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Leases (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2019
Leases [Abstract] |
Lessee, Operating Leases, Statement of Position location and balances [Table Text Block] |
| 2019 |  | Balance Sheet Location
Right-of-use assets, net | $ | 88,143 |  |  | Other non-current assets
Current lease liability | $ | 26,410 |  |  | Accrued and other liabilities
Non-current lease liability | 62,320 |  | Other non-current liabilities
Total operating lease liability | $ | 88,730 |  |  |
Lease, Cost [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three months ended |  | Six months ended
Operating lease expense |  | $ | 8,412 |  |  | $ | 16,630 |
Variable lease expense |  | 746 |  |  | 1,628 |
Short-term lease expense |  | 429 |  |  | 820 |
Total lease expense |  | $ | 9,587 |  |  | $ | 19,078 |
Weighted average remaining lease term |  |  |  | 6.6 years |
Weighted average discount rate |  |  |  | 2.9 | %
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Maturity [Table Text Block] | The following is a maturity analysis of the annual undiscounted cash flows for the annual periods ended June 30:
2020 |  | $ | 28,641 |
2021 |  | 21,429 |
2022 |  | 13,325 |
2023 |  | 8,493 |
2024 |  | 5,008 |
Thereafter |  | 22,131 |
Total lease payments |  | 99,027 |
Less imputed interest |  | (10,297 | )
Total operating lease liability |  | $ | 88,730 |
The future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable leases as of December 31, 2018:
2019 |  | $ | 32,113 |
2020 |  | 23,771 |
2021 |  | 16,986 |
2022 |  | 9,855 |
2023 |  | 7,435 |
Thereafter |  | 5,081 |
Total lease payments |  | $ | 95,241 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of lessee's lease cost. Includes, but is not limited to, interest expense for finance lease, amortization of right-of-use asset for finance lease, operating lease cost, short-term lease cost, variable lease cost and sublease income. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918686-209980 + Details
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- Definition Tabular disclosure of undiscounted cash flows of lessee's operating lease liability. Includes, but is not limited to, reconciliation of undiscounted cash flows to operating lease liability recognized in statement of financial position. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 842 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77888426&loc=SL77918701-209980 + Details
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