Maximum number of awards outstanding under the plan that are available for issuance if cancelled/forfeited.

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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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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)(3)
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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
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STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION (Equity Plans) (Details) - shares	Jan. 11, 2012	May. 31, 2006	Dec. 31, 2015
2015 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for issuance			6,657,370
2012 Directors Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares available for issuance			554,070
Number of shares authorized for issuance	600,000
Expiration period	10 years
2012 Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares subject to outstanding awards that expire ot terminate that are available for issuance			6,277,028
Expiration period	10 years
2006 Plan \| Stock Options
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Number of shares subject to outstanding awards that expire ot terminate that are available for issuance			1,039,861
Expiration period		10 years