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Shareholder's Equity - Schedule of Aggregate Intrinsic Value of Stock Options Exercised, Fair Values of Awards Vested, and Share Based Liabilities Settled (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised	$ 19,807	$ 5,326	$ 1,619
Total grant-date fair value of stock options vested	12,117	1,417	1,317
Restricted Shares (RSAs and RSUs)
Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award [Line Items]
Total grant-date fair value of restricted shares vested	0	447	447
Total settlement date fair value of restricted shares vested	$ 0	$ 1,568	$ 1,074

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Amount of accumulated difference between fair value of underlying shares on dates of exercise and exercise price on options exercised (or share units converted) into shares.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (d)(2)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=116856206&loc=d3e5070-113901

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