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Debt Instrument, Number of Instruments

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Line Of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms, Minimum Tangible Net Worth

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Line Of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms, Minimum Tangible Net Worth, Amended

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Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Line of Credit Facility, Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio

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Tangible Net Worth

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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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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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Weighted average interest rate of debt outstanding.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of borrowing capacity currently available under the credit facility (current borrowing capacity less the amount of borrowings outstanding).

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Amount of long-term debt payable, sinking fund requirements, and other securities issued that are redeemable by holder at fixed or determinable prices and dates maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of long-term debt payable, sinking fund requirements, and other securities issued that are redeemable by holder at fixed or determinable prices and dates maturing in the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of long-term debt payable, sinking fund requirements, and other securities issued that are redeemable by holder at fixed or determinable prices and dates maturing in the fourth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year. Excludes interim and annual periods when interim periods are reported on a rolling approach, from latest balance sheet date.

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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Senior Debt (Details Textual)		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Senior Debt (Details Textual)	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) debt_instrument	Sep. 30, 2014	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) debt_instrument	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity	$ 17,500,000
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Long-term Debt, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Drawn down from credit facility			$ 3,500,000	$ 7,000,000
Remaining borrowing capacity				7,000,000
Minimum tangible net worth required by covenant terms				65,000,000.0
Tangible net worth				64,100,000
Amended Credit Agreement [Member]
Long-term Debt, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Maturities in 2017				2,500,000
Maturities in 2018				13,300,000
Maturities in 2019				2,000,000
Maturities in 2020				0
Maturities in 2021				$ 0
Secured Debt [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of debt instruments \| debt_instrument	3			3
Weighted average interest rate			3.40%	4.10%	3.40%
Long-term Debt, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Increase to interest rate spreads	50.00%
Secured Debt [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Borrowing capacity				$ 17,500,000.0
Unused borrowing commitment fee percentage				0.20%
Long-term Debt, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Covenant terms, fixed charge coverage ratio					1.20
Fixed charge coverage ratio					0.9
Secured Debt [Member] \| Term Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt				$ 5,000,000.0
Term of debt instrument		5 years		5 years
Secured Debt [Member] \| 2014 Term Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount of debt				$ 7,500,000.0
Term of debt instrument				5 years
Secured Debt [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				3.25%
Secured Debt [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| Term Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				3.25%
Secured Debt [Member] \| London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) [Member] \| 2014 Term Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				3.75%
Secured Debt [Member] \| Prime Rate [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				1.50%
Secured Debt [Member] \| Prime Rate [Member] \| Term Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				1.50%
Secured Debt [Member] \| Prime Rate [Member] \| 2014 Term Note [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Basis spread on variable rate				2.00%
Scenario, Forecast [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Long-term Debt, Fiscal Year Maturity [Abstract]
Minimum tangible net worth required by covenant terms, amended						$ 64,000,000	$ 62,000,000