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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Number of Shares in Year One

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Number of Shares in Year Three

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Number of Shares in Year Two

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Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Vesting Rate

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Amount of cost not yet recognized for nonvested award under share-based payment arrangement.

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Weighted-average period over which cost not yet recognized is expected to be recognized for award under share-based payment arrangement, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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- Definition

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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- Definition

Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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Net number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended	114 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Feb. 28, 2018	Dec. 31, 2015
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	0	0
Restricted Shares and Performance Based Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Unrecognized expense related to stock awards	$ 5.0
Period of time stock expense is expected to be recognized	1 year 7 months 6 days
Executive \| Performance Shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum number of shares awarded in year one (in shares)	150,543
Maximum number of shares awarded in year two (in shares)	142,080
Maximum number of shares awarded in year three (in shares)	142,047
Performance period	3 years
Executive \| Performance Shares \| Achieved performance target for 2017 through 2019
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum number of shares awarded in year one (in shares)	122,277
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer \| Achieves a specific performance target by the end of 2019 and she remains an employee \| Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares received if achieves specified improvement in total shareholders return (in shares)			35,906		53,859
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer \| Achieves a specific performance target by the end of 2017 and she remains an employee \| Common Stock
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Shares received if achieves specified improvement in total shareholders return (in shares)				17,953
Performance Equity Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Vesting rate	100.00%
Performance Equity Plan \| Non-employee Members of the Board of Directors
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	1 year