The Acquisition of Prestige - Change in fair value of contingent consideration liability (Details 3) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Contingent Consideration Classified As Equity Fair Value Disclosure [Roll Forward]
Balance as of December 31, 2014	$ 43,400
Fair value adjustment (Level 3)	(43,400)
Balance as of December 31, 2015

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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- Definition

Fair value of contingent consideration in a business combination that is classified in shareholders' equity.

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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 (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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- Definition

Amount of settlement of financial instrument classified as an asset measured using unobservable inputs that reflect the entity's own assumption about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing.

+ References

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)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66048111&loc=d3e19207-110258

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