Share-Based Compensation (Level 3 Reconciliations) (Details) - Multi-year Outperformance Plan - Share Based Compensation Liability $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Fair Value, Assets Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation, Calculation [Roll Forward]
Beginning Balance	$ 43,500
Fair value adjustment	(24,800)
Ending Balance	$ 18,700

A roll forward is a reconciliation of a concept from the beginning of a period to the end of a period.

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Amount of increase (decrease) of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 820
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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Fair value of financial instrument classified as a liability measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

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