Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Number of Plans

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Percent of Awards in Tranche

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The 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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Number of share instruments newly issued under a share-based compensation plan.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Stock Based Compensation (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Stock Based Compensation (Details) $ in Millions	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) plan shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($) plan shares	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of stock based compensation plans \| plan	3		3
Shares issued upon satisfaction of required conditions of the Plans	134,809	107,133	136,139	112,553
Stock based compensation expense \| $	$ 0.6	$ 0.4	$ 1.4	$ 0.9
Time-based shares \| Vest equally over three years
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of shares in tranche			50.00%
Award vesting period			3 years
Time-based shares \| Vesting, first anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			33.33%
Time-based shares \| Vesting, second anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			33.33%
Time-based shares \| Vesting, third anniversary
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage			33.33%
Performance-based shares \| Vesting after achievement of performance targets
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Percent of shares in tranche			50.00%
Award vesting period			3 years
Recognition and Retention Plan 2003
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized	1,250,000		1,250,000
Restricted Stock Plan 2011
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized	500,000		500,000
Equity Incentive Plan 2014
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares authorized	1,750,000		1,750,000