Reclassification Of Stock, Proposed Premium Per Share

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Reclassification of Common Stock, New Share Class- New class of common stock to be issued.

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Reclassification of Stock, New Share Class Par Value Per Share- Par value of the proposed new class of shares to be issued in the Reclassification transaction.

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Reclassification of Stock, Voting Rights of Proposed Share Class

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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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Face amount or stated value per share of common stock.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

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-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.29)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 30

-Article 5

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Total Equity III (Details) - $ / shares	Aug. 24, 2015	Sep. 30, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Reclassification of stock, proposed premium per share (USD per share)	$ 28.00
Common stock par value per share (USD per share)		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Reclassification of common stock, new share class (shares)	1
Reclassification of stock, new share class par value per share (USD per share)	$ 0.01
Reclassification of stock, voting rights of proposed share class (shares)	1
Class B Common Stock
Class Of Stock [Line Items]
Common stock par value per share (USD per share)		$ 0.01