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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Anti-Dilutive Shares Excluded from Computation of Diluted Net Loss per Share) (Details) - shares shares in Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Stock Options [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive shares outstanding excluded from computation	27,397	25,133
RSUs with Time-Based Vesting [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive shares outstanding excluded from computation	349
RSUs with Performance-Based Vesting [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded From Computation Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive shares outstanding excluded from computation	634

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Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
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