Employee and Non-employee Share-based Compensation Expense

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement, Weighted Average Fair Value Per Unit

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Repurchase Period Following Termination

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Repurchase Period Following Vesting Period

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Written Promissory Note Period

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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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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-SubTopic 10
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Fair value of share-based compensation granted to nonemployees as payment for services rendered or acknowledged claims.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
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-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
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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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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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SHARE BASED COMPENSATION - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Carry Unit Awards
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Repurchase period following termination	60 days
Repurchase period following fourth anniversary	60 days
Carry unit plan, written promissory note period	3 years
Weighted average fair value (in dollars per unit)	$ 2.10		$ 2.50
Employee and non-employee share-based compensation expense	$ 17,501	$ 7,848
Employee share-based compensation expense	16,872	5,786
Non-employee share-based compensation expense	$ 629	$ 2,062
Carry Unit Awards \| Second Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	50.00%
Carry Unit Awards \| Third Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	25.00%
Carry Unit Awards \| Fourth Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage	25.00%
Employee Stock Option
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Employee share-based compensation expense	$ 4,122