Realized Excess Tax Benefit From Share Based Compensation

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Information regarding final vesting date of an arrangement under which employees and directors receive: (a) awards of equity shares, equity share options, or other equity instruments; or (b) the entity incurs liabilities to them: (1) in amounts based, at least in part, on the price of the entity's shares or other equity instruments; or (2) that require or may require settlement by issuance of the entity's shares. Such an arrangement is usually provided to employees and directors to compensate them, provide performance incentives to them, and to attract or retain their services. May also include pertinent information particular to a plan that is not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The total recognized tax benefit related to compensation cost for equity-based payment arrangements recognized in income during the period.

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The aggregate amount of noncash, equity-based employee remuneration. This may include the value of stock or unit options, amortization of restricted stock or units, and adjustment for officers' compensation. As noncash, this element is an add back when calculating net cash generated by operating activities using the indirect method.

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Number of shares for which recognition of compensation cost was accelerated.

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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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Description of award terms as to how many shares or portion of an award are no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, thereby giving the employee the legal right to convert the award to shares, to sell the shares, and be entitled to the cash proceeds of such sale. For example, vesting may be expressed as being 25 percent of the shares under option on each anniversary of the grant date.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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General descriptive information regarding an arrangement under which employees and directors receive: (a) awards of equity shares, equity share options, or other equity instruments; or (b) the entity incurs liabilities to them: (1) in amounts based, at least in part, on the price of the entity's shares or other equity instruments; or (2) that require or may require settlement by issuance of the entity's shares. Such an arrangement is usually provided to employees and directors to compensate them, provide performance incentives to them, and to attract or retain their services. May also include pertinent information particular to a plan that is not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy.

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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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The number of employees affected by the modification of an equity-based compensation plan.

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Stock-Based Compensation - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Nov. 04, 2014	Jun. 30, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Non-cash compensation	$ 4,354,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	$ 35,357,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	$ 25,391,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation	$ 28,964,000us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensation
Accumulated Excess realized tax benefit		0
Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of RSA's and RSU's for which accelerating was vested						418,333
Non-cash compensation					4,354,000
Tax benefits recognized on the non-vested stock-based compensation		12,154,000	7,430,000	8,878,000
Number of employees, executive officers and directors of the Company received grant			75	225
Description of vesting date			The RSAs and RSUs vest in various increments on the anniversaries of the individual grant dates, through December 10, 2017, subject to the recipient's continued employment or service through each applicable vesting date.	The RSAs and RSUs vest in various increments on the anniversaries of the individual grant dates, through December 11, 2016, subject to the recipient's continued employment or service through each applicable vesting date.
Unrecognized compensation expense	$ 19,638,000	$ 19,638,000
Remaining weighted average term over which unamortized compensation expense will be recognized		1 year 2 months 12 days
Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units \| Maximum
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting date			Dec. 10, 2017	Dec. 11, 2016
Service Based Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award granted in period		581,915	286,500	1,229,526
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award granted in period		617,000	8,694,000	1,230,000
Number of employees, executive officers and directors of the Company received grant		250
Description of vesting date		The RSUs vest in various increments on the anniversaries of the individual grant dates, through December 9, 2019, subject to the recipient's continued employment or service through each applicable vesting date.
Service Based Restricted Stock Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award granted in period			1,212,848	3,156,515
Market Based Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award granted in period		0	5,340,390	0
Market Based Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of employees, executive officers and directors of the Company received grant			450
Vesting period			5 years
Description of vesting rights			The market-based RSUs vest in four tranches, with each tranche equaling 25% of the award, if, and when, certain stock price targets are achieved and maintained for 15 trading days in a consecutive 30-day trading period, subject to the recipient's continued employment and service through the one year anniversary of the target stock price being achieved.
Market Based Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units \| Tranche One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			25.00%
Market Based Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units \| Tranche Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			25.00%
Market Based Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units \| Tranche Three
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			25.00%
Market Based Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units \| Tranche Four
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			25.00%
Performance Based Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of RSA's and RSU's for which accelerating was vested	2,250,000				2,250,000
Share based compensation arrangement by share based payment award granted in period		35,000	3,067,200	0
Performance Based Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of employees, executive officers and directors of the Company received grant		2	1,100
Performance Based Restricted Stock Award
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of RSA's and RSU's for which accelerating was vested	160,501				160,501