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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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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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Number of share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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Equity Compensation Plans (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	0 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Equity Compensation Plans (Details) (USD $)	Mar. 06, 2014	Mar. 31, 2015 person	Mar. 17, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Combined undiscounted maximum cash value of all RSUs	7,100,000
The 2013 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total number of shares of common stock that may be subject to grant awards (in shares)		15,500,000
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum approved shares of common stock for ESPP (in shares)	5,178,815
Total number of shares issued under ESPP (in shares)		19,125
Persons eligible to participate		575
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Director [Member] \| The 2013 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares of common stock issued (in shares)		84,242
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Certain Employees [Member] \| The 2013 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares of common stock issued (in shares)		447,925
Shares subject to an EBITDA performance condition		234,523
Restricted Stock Units Granted 17 March 2015 [Member] \| The 2013 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares of common stock issued (in shares)			7,642
Grant date fair value range (in usd per share)			$ 27.05
Equity compensation expense		700,000		0
Restricted Stock Units Granted 6 March 2014 [Member] \| The 2013 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares of common stock issued (in shares)	329,823
Equity compensation expense		300,000		0
Minimum [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Certain Employees [Member] \| The 2013 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant date fair value range (in usd per share)		23.43
Vesting period		24 months
Maximum [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Certain Employees [Member] \| The 2013 Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Grant date fair value range (in usd per share)		27.05
Vesting period		57 months 15 days
Deferred Bonus [Member] \| Long Term Cash Bonus Plan (LTCB) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Equity compensation expense		1,000,000
Allotted bonus total amount		45,600,000
Amount of LTCB subject to common shares		12,500,000
Deferred Bonus [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Long Term Cash Bonus Plan (LTCB) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		24 months 15 days
Deferred Bonus [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Long Term Cash Bonus Plan (LTCB) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period		60 months