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Number of Shares Represented by Each RSU

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Restricted Stock, Shares Settled Gross of Shares for Tax Withholdings

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Granted in Period, Total Fair Value

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Employee Purchase Amount

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percent of Offering Date Price Paid

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- Definition

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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SAB Topic 14.F)
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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- Definition

The number of restricted shares issued as compensation, net of shares for the payment of withholding taxes. This element is to be used only if shares are used in lieu of cash to satisfy all or a portion of withholding taxes.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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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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- Definition

The highest percentage of annual salary that an employee is permitted to utilize with respect to the plan.

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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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 share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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For net-share settlement of share-based awards when the employer settles employees' income tax withholding obligations, this element represents the number of shares the employees use to repay the employer.

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Gross number of shares (or other type of equity) issued during the period as a result of any equity-based compensation plan other than an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Shares issued could result from the issuance of restricted stock, the exercise of stock options, stock issued under employee stock purchase plans, and/or other employee benefit plans.

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Compensation Plans (Details)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Compensation Plans (Details)	Jul. 27, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense \| $				$ 13,915,000	$ 13,215,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant		6,200,000		6,200,000
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period				3 years
Stock-based compensation expense \| $		$ 3,000,000	$ 2,700,000	$ 5,900,000	5,000,000
Unrecognized stock based compensation expense \| $		12,300,000		12,300,000
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense \| $		3,300,000	$ 2,900,000	6,500,000	5,800,000
Unrecognized stock based compensation expense \| $		$ 12,000,000		$ 12,000,000
Number of Shares Represented by Each RSU				1
Shares Issued to Board of Directors [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock-based compensation expense \| $				$ 517,000	$ 1,200,000
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Share-based Compensation, Gross				53,473	37,950
Minimum [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Multiplier Applied to PSU Awards at Settlement				0
Maximum [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Multiplier Applied to PSU Awards at Settlement				2.00
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Multiplier Applied to PSU Awards at Settlement	0
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Shares Issued in Period	30,061
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Grants in Period	447,971
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Granted in Period, Total Fair Value \| $	$ 11,900,000
Shares Paid for Tax Withholding for Share Based Compensation	14,809
Subsequent Event [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [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, Grants in Period	417,065
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Equity Instruments Other than Options, Granted in Period, Total Fair Value \| $	$ 11,700,000
Restricted Stock, Shares Settled Gross of Shares for Tax Withholdings	232,258
Restricted Stock, Shares Issued Net of Shares for Tax Withholdings	162,211
Shares Paid for Tax Withholding for Share Based Compensation	70,047
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Stock Issued During Period, Shares, Share-based Compensation, Gross		140,853	96,285
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Employee Subscription Rate		15.00%		15.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Employee Purchase Amount \| $		$ 25,000		$ 25,000
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percent of Offering Date Price Paid		85.00%		85.00%
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Shares Available for Grant		808,854		808,854