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Percent restrictions on payment of dividends per restricted payments basket

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Restricted Payments Basket, as defined in the indenture governing the Company's 2018 Senior Notes

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Restrictions on payment of dividends - beginning amount for calculation

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Including the current and noncurrent portions, the carrying value of convertible subordinated debt, as of the balance sheet date, initially scheduled to be repaid after one year or beyond the normal operating cycle if longer. This form of debt can be exchanged for a specified amount of another security, typically the entity's common stock, at the option of the issuer or the holder, and places a lender in a lien position behind debt having a higher priority of repayment in liquidation of the entity's assets.

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The price per share of the conversion feature embedded in the debt instrument.

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Ratio applied to the conversion of debt instrument into equity with equity shares divided by debt principal amount.

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

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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 of principal amount of debt redeemed.

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The percentage rate used to calculate dividend payments on preferred stock.

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Number of shares of stock issued attributable to transactions classified as other.

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Debt Senior Notes (Details) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 15, 2021	Jan. 14, 2020	Jan. 14, 2019	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Preferred Stock, Dividend Rate, Percentage	9.75%
Restricted Payments Basket	$ 137,700,000				$ 128,500,000
2021 Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	$ 300,000,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	6.75%
Debt Instrument, Redemption Price, Percentage of Principal Amount Redeemed		100.00%	101.688%	103.375%
2017 Convertible Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible senior subordinated notes	$ 57,500,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	3.25%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio	42.0159
Debt Instrument Convertible Principal Amount Used In Conversion Rate Calculation	$ 1,000
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price \| $ / shares	$ 23.80
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Other \| shares	2.4
2018 Convertible Senior Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Convertible senior subordinated notes	$ 86,250,000
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage	3.00%
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Ratio	30.9478
Debt Instrument Convertible Principal Amount Used In Conversion Rate Calculation	$ 1,000
Debt Instrument, Convertible, Conversion Price \| $ / shares	$ 32.31
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Other \| shares	2.7
Base of restricted payments basket income calculation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Other Restrictions on Payment of Dividends	$ 125,000,000
Percentage of our aggregate consolidated net income added to base amount of calculation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percent restrictions on payment of dividends	50.00%
Percentage of our aggregate consolidated net income subtracted from base amount of calculation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percent restrictions on payment of dividends	100.00%
Percentage of net cash proceeds from sale of qualified equity interests added to base and income/loss amount in calculation [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Percent restrictions on payment of dividends	100.00%