and 2020		$ 750,000
Annual target bonus, percentage of then-current salary		60.00%
Annual bonus award if performance objective achievement is surpassed, percentage of then-current salary		90.00%
Performance objective achievement, percentage required to receive annual bonus percentage greater than target bonus percentage		120.00%
Sign-on bonus		$ 200,000
Monthly housing allowance		$ 6,000
Subsequent event \| Chief Executive Officer \| Restricted stock units
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)		250,000
Vesting period		4 years
Subsequent event \| Chief Executive Officer \| Restricted stock units \| Tranche one
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vesting percentage		25.00%
Subsequent event \| Chief Executive Officer \| Restricted stock units \| Tranche two
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vesting percentage		6.25%
Subsequent event \| Chief Executive Officer \| 2012 Stock Incentive Plan \| Restricted stock units
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Options granted (in shares)		250,000
Weighted average exercise price (in dollars per share)		$ 9.42
Stock options, term		10 years
Vesting period		4 years
Subsequent event \| Chief Executive Officer \| 2012 Stock Incentive Plan \| Restricted stock units \| Tranche one
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vesting percentage		25.00%
Subsequent event \| Chief Executive Officer \| 2012 Stock Incentive Plan \| Restricted stock units \| Tranche two
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vesting percentage		6.25%
Subsequent event \| Executive Chair
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Employment agreement		5 years
Current compensation		$ 500,000
Annual target bonus, percentage of then-current salary		60.00%
Annual bonus award if performance objective achievement is surpassed, percentage of then-current salary		90.00%
Performance objective achievement, percentage required to receive annual bonus percentage greater than target bonus percentage		100.00%
Subsequent event \| Executive Chair \| Scenario, plan
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Retention bonus available on the last day of each quarter								$ 37,500
Subsequent event \| Chief Operating Officer
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Current compensation	$ 425,000
Annual target bonus, percentage of then-current salary	50.00%
Options granted (in shares)	350,000
Stock options, term	10 years
Vesting period	4 years
Period of time when vesting of stock may accelerate in full	1 year
Subsequent event \| Chief Operating Officer \| Scenario, plan
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Retention bonus available on the last day of each quarter						$ 100,000
Subsequent event \| Chief Operating Officer \| Tranche one
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	25.00%
Subsequent event \| Chief Operating Officer \| Tranche two
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	6.25%