Cumulative Adjustment to Allocated Share-based Compensation Expense

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Represents the number of shares that could potentially be granted to key employees based on achievement of performance criteria tied to EBIDTA of the Company.

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Represents the amount of modified earnings before, interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for an additional performance award under share based plan of the entity.

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Modified EBITDA For Additional Performance Award Target Adjusted

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Modified EBITDA For Additional Performance Award Target Increase

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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
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based awards, other than options, awarded to employees as compensation.

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- Definition

The number of non-vested equity-based payment instruments, excluding stock (or unit) options, that validly exist and are outstanding as of the balance sheet date.

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-Publisher FASB
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- Definition

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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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Number of options outstanding, including both vested and non-vested options.

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

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The sum of dilutive potential common shares or units used in the calculation of the diluted per-share or per-unit computation.

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General - Basis of Presentation (Details 2) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
General - Basis of Presentation (Details 2) - USD ($)	May 31, 2017	Feb. 29, 2016	May 31, 2015	Feb. 28, 2015	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2011
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Effect of dilutive stock options and restricted shares					1,696,000	2,358,000	0	2,246,000
Share-based Payment Award, Number of Additional Shares Authorized	4,000,000		5,000,000
Stock-based Compensation Expense					$ 15,305,000	$ (4,244,000)	$ 3,315,000	$ (6,250,000)
Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Number					5,020,000		5,020,000		5,020,000
Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Nonvested, Number					12,000		12,000		12,000
Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant					5,590,000		5,590,000		5,590,000
Employee Stock [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based Compensation Expense					$ (15,000)	(77,000)	$ (115,000)	(177,000)
Long Term Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based Compensation Expense					15,320,000	$ (4,167,000)	3,430,000	$ (6,073,000)
Long Term Incentive Plan [Member] \| Performance Award 2015 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share Based Payment Award, Other than Options, Modified EBITDA Performance Target												$ 500,000,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period		1,314,000		1,511,100
Stock-based Compensation Expense										$ 1,600,000
Long Term Incentive Plan [Member] \| Performance Award 2017 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share Based Payment Award, Other than Options, Modified EBITDA Performance Target											$ 600,000,000
Share Based Payment Award, Other than Options, Modified EBITDA Performance Target Increase											1,100,000
Share Based Payment Award, Other than Options, Modified EBITDA Performance Target Adjusted											$ 601,100,000
Share Based Compensation Arrangement by Share Based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Potential Grants Based on Performance Criteria											2,300,000
Cumulative Adjustment to Stock-based Compensation Expense							(25,000,000)
Stock-based Compensation Expense					16,900,000		8,400,000		$ (83,000,000)
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Not yet Recognized, Share-based Awards Other than Options					17,900,000		17,900,000		17,900,000
Long Term Incentive Plan [Member] \| Dividend Equivalent Rights, Performance Award 2017 [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Cumulative Adjustment to Stock-based Compensation Expense							(2,900,000)
Stock-based Compensation Expense					2,000,000		1,200,000		(9,800,000)
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Nonvested Awards, Compensation Not yet Recognized, Share-based Awards Other than Options					$ 3,300,000		$ 3,300,000		$ 3,300,000