| **Stock-Based Compensation And Employee Benefit Plans (Restricted Stock Units Vesting Description) (Details)** | 12 Months Ended |
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| One Year Vesting With One Hundred Percent [Member]                                                             |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Period                                                                                           | 1 year          |
| Thirty Five Month Vesting With Thirty Three Percent [Member]                                                   |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Period                                                                                           | 35 months       |
| Three Year Vesting With Thirty Three Percent [Member]                                                          |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Period                                                                                           | 3 years         |
| Four Year Vesting With Twenty Five Percent [Member]                                                            |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Period                                                                                           | 4 years         |
| Four Year Vesting With Fifty Fifty Percent [Member]                                                            |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Period                                                                                           | 4 years         |
| Vesting Year1 [Member] | One Year Vesting With One Hundred Percent [Member]                                    |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 100.00%         |
| Vesting Year1 [Member] | Thirty Five Month Vesting With Thirty Three Percent [Member]                          |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Period                                                                                           | 11 months       |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 33.33333%       |
| Vesting Year1 [Member] | Three Year Vesting With Thirty Three Percent [Member]                                 |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 33.33333%       |
| Vesting Year1 [Member] | Four Year Vesting With Twenty Five Percent [Member]                                   |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 25.00%          |
| Vesting Year2 [Member] | Thirty Five Month Vesting With Thirty Three Percent [Member]                          |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Period                                                                                           | 23 months       |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 33.33333%       |
| Vesting Year2 [Member] | Three Year Vesting With Thirty Three Percent [Member]                                 |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 33.33333%       |
| Vesting Year2 [Member] | Four Year Vesting With Twenty Five Percent [Member]                                   |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 25.00%          |
| Vesting Year2 [Member] | Four Year Vesting With Fifty Fifty Percent [Member]                                   |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 50.00%          |
| Vesting Year3 [Member] | Thirty Five Month Vesting With Thirty Three Percent [Member]                          |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Period                                                                                           | 35 months       |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 33.33333%       |
| Vesting Year3 [Member] | Three Year Vesting With Thirty Three Percent [Member]                                 |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 33.33333%       |
| Vesting Year3 [Member] | Four Year Vesting With Twenty Five Percent [Member]                                   |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 25.00%          |
| Vesting Year4 [Member] | Four Year Vesting With Twenty Five Percent [Member]                                   |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 25.00%          |
| Vesting Year4 [Member] | Four Year Vesting With Fifty Fifty Percent [Member]                                   |            |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                             |            |
| Cliff Vesting Percentage                                                                                       | 50.00%          |

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