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Share-based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Price Of Rights

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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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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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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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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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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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Number of options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Value, before forfeitures, of stock or other type of equity granted of any equity-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP).

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock options outstanding		0	0	0
Restricted stock awards granted		1,438	1,031	1,126
Vesting period		3 years
Compensation expense		$ 34,733	$ 32,793	$ 13,558
Granted after November 13, 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		3 years
Award vesting rights, percentage		33.00%
Director Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense		$ 564	849	600
Incentive Plans [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense		$ 34,169	31,944	12,958
2015 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock reserved for issuance		5,972
Restricted Stock Awards [Member] \| Incentive Plans [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Estimated future value of awards granted		$ 22,898	$ 49,121	$ 67,942
Non-Employee Directors [Member] \| Director Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock awards granted		26	17	12
Common stock available for future grants		106
Limit on value of award shares to directors	$ 100
Non-Employee Directors [Member] \| Initial Grants [Member] \| Director Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock issued upon reaching milestones		1
Non-Employee Directors [Member] \| Annual Grants [Member] \| Director Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock issued upon reaching milestones		3
Non-Employee Directors [Member] \| Interim Grants [Member] \| Director Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Common stock issued upon reaching milestones		3
Executive Officer [Member] \| Incentive Plans [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Restricted stock awards granted		260	240	212