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Subsequent Events (Details) - Subsequent Event - $ / shares		1 Months Ended
	Jul. 12, 2018	Jul. 31, 2018	Aug. 23, 2018
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividend declared (in USD per share)			$ 0.125
Decrease in ownership	50.00%
Guarantee of portion of indebtedness		50.00%

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Decrease in Ownership

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Guarantee Of Portion Of Indebtedness

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The per share amount of a dividend declared, but not paid, as of the financial reporting date.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98513485&loc=d3e4304-108586

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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