Stockholders' Equity (The 2015 Equity Incentive Plan) (Details) - The 2015 Equity Incentive Plan - shares	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2016	Mar. 18, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant (in Shares)	5,300,296
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Authorized (in Shares)	3,811,063	5,000,000
Equity Incentive Plan, Term	10 years
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Potential Number of Additional Shares Authorized (in Shares)	3,000,000
Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award Potential Annual Increase in Shares, Percentage	2.50%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Additional Shares Authorized	1,129,962

The term of the equity incentive plan.

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The potential increase percentage of outstanding shares on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year.

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The potential annual increase in the number of shares authorized under an equity incentive 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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Number of additional shares authorized for issuance under an established share-based compensation plan.

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The maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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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)(3)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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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=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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