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Maximum Bonus, Supplemental Incentive, Discretionary Cash or Stock

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Supplementary Incentive Plan Accrual

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SAB TOPIC 14.F)
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Publisher SEC
-Name Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB)
-Number Topic 14
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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, 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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Stock-Based Compensation (Details Textual) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation cost	$ 8.0
Unrecognized stock-based compensation cost, weighted-average period recognized	1 year 4 months 24 days
Supplementary Incentive Plan Accrual	$ 2.2
Maximum Bonus, Supplemental Incentive	3.8
Maximum Bonus, Supplemental Incentive, Discretionary Cash or Stock	2.8
Annual Incentive Plan and Long Term Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense for stock based compensation awards	9.3	$ 9.3	$ 4.8
Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation cost	$ 0.4
Unrecognized stock-based compensation cost, weighted-average period recognized	1 year 1 month 6 days
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation cost	$ 3.2
Unrecognized stock-based compensation cost, weighted-average period recognized	1 year 2 months 12 days
Performance Shares and Units [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized stock-based compensation cost	$ 3.7
Unrecognized stock-based compensation cost, weighted-average period recognized	1 year 8 months 12 days