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ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsNotYetAwardedInPeriod

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SharesAvailableForIssuanceUnderStockIncentivePlan

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The net total number of shares (or other type of equity) under an equity-based award plan, other than a stock option plan, that were granted, vested and forfeited during the reporting period.

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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 (c)(2)(iii)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=96867065&loc=d3e5070-113901

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

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

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Stock Based Compensation Details (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
Stock Based Compensation Details (Details) - shares	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Apr. 28, 2010
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
MaximumNumberOfSharesAvailableToBeGrantedUnderAwardStockPlan			28,800,000
Maximum [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Period Increase (Decrease)	2,600,000	2,400,000
Stock Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
SharesAvailableForIssuanceUnderStockIncentivePlan						12,093,536
Time-Based [Member] \| Stock Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period			454,313	241,334	365,306
Perfomance Based [Member] \| Stock Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsGrantsNotYetAwardedInPeriod			1,123,408	1,151,578	1,578,892
Performance Shares [Member] \| Stock Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period			2,489,905	326,808	2,870,638