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Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Number of Offerings

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, Offering Period

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instruments Other Than Options, Target Award, Percentage

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Expiry Period From Date Of Grant

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Fair Value Assumptions, Expected Forfeitures

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Performance Period

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percentage of Actual Payment of Target Amount

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 718

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Aggregate proceeds received by the entity during the annual period from exercises of stock or unit options and conversion of similar instruments granted under equity-based payment arrangements.

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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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Discount rate from fair value on purchase date that participants pay for shares.

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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Stock-Based Compensation (Additional Information) (Details)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) offering_period	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Compensation expense (income)	$ 100,000	$ 100,000	$ 300,000	$ 300,000
Employee stock purchase plan, number of offering (offering period) \| offering_period			2
Employee stock purchase plan, offering period (months)			6 months
Employee stock purchase plan, purchase price discount (percent)			15.00%
Stock Options [Member]
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Stock options, contractual term (years)			10 years
Stock-based compensation, approximate forfeitures rate (percent)			3.00%
Compensation expense (income)	100,000	100,000	$ 200,000	300,000
Options exercised, total intrinsic value			6,900,000
Total amount of cash received from exercise of options			$ 6,500,000
Performance-Based Restricted Stock [Member]
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation, approximate forfeitures rate (percent)			7.00%
Compensation expense (income)	$ 1,200,000	200,000	$ 2,800,000	1,500,000
Restricted stock award program, measurement period (years)			3 years
Expected dividend yield (percent)			0.00%
Restricted stock award program, payment of award as percentage of target (percent)	120.00%		120.00%
Performance-Based Restricted Stock [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Restricted stock award program, awarded shares as a percentage of the original award amount (percent)			0.00%
Performance-Based Restricted Stock [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Restricted stock award program, awarded shares as a percentage of the original award amount (percent)			200.00%
Time Based Restricted Stock [Member]
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation, approximate forfeitures rate (percent)			7.00%
Compensation expense (income)	$ 1,300,000	700,000	$ 3,800,000	2,700,000
Time Based Restricted Stock [Member] \| 2011 Grants [Member]
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Restricted stock award program, vesting period (years)			4 years
Time Based Restricted Stock [Member] \| 2012 Grants [Member]
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Restricted stock award program, vesting period (years)			3 years
Deferred Stock Units [Member]
Compensation Related Costs Share Based Payments Disclosure [Line Items]
Compensation expense (income)	$ 0	$ 0	$ 700,000	$ 800,000