Percentage of Stock Award Related to Free Cash Flow Performance Metric

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Percentage of Stock Awards Related to TSR Performance Metric

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Performance Cycle Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Additional Shares Authorized, Issued During Period

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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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 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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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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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Shareholders' Equity (Share-Based Compensation Narrative) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended
	Feb. 28, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016
Equity [Abstract]
Unrecognized compensation cost		$ 66,600	$ 66,600
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based compensation			$ 27,005	$ 29,585
Performance Stock Units
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percentage of award at grant under free cash flow performance metric	50.00%
Performance cycle	3 years
Percentage of award at grant tied to TSR performance	50.00%
Nonvested Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining requisite service period, non-vested restricted stock units			2 years 10 months 10 days
Nonvested Restricted Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted average remaining requisite service period, non-vested restricted stock units			2 years 3 months 29 days
The Plan \| Stock Incentive Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Additional ordinary shares authorized for issuance		10,000,000
Issuance of ordinary shares related to the employee stock purchase plan (in shares)				0