Equity awards granted during the period, total, Grants in Period, Gross

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Number Of Performance Periods

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Percentage Of Awards Employees Can Earn During Performance Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percent Attainment of Performance Goals Required

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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
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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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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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Maximum number of shares that may be issued in accordance with the plan as a proportion of outstanding capital stock.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Stock-based Compensation - Equity Awards (Details)		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Stock-based Compensation - Equity Awards (Details)	Mar. 10, 2017 performance_period	Sep. 30, 2018 shares	Sep. 30, 2017 shares	Sep. 30, 2018 shares	Sep. 30, 2017 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of performance periods \| performance_period	2
Percent attainment of performance goals required				100.00%
2007 Stock Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options, grants in period		0	30,000	2,775,000	30,000
Total grants in period		21,000	70,000	2,796,000	1,397,000
2007 Stock Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity instruments other than options, grants in period		21,000	20,000	21,000	677,000
2007 Stock Plan [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage				50.00%
Vesting period				1 year
Percentage of outstanding stock maximum				125.00%
Amount of shares eligible to be earned (in shares)		418,334		418,334
Equity instruments other than options, grants in period		0	20,000	0	690,000
Percent attainment of performance goals required				0.00%	100.00%
2007 Stock Plan [Member] \| Time-Based Service Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage				50.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche One [Member] \| 2007 Stock Plan [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of award employees can earn during performance period				0.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Two [Member] \| 2007 Stock Plan [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of award employees can earn during performance period				75.00%
Share-based Compensation Award, Tranche Three [Member] \| 2007 Stock Plan [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of award employees can earn during performance period				100.00%
Share-Based Compensation Award, Tranche Four [Member] \| 2007 Stock Plan [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of award employees can earn during performance period				125.00%