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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- Definition

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

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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SHARE BASED COMPENSATION - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2017
Carry Unit Awards [Member]
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
Share-based Compensation Arrangement, Weighted Average Fair Value Per Unit	$ 2.28			$ 2.28		$ 2.50
Employee and Non-employee Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 7,510	$ 15,005		$ 33,004	$ 40,932
Carry Unit Awards [Member] \| Second Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage				50.00%
Carry Unit Awards [Member] \| Third Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage				25.00%
Carry Unit Awards [Member] \| Fourth Anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting percentage				25.00%
Employee Stock Option [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Employee and Non-employee Share-based Compensation Expense	$ 4,817			$ 13,172