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Significant Accounting Policies - Goodwill and Indefinite-Lived Intangibles (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017
Significant Accounting Policies
Number of trading days considered to calculate market capitalization	10 days

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The number of trading days considered to determine average share price while calculating the adjusted market capitalization.

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