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Equity Incentive Plans and Stock-Based Compensation (Details)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 24, 2014 shares	Apr. 30, 2009 shares	Jun. 30, 2012 shares	Dec. 31, 2015 numerator denominator shares	Apr. 23, 2015 shares	Mar. 31, 2006 shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Tenure of award (in years)				10 years
Numerator in conversion factor used to determine shares available for grant | numerator				1.5
Denominator in conversion factor used to determine shares available for grant | denominator				1
Increase in shares approved for issuance		6,500,000	6,500,000
Number of shares reserved for issuance under the stock option plan				35,400,000		8,400,000
Option One
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Requisite service period (in months)				60 months
Option Two
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Requisite service period (in months)				48 months
Stock Compensation Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Increase in shares approved for issuance	10,000,000
Number of shares reserved for issuance under the stock option plan					4,000,000

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The additional maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) originally approved (usually by shareholders and board of directors), net of any subsequent amendments and adjustments, for awards under the equity-based compensation plan. As stock or unit options and equity instruments other than options are awarded to participants, the shares or units remain authorized and become reserved for issuance under outstanding awards (not necessarily vested).

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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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 (a)(1)
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-Publisher FASB
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Period from grant date that an equity-based award expires, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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